Rat a Cut Bottle

Time get so hard, that even rat a cut bottle Is a situation that, the poor man can't tackle, ah Yeah Time get so tough, man can't even get one Is a situation that, the poor man can't handle Lord The cost of living city get so drastic So mother can't even find penny fi send dem pickney go a market, uh Nickle get so scarce, you can't even get none So instead a once a week, every day for me I'm?? Lord Time get so hard, that even rat a cut bottle Is a situation that, the poor man can't tackle Lord The time get so tough, man can't even get one Is a situation that, the poor man can't handle Whenever you go down-town, just take a look aroudn And check how much youth you see walking up and down Yeah 'Cause in yah this yah time, when no job man can't find If they are in need, say they must commit a crime Lord... The cost of living city get so drastic So mother can't even find penny fi send dem pickney go a market Lord Nickle get so scarce, you can't even get none So instead a once a week, every day for me I'm?? Lord Time get so hard, that even rat a cut bottle Is a situation that, the poor man can't tackle Lord Time get so tough, man can't even get one Is a situation that, the poor man can't handle Never, never handle No, never handle A sufferation, yes a sufferation Time get so hard, that rat a cut bottle True, true Is a situation that, the poor man can't tackle, ah Bam, biddly-beng Time so hard that even rat a cut bottle Time so hard that even rat a cut bottle What a dread situation fi tackle Man, a what a dread situation fi tackle Say me can't get no food deh fi nimble, bow! Me can't get no food deh fi nimble Rich man check it so simple A lot a poor man take it ungrateful You know Say when me wake up 'pon me bed, a say me feel so sick And a when I take me stop, me say I can't survive dis Just a twist me like a???? stick Say just a twist me like a???? stick Say time so hard that even rat a cut bottle Time so hard that even rat a cut bottle Say a sufferation, a sufferation A me say a murderation You know For me say, wicked man, a where you a go run? For me say, wicked man, a where you a go hide? Because a Jah Jah a go strike with a lighting and thunder Jah Jah a go strike with a lighting and thunder Jah a marshal, him no partial, bow, hey Jah a marshal, him no partial Because Him higher than a general, right, Lord Him higher than a general, hey For me say whether you a woman or whether you a man You got to remember say you deh 'pon Jah Jah land Bam bam, upon the island say a bam bam opn the island 'Cause if me take off me tam, it a go bring a bam bam Me take off me tam, it a go bring a bam bam But a sufferation upon the land I tell you say, a sufferation upon the land For me no selfish inna your ways, pass the time A Lord have mercy, hear me say So no, no selfish inna your ways, pass the time And let me tell you 'bout the Son who leads the way No matter weh you say, cah each and every da You got to hear me say, hey Say time so hard that even rat a cut bottle Time so hard that even rat a cut bottle What a dread situation fi tackle Man, a what a dread situation fi tackle Me say the dread 'pon the nation Hey come on me say a dread 'pon the nation Hey, come on and what a dread situation Lord, come on what a murderation A murderation, and me say sufferation...