Asian Dub Foundation

Strong Culture

Asian Dub Foundation


I grab the mic
To commence with the mic check 
Supply rhymes, man you've never heard yet 
You never thought an Asian could do this 
Well you're wrong 
Wrong again 
Hardcore! 
That's what I wanna be 
All over the white world 
Yes they'll remember me 
Don't look at me as an Innocent bystander 
Because I'll scare you after dark... 
Master D Adlib 
Paki bashing 
That's what I call f**king racism 
And you can tell I'm a fucking Paki lover 
Day to day 
Night to night 
Persecution with a capital P 
Racism with a capital R 
Man I've seen your scar 
I've seen your scar 
You expect me to sympathise 
Then hell no! 
You don't know the price that we're paying. 
Master D Adlib 
What you see is no mirage 
Asian guys and girls comin large 
Straight from the East tough! 
And coming like a beast 
Guys who are very keen and showing ability 
Tranquility, we have the audacity 
Speaking out 
'Cos there's no doubt about that 
Another critical rhune 
Make you wanna look 
Observe it 
It's like a comic book 
Coming from the place 
With a capital B 
I'll let you guess- 
No let me tell you: 
The B and the A and the N and the G and the L and the A 
With a word called Desh 
Sums up the country 
The word and the place 
Called Bangladesh 
So you never contest 
Yes you just thought 
I couldn't do it 
I'm not a Black man 
This time it's an Asian 
Some fear the white man 
Some fear the Ku Klux Klan 
But they ain't up to no good 
Brother brother, sister sister 
Yes if your miss or if your mister 
Listen up to this rap 
It's Asian guys coming correct 
Way back in the sixties 
Our fathers, our mothers 
They suffered a lot for us 
They couldn't say much 
They couldn't do much 
'Cos of the fear of getting beat up 
But now it's the nineties 
We're not babies no more 
You know the score that we live for 
Our fathers, our mothers 
They brought us up to be tough 
We don't stand for any bullshit 
We don't give a damn 
Even if you're superman 
Strong culture is what you see in our eyes 
Not just tough guys. 
Master D Adlib