[male
vocals]
[INTRO — DEEP BASS / NYABINGHI] Jah...
Rastafari...
Brothers
and
sisters
in
the
ghettos...
Comrades
at
the
bases...
Come...
Let
us
open
the
record.
They
gave
Mahama's
government
a
name— “
Cocaine
government.”
But
before
you
point
the
finger—
CROWD:
NPP,
OPEN
YOUR
OWN
RECORD!
LEAD:
Before
you
condemn—
CROWD:
OPEN
YOUR
OWN
RECORD!
LEAD:
Because
allegation—
CROWD:
IS
NOT
CONVICTION!
LEAD:
Ghana—
CROWD:
REMEMBERS!
[VERSE 1 — WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE?] LEAD:
NPP
called
a
press
conference.
They
told
Ghana...
They
told
the
world...
There
are
laboratories
processing
cocaine
in
Ghana.
CROWD:
WHERE
ARE
THEY?
LEAD:
NPP—
Where
are
the
laboratories?
CROWD:
SHOW
GHANA!
LEAD:
Who
owns
them?
CROWD:
NAME
THEM!
LEAD:
Where
are
they?
CROWD:
BRING
THE
EVIDENCE!
LEAD:
If
you
have
intelligence—
CROWD:
HAND
IT
OVER!
LEAD:
If
you
know
the
criminals—
CROWD:
HELP
GHANA
CATCH
THEM!
LEAD:
But
allegation—
CROWD:
IS
NOT
CONVICTION!
CROWD:
OPEN
YOUR
OWN
RECORD!
LEAD:
Before
you
point
the
finger—
CROWD:
OPEN
YOUR
OWN
RECORD!
LEAD:
You
made
the
allegation—
CROWD:
BRING
THE
EVIDENCE!
LEAD:
You
mentioned
laboratories—
CROWD:
SHOW
GHANA!
CROWD:
OPEN
YOUR
OWN
RECORD!
LEAD:
Ghana—
CROWD:
REMEMBERS!
[VERSE 2 — THE AIRCRAFT] LEAD:
Then
came
the
aircraft
allegation...
Cocaine!
Money!
Suspicion!
CROWD:
BRING
THE
EVIDENCE!
LEAD:
If
you
have
information—
CROWD:
REPORT
IT!
LEAD:
If
investigators
need
your
evidence—
CROWD:
COOPERATE!
LEAD:
Because
narcotics
is
bigger
than
NPP...
Bigger
than
NDC...
If
anybody
traffics
drugs—
CROWD:
ARREST
THEM!
LEAD:
No
party
card—
CROWD:
SHOULD
PROTECT
A
TRAFFICKER!
[BRIDGE — OPEN THE HISTORY BOOK] LEAD:
But
wait...
NPP...
Before
you
point
the
finger—
CROWD:
OPEN
YOUR
OWN
RECORD!
LEAD:
Turn
the
page...
CROWD:
GHANA
REMEMBERS!
LEAD:
Go
back
to 2006...
CROWD:
WHAT
HAPPENED?
[VERSE 3 — MV BENJAMIN / KOKONTE] LEAD:
MV
Benjamin...
CROWD:
GHANA
REMEMBERS!
LEAD:
Seventy-seven
parcels
of
cocaine
were
reported—
About
thirty
kilograms
each.
Most
disappeared...
Investigations
followed...
Convictions
followed...
CROWD:
GHANA
REMEMBERS!
LEAD:
And
who
was
governing?
CROWD:
NPP!
LEAD:
Then
another
strange
chapter...
Cocaine
exhibits
in
police
custody...
Flour
appeared
where
cocaine
should
have
been.
CROWD:
KOKONTE!
LEAD:
Cocaine—
CROWD:
KOKONTE!
LEAD:
And
who
was
governing?
CROWD:
NPP!
LEAD:
Did
those
cases
automatically
make
every
NPP
member
a
cocaine
dealer?
CROWD:
NO!
LEAD:
Then—
CROWD:
USE
ONE
STANDARD!
[VERSE 4 — ERIC AMOATENG] LEAD:
And
Eric
Amoateng...
CROWD:
GHANA
REMEMBERS!
LEAD:
Was
it
imagination?
CROWD:
NO!
LEAD:
Was
it
metaphor?
CROWD:
NO!
LEAD:
Was
he
a
sitting
Member
of
Parliament?
CROWD:
YES!
LEAD:
Which
party?
CROWD:
NPP!
LEAD:
And
let
us
get
the
drug
correct—
It
was
heroin.
LEAD:
Arrested...
Prosecuted...
Convicted...
Imprisoned.
CROWD:
THAT
WAS
A
CONVICTION!
LEAD:
Not
allegation—
CROWD:
CONVICTION!
LEAD:
Not
metaphor—
CROWD:
CONVICTION!
[CLIMAX — OPEN YOUR RECORD] LEAD:
So
NPP...
Before
you
point
the
finger—
CROWD:
OPEN
YOUR
OWN
RECORD!
LEAD:
MV
Benjamin—
CROWD:
GHANA
REMEMBERS!
LEAD:
Cocaine
and
kokonte—
CROWD:
GHANA
REMEMBERS!
LEAD:
Eric
Amoateng—
CROWD:
GHANA
REMEMBERS!
LEAD:
If
those
cases
did
not
automatically
make
the
entire
NPP
government
a
narcotics
government—
CROWD:
USE
ONE
STANDARD!
LEAD:
For
NPP—
CROWD:
ONE
STANDARD!
LEAD:
For
NDC—
CROWD:
ONE
STANDARD!
LEAD:
And
that
standard
is—
CROWD:
EVIDENCE!
CROWD:
OPEN
YOUR
OWN
RECORD!
LEAD:
If
there
are
laboratories—
CROWD:
SHOW
THEM!
LEAD:
If
there
is
evidence—
CROWD:
BRING
IT!
LEAD:
If
officials
are
involved—
CROWD:
PROSECUTE
THEM!
LEAD:
If
traffickers
are
operating—
CROWD:
ARREST
THEM!
LEAD:
But
allegation—
CROWD:
IS
NOT
CONVICTION!
CROWD:
OPEN
YOUR
OWN
RECORD!
LEAD:
Ghana—
CROWD:
REMEMBERS!
[SHORT OUTRO — BASS / DUB ECHO] LEAD:
Governments
will
come...
CROWD:
AND
GO...
LEAD:
Political
parties
will
come...
CROWD:
AND
GO...
LEAD:
But
Ghana—
CROWD:
GHANA
WILL
REMAIN!
LEAD:
Fight
the
drugs!
CROWD:
FIGHT
THEM!
LEAD:
Follow
the
evidence!
CROWD:
FOLLOW
IT!
LEAD:
Protect
Ghana!
CROWD:
PROTECT
GHANA!
LEAD:
And
before
you
point
the
finger—
CROWD:
NPP,
OPEN
YOUR
OWN
RECORD!
LEAD:
Ghana...
[SHORT OUTRO — BASS / DUB ECHO] LEAD:
Governments
will
come...
CROWD:
AND
GO...
LEAD:
Political
parties
will
come...
CROWD:
GHANA
WILL
REMAIN!
LEAD:
Fight
the
drugs!
CROWD:
FIGHT
THEM!
LEAD:
Follow
the
evidence!
CROWD:
FOLLOW
IT!
LEAD:
Protect
Ghana!
CROWD:
PROTECT
GHANA!
LEAD:
And
before
you
point
the
finger—
CROWD:
NPP,
OPEN
YOUR
OWN
RECORD!
LEAD:
Ghana...
CROWD:
REMEMBERS!