When you hear the marching drum
You know they’re gonna blot out the sun.
When you hear the marching drum
You know your time soon come
Hammer coming down fast
Flag is flaying full mast
Shield your eyes from the blast
You know it won’t be the last
It’s a round-up it’s a round up
Rifle butts through the door
Then you’re kicked to the floor
Headlines screaming for more
Now you’re a prisoner of war
In the round-up it’s a round up
This is a count-down to the crackdown
Time to take a little trip downtown (it’s a round up)
Get in the lineup there ain’t no let up
This is a bona fide government speaker (it’s a round-up)
From the fit up straight to the lock up
Through the touchup and the drug
Up to the rough up
It’s just a start up
So watch it speed up
It ain’t enough to just put-up and shut-up
This is a round-up
(This is a round-up [3x]) and every day
Shining boots of leather
Mind at the end of the tether
Charges cobbled together
The sentence is forever
It’s a round up
It’s a round up
Stone floor for a bed with a hood on the head
Helicopters overhead
Maybe I’m already dead
It’s a round up
This is a round up
When you hear the marching drum
You know they’re gonna blot out the sun
When you hear the marching drum
You know your time soon come
(Your time soon come [2x])
Dem come for de rasta and you say nothing
Dem come from the muslims you say nothing
Dem come for the anti-globalist you say nothing
Dem even come for the liberals and you say nothing
Dem come for you and who will speak for you?
Who will speak for you
This is a count-down to the crackdown
Time to take a little trip downtown (it’s a round up)
Get in the lineup there ain’t no let up
This is a bona fide government speaker (it’s a round-up)
From the fit up straight to the lock up
Through the touchup and the drug
Up to the rough up
It’s just a start up
So watch it speed up
It ain’t enough to just put-up and shut-up
This is a round-up
When you hear the marching drum
You know they’re gonna blot out the sun
When you hear the marching drum
You know your time soon come
Soon come
(Your time (soon come) [3x])
Come come come…
This is the round up [3x]