Irie Smiles

Irie smiles when The Man come around We never frown otherwise He know it's workin', yea Irie smiles when The Man come around, and we never frown, never frown Irie smiles when The Man come around We never frown otherwise He know it's workin', yea Irie smiles when The Man come around, and we never frown, never frown It's all been done and it's all been said We're singin' of the troubles of the common man But the only one who listen is the common man Don't think that Uncle Sam is gonna give a damn Yet He try to turn around and say He's my friend But He the kind of friend who come again and again Knockin' at your door you better never let him in He askin' for more when you give and you give But I only give the finger in the middle of my hand, come on! Irie smiles when The Man come around We never frown otherwise He know it's workin', yea Irie smiles when The Man come around, and we never frown, never frown Irie smiles when The Man come around We never frown otherwise He know it's workin', yea Irie smiles when The Man come around, and we never frown, never frown See it's the same old song and the same old dance Mind's ignorant and voices suppressed They try to keep us down so they can tel us what's best They say the dream is dead or that it doesn't exist, bullshit But if it were up to me, I'd lead the great return to the land of the free For no authority can tell us how to be, when we're one united people livin' peacefully Yes one voice together the whole world will hear it Until then, we can't let them break our spirit Irie smiles when The Man come around We never frown otherwise He know it's workin', yea Irie smiles when The Man come around, and we never frown, never frown Irie smiles when The Man come around We never frown otherwise He know it's workin', yea Irie smiles when The Man come around, and we never frown, never frown Irie smiles when The Man come around We never frown otherwise He know it's workin', yea Irie smiles when The Man come around, and we never frown, never frown Irie smiles when The Man come around We never frown otherwise He know it's workin', yea Irie smiles when The Man come around, and we never frown, never frown Irie smiles, Irie smiles, Irie smiles, and we never frown, no! And we never frown, never frown-own-own, we never frown, never frown-own-own We never frown, never frown-own-own, we never frown, never frown-own-own-own