rastaman, clouds, 2010

you want to be a rastaman
live in jamaica
you want to be a rastaman
live in south africa

jah see, jah say
take cares of your babies
live in the land of plenty
you have plenty of time to waste
love's coming on home
why don't you take some of it on home with you
some much time on your hands
you do not know what to do
but he do know what it's like to see

rastaman
he don't know what it's like to be free
but he do know what it's like to see
you and me
rastaman
he don't need white sympathy
you know he only wants to feed his
starving family

you want to be a rastaman
I say live in nicaragua
if you want to be a rastaman
I say live in cambodia

with all the support
you need never worry about the shanties
always cash for the two wheels
the girls, the grass and the fantasies
jah see, jah say
take it on home to your baby's eyes
real rastaman struggles
to find the way, find the way, find the way
listen to your heart, you mind, your truth
and you might find a friend
you think bob was something
other than what he ever could have been

rastaman
he don't know what it's like to be free
but he do know what it's like to see
you and me
rastaman
watches us on black and white tv
I know he's thinking about how he's going to
get his peace

rastaman hey
rastaman hey
rastaman

you said I was no injah rastaman
for what it was I did
I suggest to you this may be true
but I'm no hypocrit
your head is so clogged with useless shit
you forget your wife and kids
and this is not the end of it
the crap it goes on
if you won't work for your lives
to survive, to stay alive
you thumb your nose at the world
and all the men who remember
what it was like to have the need
to want to work, but have no means
whose families starve every day
children who are dying
I can't believe you stare at me
dull eyes looking uppity
as it all fails and I retreat
I know that I will not be beat
if I push to come to terms
with all that's wrong and what may be
I think I'll find the odds are long
the deck is stacked against us
if this sounds a little blue
think of all that we can do
live right up to what we do
and think about these three things
family is number one
mankind follows right along
mother earth we must save
it's our home
it's our grave