Obongjayar
Obongjayar
Obongjayar
Obongjayar
Obongjayar & Nubya Garcia
Obongjayar
Obongjayar
Obongjayar
Obongjayar
Obongjayar
Obongjayar
Obongjayar
[Intro]
Uh, uh
Uh uh, uh, uh
[Verse 1]
Born in troubled water
Every stroke is war
They drowned the ones before us
But we'll make it to shore, uhh
Message in this hammer
Is coming down on you
Message in a gun
Aiming at your head
Message in this hammer (Message in this hammer)
Coming down on you (Coming down on you)
Message in this gun (Message in this gun)
Aiming at your head (Ahh)
[Chorus]
You can beat me, shoot me, kill me, throw me in jail
You can strip me, use me, abuse me ’til nothing remains
We won't takе it kindly, take it smiling
We won't take it kindly, takе it smiling
You can beat me, shoot me, kill me, throw me in jail
You can strip me, use me, abuse me ’til nothing remains
We won't take it kindly, take it smiling
We won't take it kindly, take it smiling
[Verse 2]
I have seen the future
In the future you won
We are being reborn
To build, we must destroy (Mhh)
I don't want peace oh
We don talk 'til we tire, uh
I won't say please oh
We fight fire with fire, uh
We are the people
We won't sit down and be quite
Government devils (Devils)
All of them liars (Liars)
All of them liars (Liars)
All of them (Thief)
[Refrain]
President (Thief)
Governor (Thief)
Senator (Thief)
Commissioner (Thief)
Ambassador (Thief)
Minister (Thief)
Treasurer(Thief)
Advisor (Thief)
Judge oh (Thief)
Army (Thief)
Policeman (Thief)
S.A.R.S oh (Thief)
Inspector (Thief)
General (Thief)
All of them murderers
[Chorus]
You can beat me, shoot me, kill me, throw me in jail
You can strip me, use me, abuse me 'til nothing remains
We won’t take it kindly, take it smiling
We won’t take it kindly, take it smiling
You can beat me, shoot me, kill me, throw me in jail
You can strip me, use me, abuse me 'til nothing remains
We won’t take it kindly, take it smiling
We won't take it kindly, take it smiling
[Bridge]
Ooh
Message in a hammer
Burning down the order
Tearing down the walls for a new day
A new breath
I can feel the tide turn
Let the fire pour
Can't you see it's time for a new day
New dawn, new dawn
[Chorus]
You can beat me, shoot me, kill me, throw me in jail
You can strip me, use me, abuse me ’til nothing remains
We won't take it kindly, take it smiling
We won't take it kindly, take it smiling
You can beat me (Thief), shoot me (Thief), kill me (Thief), throw me in jail (Thief)
You can strip me (Thief), use me (Thief), abuse me (Thief) 'til nothing remains (Thief)
We won't take it kindly (Thief), take it smiling (Thief, thief, thief)
We won't take it kindly (Thief), take it smiling (Thief, thief, thief)
You can beat me, shoot me, kill me, throw me in jail
You can strip me, use me, abuse me 'til nothing remains
We won't take it kindly, take it smiling
We won't take it kindly, take it smiling
Message in a Hammer was written by Obongjayar & Barney Lister.
Message in a Hammer was produced by Barney Lister.
Obongjayar released Message in a Hammer on Wed Oct 20 2021.
‘Message in a Hammer’ is about
fight, and fighting against the powers that take and steal and rob from us, and calling them by their name-thieves and murderers.
— via The FADER