LINTON KWESI JOHNSON br REGGAE FI RADNI br br you nuh see how de clou' them jus' came sit upon me dream br came sit upon me dream like a dark silk screen br a dark silk screen over de vision I had seen br vision I had seen, the vision I had seen br br so me say that Walter Radni was a victim of hate br someone say that him gone thru heaven's gate br someone say that Walter Radni shouldn't tek up his true weight br an' go carry 'pon 'im back like 'im de weary man a rock br br but look how de clou' dem jus' came sat upon me dream br came sit upon me dream like a shout or a scream br a shout or a scream or a really ugly scene br that awake me from the dream an' alert me to the scheme br br so me say that Walter Radni was a prisoner of fate br someone say that him gone thru de hero's gate br someone say that Walter Radni couldn't tek his true weight br so 'im tek it off 'im back an' go pick it 'pon 'im lap br an' go fall in a trap, an' Sam Burnham get it drop br br but look how me dream come jus' get blow to smithereen br came blow to smithereen ina de miggle of the dream br miggle of the dream before dem peeple dem come in br peeple dem come in, the peeple dem come in br br so me say that Walter Radni was no shark fi de sea br an' all that him did wan' was fi set 'im peeple free br wi' de workers an' se peasan's him should a corporate br but like a fish to de hook, 'im go bite 'pon Burnham bait br br you nuh see how me dream come jus' get blow to smithereen br an' blow to smithereen ina de miggle of the dream br miggle of the dream before de really crucial scene br the really crucial scene when the peeple dem come in br --------------- br --------------- br Historien né en Guyane, dans les Caraïbes, WALTER RODNEY fut l'un des apôtres du panafricanisme, utilisant ses connaissances en histoire pour réconcilier l'Afrique et sa diaspora. br Son engagement et son militantisme conduisirent à son assassinat en juin 1980.