(dread/the clash)
So youand've got to live up to your name
or else iand'll put you to shame... listen!
If you say you a selector
you a fe have good selection
a-and i say if you say you a de special
man i say i want to know your potential
You a say you a madness
you a say you a de best
but when i put you and'pon you feet
a-some a-some a say you canand't play de beat
And i hear you say a clash a you ruler
say a clash sound cooler, eh!
say a clash sound sweeter
and now-a-days man a measure mile in a metre, eh!
Live up to your name
or else you die in shame
a-and a so me say fe live up to your name
a so me tell you say you die in shame
Some a dem a bodysnatcher
some a dem a barracuda, eh!
but who a know fe me jah jah
fe me jah a me creator, eh!
Flying saucers, rock-and-roll
natty dread a fe be in control
itand's all in the whirlwind
i say youand've gone with the blockhead
A-and i say me say dat some a dem a sex pistol
nipple erectors
a so me tell you set dem sp...(?) man a gone
an...(?) farm(?)
and iand'll tell you and'bout the x-generation...
me know dem a victimed
and'cause dem no know fe me sweet jah jah, eh!
Clash a you ruler
say a clash sound cooler
a-and i tell you say a clash sound sweeter
and now-a-days man measure mile in a metre
a none a dem deh measure gallon in a litre
and i tell you say me know dem a cheat ya
and'cause when you living inna fame
you got to live up to your name
or else a suffer and you die inna shame
and i tell you say itand's all in the game, eh!
Some a say dem a selector
dem a fe have good selection
or else deh moving in the wrong direction
and deh no know dis a reggae vibration
a-and a so me say a clash a you ruler
and dis ya one a say it a musically cooler, eh!
Me say fe live up to your name
or else you suffer and you die inna shame
and'cause when you living inna fame
a so me tell you say itand's all in the game
And so me talkinand' about
specials and madness beats,
big body snatcher, (?), eh!
Flying saucers, rock-and-roll
see you gone in the whirlwind
a-and i tell you say, a you a de blockhead
and some will tell you dat you dreader than dread
And a-some a say a clash a you ruler
see a clash sound cooler, aaaye!
clash sound sweeter
man a measure mile in a metre, eh!
When you living inna fame
you got to live up to your name
or else you suffer and you die inna shame
itand's all in the game, eh!
This is the game of life
we no waand' no strife
game of life
we no waand' no strife, no no
Donand't, no no no no
F*ckinand' hell mickey
