Lyrics Play Fool (To Catch Wise) - Alborosie

Play Fool (To Catch Wise)

Play fool to catch wise
Ghetto youth elemental surprise
Play fool to catch wise
Ever shine, ever bright, ever rise!
Ca' when the system pressure youth what a thing?!
Jobless, empty pocket and no formal settlement
And so the youth take up badness, start hustling
Him fire the black iron and no Zion can save him from judgement
Time to follow righteousness, get a meditation
Some youth just left behind, last seen smelt some medication
Good over evil is the final confrontation
Look forward for a global emancipation, yo!
Play fool to catch wise
Ghetto youth elemental surprise
Play fool to catch wise
Ever shine, ever bright, ever rise!
And when one door is closed many more are open
Bob Marley said it, yes, and we never ever doubt it
The situation tough, bad, make we face it
Opportunities, roast dinner, and few can really make it
No job and no justice, and youth a move drastic
'Nuff a them end up in a plyboard casket
Running from police, that a them gymnastic
That’s why Jamaican youths