...BAD MAN... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)*
Intro:
(x2)
Bridge 1:
Dem dread seh,
Dem dread seh.
Dem dread seh,
Dem dread seh.
No matter how you bad, I man;
Badder than you,
No matter how you dread, I man;
Dreader than you.
No matter how you hard, I man harder than you,
No matter how you raw, I more-weak heart, back way so.
Chorus 1:
A bad man no want go back into cap-tivity,
A bad man no want go back to slavery.
Up-rising, from the claws of the wicked.
Verse 1:
Two bulls can't reign in one pen,
Two lions can't roar in a small den.
Two scorpions don't sting at the same spot,
Two guns can't fire the same bullet shot, so;
Chorus 2:
A bad man no want go back into cap-tivity,
A bad man no want go back to slavery.
Up-rising, from the claws of the wicked.
Verse 2:
Two kings don't wear the same crown,
Two beauties don't have the same gown on.
To-morrow is too late to leave town,
If you're still here at noon,
There'll be one big, big, big showdown, so;
Chorus 3:
Up-rising, upri-sing,
Up-rising, upri-sing.
Break:
I give you 'till noon to go,
On your way to sur-vival, where;
Your heart will beat more fonder with life,
And breath still enters your body.
Bridge 2:
Dem dread seh,
Dem dread seh.
Dem dread seh,
Dem dread seh.
No matter how you bad, I man;
Badder than you,
No matter how you dread, I man;
Dreader than you.
No matter how you hard, I man harder than you,
No matter how you raw, I more-weak heart, back way so.
Verse 3:
If you still coming; me nah run,
If you still coming; me ah go, drop you.
If you still coming; me nah run,
So better stop running be-fore I, break you.
So run and hide before I find you,
Woe betide if I catch up on you.
If you still coming; I box you down,
If you still coming; I clart you down.
Break:
Long time...
We deh under backraw.
Long time we deh under back-raw,
Long time we deh under back-raw.
Long time we deh under back-raw,
Long time we deh under back-raw.
Verse 4:
Four hundred years,
(Many, many years).
Four hundred years,
(Many, many years).
Slavery,
Slavery.
Slavery,
Days...
Coda:
Oh, you've been bought,
Oh, you've been sold.
Oh, cast over me,
Got strung up for nothing at all.
Strange fruit,
Strange fruit.
Strange fruit,
Strange fruit.
Outro:
(Repeat to Fade)
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