...RAT RACE... by Bob Marley
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*from 'Positive Vibration' (1976)*
Intro:
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Ya too rude!
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Chorus 1:
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Oh, what a rat race, oh, what a rat race!
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Oh, what a rat race; this is the rat race! Rat race! (Rat race!)
Verse 1:
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Some a lawful, some a bastard, some a jacket:
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Oh, what a rat race, yeah, rat race!
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Some a gorgon-a, some a hooligan-a, some a guine-gog-a,
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In this 'ere rat race, rat race! I'm singin' that:
Verse 2:
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When the cat's away; the mice will play.
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Political voilence, fill ya city, ye-ah!
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Don't involve Rasta in your say say;
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Rasta don't work for no, C.I.A.
Chorus 2:
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Rat race, rat race, rat race, rat race! I'm sayin';
Verse 3:
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When you think, is peace and safety; a sudden destruction.
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Collective security, for surety, ye-ah!
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Don't forget your history, know your destiny;
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In the a-bundance of water, the fool is thirsty.
Chorus 3:
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Rat race, rat race, rat race, rat race,
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Oh, it's a dis-grace to see the human-race, in a rat race, rat race!
Coda:
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You got the horse race; you got the dog race;
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You got the human-race; but this is a rat race, rat race!
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
