(Dread/The Clash)
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So you've got to live up to your name
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Or else I'll put you to shame... Listen!
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If you say you a selector
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You a fe have good selection
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A-and I say if you say you a de special
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Man I say I want to know your potential
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You a say you a madness
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You a say you a de best
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But when I put you 'pon you feet
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A-some a-some a say you can't play de beat
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And I hear you say a Clash a you ruler
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Say a Clash sound cooler, eh!
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Say a Clash sound sweeter
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And now-a-days man a measure mile in a metre, eh!
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Live up to your name
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Or else you die in shame
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A-and a so me say fe live up to your name
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A so me tell you say you die in shame
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Some a dem a bodysnatcher
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Some a dem a barracuda, eh!
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But who a know fe me Jah Jah
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Fe me Jah a me creator, eh!
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Flying saucers, rock-and-roll
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Natty Dread a fe be in control
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It's all in the whirlwind
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I say you've gone with the blockhead
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A-and I say me say dat some a dem a Sex Pistol
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Nipple erectors
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A so me tell you set dem sp...(?) man a gone
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An...(?) farm(?)
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And I'll tell you 'bout the X-generation...
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Me know dem a victimed
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'Cause dem no know fe me sweet Jah Jah, eh!
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Clash a you ruler
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Say a Clash sound cooler
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A-and I tell you say a Clash sound sweeter
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And now-a-days man measure mile in a metre
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A none a dem deh measure gallon in a litre
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And I tell you say me know dem a cheat ya
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'Cause when you living inna fame
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You got to live up to your name
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Or else a suffer and you die inna shame
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And I tell you say it's all in the game, eh!
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Some a say dem a selector
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Dem a fe have good selection
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Or else deh moving in the wrong direction
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And deh no know dis a reggae vibration
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A-and a so me say a Clash a you ruler
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And dis ya one a say it a musically cooler, eh!
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Me say fe live up to your name
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Or else you suffer and you die inna shame
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'Cause when you living inna fame
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A so me tell you say it's all in the game
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And so me talkin' about
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Specials and Madness beats,
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Big body snatcher, (?), eh!
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Flying saucers, rock-and-roll
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See you gone in the whirlwind
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A-and I tell you say, a you a de blockhead
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And some will tell you dat you dreader than dread
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And a-some a say a Clash a you ruler
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See a Clash sound cooler, aaaye!
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Clash sound sweeter
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Man a measure mile in a metre, eh!
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When you living inna fame
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You got to live up to your name
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Or else you suffer and you die inna shame
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It's all in the game, eh!
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This is the game of life
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We no wa' no strife
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Living In Fame
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The Clash |