Ironwood Roots

Intro

Yeah-eh

Oh-oh

Verse 1

Market women fan the coal black smoke

Babylon man come with his heavy yoke

We bend and we carry the basket full of stones

But the rhythm in my blood won't leave my bones

Pre-Chorus

Hear the talking drum

Calling from the sun

Hear the message run

Through everyone

Chorus

We stand like ironwood

We stand like ironwood

Roots deeper than the flood

They cannot move us

Post-Chorus

Oh we still stand

Oh we still stand

Verse 2

The suit and tie man counting on his hand

Doesn't understand the language of the land

He builds his wall tall but the soil knows

Every seed becomes a tree that overthrows

Pre-Chorus

Hear the talking drum

Calling from the sun

Hear the message run

Through everyone

Chorus

We stand like ironwood

We stand like ironwood

Roots deeper than the flood

They cannot move us

Post-Chorus

Oh we still stand

Oh we still stand

Bridge

Horns cry out the message loud

Tambourine shake the earth awake

Omo Naija stand your ground

Omo Naija don't make a sound

Breakdown

Oh-oh

Oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Chorus

We stand like ironwood

We stand like ironwood

Roots deeper than the flood

They cannot move us

Outro

Yeah-eh

Stand

Stand