Not A Blade Of Grass - Dave Martins

The classic, iconic and famous "Not a blade of grass" by the classic, iconic and famous Late Dave Martins.

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We are a peaceful people
Struggle as we struggle
And we don't look for trouble
Just ask around (around)

But when outside faces (faces)
From foreign places
Talk about taking over
We ain't backing down

We ain't giving up no mountains
We ain't giving up no tree (no tree)
We ain't giving up no river (river)
That belongs to we (to we)
Not one blue saki (saki)
Not one rice grain (grain)
Not one kuras (kuras)
Not a blade of grass (blade of grass)

This land is all I know (all I know)
We're gonna make it somehow
We will bend like a bow and never break

Our fathers came here
And they lived and died here
And we ain't moving nowhere
Make no mistake

'Cause we ain't giving up no mountains (we ain't giving up)
We ain't giving up no tree (we ain't giving up)
We ain't giving up no river (we ain't giving up)
That belongs to we
Not one blue saki (saki, saki, saki)
Not one rice grain
Not one kuras
Not a blade of grass

We love the open country
Of the Rupununi
And the Essequibo
Daytime or night

Though we may criticize it
This is our home, we love it
And we need to keep it
We have that right

So we ain't giving up no mountains (we ain't giving up)
We ain't giving up no tree (we ain't giving up)
We ain't giving up no river (we ain't giving up)
That belongs to we
Not one blue saki (saki)
Not one rice grain
Not one kuras
Not a blade of grass

So we ain't giving up no mountains
We ain't giving up no tree
We ain't giving up no river
That belongs to we
Not one blue saki
Not one rice grain
Not one kuras
Not a blade of grass