Big brother
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- čas přidán 6. 08. 2023
- Recorded somewhere in the 90s, this recording just sat on the shelf doing nothing. But when considering the state of our nations, and how the state strive to control people and abuse power, it is still relevant, probably more relevant, now.
Words by Benjamin Zephaniah
Music by Benjamin Zephaniah
Copyright RED DREAD MUSIC 2023
Big Brother
Tax you till your dead, and give you no future
Your name and address is on his computer,
Talk amongst yourselves, Aint nothing you can do,
Wherever you may be, Big Brother is watching you.
Big Brother has a very big sister
Dirty money lovers just can’t resist her,
Turns on the masses like a page three girl
Turns off your senses and controls your world,
Big Brother has a satellite dish
A spy in the sky, and he poisoned the fish
He poison the food, and he poisoned your rain,
He got a wicked idea and poisoned your brain.
Big Brother’s looking at you, Big Sister at his side,
Said he got you covered, take it in your stride,
Don’t bother get upset now, you were warned before,
Just prepare for a showdown when he knocks on your door.
You can’t judge him by his colours,
Bluey grey don’t glow,
Tell your sisters and your brother
He’s come to wreck the show
He don’t consider judgment time
Tries to play god too, so just sign the dotted line,
Big Bother is watching you.
Big Bother is watching you Dekho
Big Bother is watching you You know
Big Bother is watching you it’s true
Big Bother is watching you ooh
In his patrol car staking out your life
Doing evil deeds in the station at night
Cruising up the highway, or burning up the motorway
He got you on video, listening to what you say.
Loving on the back seat it don’t matter
Mr big brother tunes into your chatter,
Like a voyeur at the local zoo, Big Bother is watching you.
He studied you and filmed you for his documentary
Upon your wall he was a fly, upon you cat a flea,
You said that you won’t deal with him, well he will deal with you,
You don’t have to invite him in, Big Bother is watching you.
He has got our music on a micro chip
He can hear us moaning from an off shore ship
Tuned in to your turn on, hidden in the barcode
He’s into aviation, and damaging the ozone.
Nosing in your business, tapping on you phone,
You may not want to hear this, but he is in your home,
As for the homeless he is with you there,
He could help you out but he don’t really care,
He could stop the war, and educate the masses,
He won’t help the workers, he drinks with the bosses,
He could feed the hungry, but he walks away,
When I get this angry, I let me guitar play.
Big Bother has a house in the city,
A house in the country and outer space,
When you get down to the nitty gritty
Big Brother has an interface,
So know why you dance, know why you love,
Know why you sing, he checks that too,
If you feel out of place and you don’t know a thing. Know this,
Big Bother is watching you.
Big Bother is watching you Dekho
Big Bother is watching you You know
Big Bother is watching you It’s true
Big Bother is watching you Watching you
Big Bother is watching you It’s clear
Big Bother is watching you Beware
Big Bother is watching you Look out
Big Bother is watching you No doubt
Benjamin Zephaniah - Zábava
You will be missed brother your poet and your music made me happy
Yes Zephyr...god bless 🙏 Brummie boy . Now you is watching us ... went too soon ... you have inspired soo many ❤
Yes the Government has records on you. Great song!
RIP Benjamin. My words cannot do you justice.
Me neither ~ absolutely 💔💔💔💔💔
The good go too soon
Rise In Power - We honour you for voicing the opinions of many. Your work will live on, and your passion for social justice is evident in the innumerable poems as a prolific lyrical legacy. We thank you. A job well done.
Rest in Power Benjamin. We in Birmingham are so lucky & proud to have you as a Brother 🙏
Rest in Peace Benjamin! Thanks for your legacy!!
My heart is broken 😢. Rest in eternal peace. Your words will live on ❤
You are missed, Benjamin. We were so lucky to have you. ❤
Massive part ov my childhood this man ... Wen most around me were racist , he gave me so much direction ... I thank him from th bottom ov my heart ❤
Sad day. Yet about to binge on a true legend's body of work (or some, there's so much). Thanks for everything.
I first was introduced to Benjamin when he came to my primary school assembly 20+ years ago where we was introduced to his poems. Fly high Benjamin
Rest in power and eternal peace Benjamin.
Jah Bless
Rest in Power Benjamin 😢
TO MY BROTHER BENJAMIN REST IN PEACE FOREVER WE IN YOUR DEBT TO YOU YOU WERE WISE BEYOND YOUR MAGIC WORDS YOU ARE MISSED ALREADY FROM DAVID EAST ANGLIA 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈❤️
RIP Benjamin
Farewell you dear dear man, so happy I got to share a couple od hours of our lives ❤
Loved this man, heartbroken…
Another one of my heroes has sadly gone. Respect to the man.....and the poet. Hope Villa give him a special.mention too. He was a day hard fan and advocate for the club.
Respect to BZ the dub prophet
They did do a tribute on Saturday 9th I believe, must be on here somewhere.
Will miss you 😢
Yes Benjamin, quality work 🙏
Fierce and Thoughtful- catchy and great Filmography
RIP
RIP Benjamin.
Sacrifice
Literally 1984
Yes! Thanks so much, my brother -- socially conscious and jamming!
Very nice memories.. performing this many years ago in Cardiff, Benjamin 👊
To understand you need a high level of cultural capital:
Anarchism, in terms of content as it doesn't follow a specific format in the direction, and this leads us to
- Postmodernism; content fragmentation, intertexual references, Jean Bauldriard's concept of hyperreality, Foucault's concept of power; I mean the monopoly of power itself through language; Legitimacy and its implications
- Benjamin also draws on the ideas of Orwell (1984), Gramsci's Hegemony, The Matrix, Artificial Intelligence and Surveillance.
- Marxism and the class struggle; Totalitarian society (to some extent)
- In the end, Benjamin is still, as usual, pessimistic to the extreme, as he puts the facts as they are and leaves no hope for any possible answer or solution, "No doubt."
Love it!
Yes ! Love it
You still the best bro!
Glad to see a new (if old) upload.
Also 777th view haha! :)
It has even more actuality, especially in China, as back then it was produced.
Sad
I think this is probably from 1998 or 1999, due to the type of computer graphics.
Nice
😎 👊
And thanks to shit like Google and social media we end up basically giving them all our info.
RİP BENJAMİN
RIP Benjamin