My Generation Lyrics in English by BoomDaBash
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song My Generation by BoomDaBash from Italian to English.
See di yutes ah bawl fi find a safe road
See the youth crying out to find a safe path
Babylon ah come again, again
The system is coming again, again
Tell dem seh we nah sell out
Tell them that we won't sell out
We nah go change
We won't change
We nah go buy friends again, again
We won't buy friends again, again
Even if me ah walk trough di valley of the shadow of death
Even if I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
Me feel secure
I feel secure
Because di Almighty put him bless pon mi head
Because the Almighty put His blessing on my head
'Cause it's a dangerous time
'Cause it's a dangerous time
We nah sit down and ah cry
We won't sit down and cry
Real soldiers
Real soldiers
We always deh pon di line
We're always on the line
Yutes pon di block
Youth on the block
There's no turning back
There's no turning back
Hear di sound of di Glock
Hear the sound of the Glock
Fucking police create repression
F*cking police create repression
God bless forever my generation
God bless forever my generation
(We born and rise like a rose in the stone)
(We're born and rise like a rose in the stone)
Mama don't cry
Mama don't cry
If I live or I die
If I live or I die
Tears ah falls from di sky
Tears are falling from the sky
Say a prayer for my salvation
Say a prayer for my salvation
Spreading one love to my generation
Spreading one love to my generation
(Yutes growin' up in this life all alone)
(Youth growing up in this life all alone)
Poor my generation
Poor my generation
Living without ambition
Living without ambition
We pay the price
We pay the price
For all dem ah try
For all they try
To waste up di earth and di ocean
To waste the earth and the ocean
No school education
No school education
Life is not a fiction
Life is not a fiction
Don't trust the media clowns
Don't trust the media clowns
Don't get yourself into no program
Don't get yourself into any program
(Nuff yutes ah tek di wrong road
(Many youth are taking the wrong path
Because we lef dem alone
Because we left them alone
So why you talk fi blame dem?)
So why do you talk to blame them?)
Give dem di right fi mek a choice
Give them the right to make a choice
Fi tek dem space
To take their space
And play a role in dis world
And play a role in this world
(Don't even try to change dem)
(Don't even try to change them)
Yutes pon di block
Youth on the block
There's no turning back
There's no turning back
Hear di sound of di Glock
Hear the sound of the Glock
Fucking police create repression
F*cking police create repression
God bless forever my generation
God bless forever my generation
(We born and rise like a rose in the stone)
(We're born and rise like a rose in the stone)
Mama don't cry
Mama don't cry
If I live or I die
If I live or I die
Tears ah falls from di sky
Tears are falling from the sky
Say a prayer for my salvation
Say a prayer for my salvation
Spreading one love to my generation
Spreading one love to my generation
(Yutes growin' up in this life all alone)
(Youth growing up in this life all alone)
So tell di government fi spend dat money
So tell the government to spend that money
Build a future fi di children
Build a future for the children
'Cause dem sweet like di honey, yeah
'Cause they're sweet like the honey, yeah
No one can stop di time ah seh di prophet
No one can stop the time, says the prophet
It's in vain you still ah try fi waste my generation project
It's in vain you're still trying to waste my generation's project
Some ah dem ah hype and dem not sorry
Some of them are hyped and they're not sorry
Some other dem ah happy and neva worry
Some others are happy and never worry
Yes one day we'll see di judgement comin' down from the stars
Yes, one day we'll see the judgment coming down from the stars
Yutes pon di block
Youth on the block
There's no turning back
There's no turning back
Hear di sound of di Glock
Hear the sound of the Glock
Fucking police create repression
F*cking police create repression
God bless forever my generation
God bless forever my generation
(We born and rise like a rose in the stone)
(We're born and rise like a rose in the stone)
Mama don't cry
Mama don't cry
If I live or I die
If I live or I die
Tears ah falls from di sky
Tears are falling from the sky
Say a prayer for my salvation
Say a prayer for my salvation
Spreading one love to my generation
Spreading one love to my generation
(Yutes growin' up in this life all alone)
(Youth growing up in this life all alone)
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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Alessandro Merli, Angelo Cisternino, Angelo Rogoli, Fabio Clemente
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repression — repression
Repression is an English word directly used in the Italian lyrics, making it immediately recognizable yet impactful.
In the context of the song, it refers to the suppression and control exerted by authorities, specifically the police, against the youth. The line "Fucking police create repression" highlights a strong social commentary and a sense of rebellion, making it a powerful and memorable word that resonates with the song's theme of generational struggle and resilience.
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