Rat Race

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Uh! Ya too rude!

Uh! Eh! What a rat race!

Oh, what a rat race!

Oh, what a rat race!

Oh, what a rat race!

This is the rat race! Rat race! (Rat race!)



Some a lawful, some a bastard, some a jacket

Oh, what a rat race, yeah! Rat race!



Some a gorgon-a, some a hooligan-a,

Some a guine-gog-a

In this 'ere rat race, yeah!

Rat race!

I'm singin' that

When the cat's away,

The mice will play

Political voilence fill ya city, ye-ah!

Don't involve Rasta in your say say

Rasta don't work for no C.I.A.

Rat race, rat race, rat race!

Rat race, I'm sayin'

When you think is peace and safety

A sudden destruction

Collective security for surety, ye-ah!



Don't forget your history

Know your destiny

In the abundance of water,

The fool is thirsty

Rat race, rat race, rat race!



Rat race!

Oh, it's a disgrace

To see the human-race

In a rat race, rat race!

You got the horse race

You got the dog race

You got the human-race

But this is a rat race, rat race!