Sizzla - Subterranean Homesick Blues lyrics

Got to know yourself
Burning fire, it's a burning fire

For those in the basement
Marijuana's the medicine
And those on the pavement
Burning down the false government
The man in the trench coat, badge out
Laid off says he's got a bad cough

Want to get paid off look out kid
It's something you did jah knows when
But you're doing it again
You duck down the alleyway
Looking for a new friend
The man in the coonskin cap in the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills, ya only got ten

Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talking that heat put plants in the bed but
The phones tapped anyway
Maggie say that many say
They must be in early May orders from the DA

Look out kid don't matter what you did
Walk on your tip toes don't try No Doz
Better stay away from those
That carry around fire hose
Keep a clean nose watch those plain clothes
You don't need a weather man

To know which way the wind blows
You get sick, then get well
Hang around an ink well things fell
Hard to tell if anything is going to sell
Try hard get barred
Get back, write Braille get jailed
Jump bail don't stop, you don't fail

Look out kid you're gonna get hit
By users cheaters
Six-time losers hang around theaters
Girl by the whirlpool looking for a new fool
Don't follow leaders
Watch your parking meters

Oh, get born, keep warm
Girls come, learn to dance get dressed
Get blessed try to be a success
Please her to please me
Maggie, don't steal, don't shoplift
Twenty years schooling

And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid they keep it all hid
You come out from the dark zone
Light yourself a fire torch
Wear your sandals try to avoid the scandals
Don't wanna be a bum get yourself a gun
The pump don't work
'Cause the vandals took the handles

For those in the basement
Marijuana's the medicine
And those on the pavement
Burning down the false government
The man in the trench coat, badge out
Laid off