Tell It Like It Is - U840
I jus` a tell it like it is, yeah
I jus` a tell it like it is, oh yeah
I`ve got to be blatant in this time
Jus` like I know 1 + 1 no make 9 (repeat)
Now what was I saying about being blatant
You got to be blatant in an argument
You got to make sure your feelings are felt
Perfect example for you from me
Watch lying politicians me seh on me t.v.
Pay big big money for the licence fee
(at the same time them a try fi fool we) (repeat)
(chorus)
I jus` tell it like it is, yeah
I jus` tell it like it is, oh yeah
I`ve got ...
I`ve got to be blatant in this time
Now let me tell me more about being blantant
You got to be blatant me seh
With product you invent
If you don`t patent it
You nah see a cent
You have no money fi go pay up your rent
If you crash fi your car
Or you in an accident
If it`s not your fault you be blatant
(chorus)
I jus` tell it like it is, yeah
I jus` tell it like it is, oh yeah
I`ve got ...
Now I get serious about being blatant
Police come and mess with me pon the pavement
They say oi` where you going, what you doing here?
I just leave mi house
fi go buy a tin of beer
Another example of being blatant
South africa police a kill the innocent
Fire live ammunition me seh into a crowd
If that`s not blatant murder
Then murder can`t be found (repeat)
BUUUUUUTTTT, you may end up like me, so, sticking one's head in the sand can be the easy route.
O.K. & then,
Looking Down At My Reflection - UB40
Looking down at my reflection
In the puddle at my feet
Things don`t seem so real down there
Or maybe I don`t see
I see no starvation
I don`t see any pain
I see myself not helping
Just a lonner in the rain
Looking down at my reflection
In the puddle in the ground
Things are getting clearer now
I can see a thunder cloud
I see gross injustice
I see evil men
I see myself repeating
The same old words again
Looking down at my reflection
In the puddle lying there
Now I decide to change my mind
And show the world I care
I care about my fellow man
Being taken for a ride
I care that things start changing
But there`s no one on my side