A high-speed collision of virtuosic Rastafarian and Nigerian Reggae and frantic Afro breakbeats. This track explores the friction of human performance pushed to mechanical limits. No fluff, just absolute sonic acceleration.
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Story behind the song
This track is a digital-age fusion of Rastafarian and Nigerian Reggae filtered through a Manic Rock Metal lens. It bridges the gap between the rhythmic "skanking" of Reggae and the percussive aggression of High-speed Metal. The vocal delivery leans into the "toasting" tradition, while the underlying structure utilizes the polyrhythmic complexity found in West African Hip-Hop and Jazz Fusion.
It's the speech the lead character Klaatu from "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (a 1951 American science fiction film from 20th Century Fox).
Lyrics
I am leaving soon.
And you will forgive me if I speak bluntly.
The universe grows smaller every day.
And the threat of aggression by any group, anywhere,
can no longer be tolerated.
There must be security for all, or no one is secure.
Now this does not mean giving up any freedom,
except the freedom to act irresponsibly.
Your ancestors knew this, when they made laws
to govern themselves and hired policemen to enforce them.
We of the other planets have long accepted this principle.
We have an organization for the mutual protection
of all planets, and for the complete elimination of aggression.
The test of any such higher authority is, of course,
the police force that supports it. For our policemen,
we created a race of robots.
Their function is to patrol the planets in spaceships
like this one, and preserve the peace.
In matters of aggression, we have given them
absolute power over us. This power cannot be revoked.
At the first sign of violence, they act automatically
against the aggressor.
The penalty for provoking their action is too terrible to risk.
The result is, we live in peace, without arms or armies,
secure in the knowledge that we are free from
aggression and war. Free to pursue more profitable enterprises.
We do not pretend to have achieved perfection,
but we do have a system, and it works.
I came here to give you these facts.
It is no concern of ours how you run your own planet.
But if you threaten to extend your violence,
this Earth of yours will be reduced to a burned-out cinder.
Your choice is simple. Join us and live in peace,
or pursue your present course and face obliteration.
We shall be waiting for your answer.
The decision rests with you.
