Not a Blade of Grass - JUKE ROSS

We are a peaceful people

Struggle as we struggle

And we don’t look for trouble

Just ask around

But when outside 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

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

This land is all I know

We’re going to make it somehow

We will bend like a bow

But 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 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

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 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

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