Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Crabs In A Barrel, artist - Kool & The Gang. Album song State Of Affairs, in the genre Соул
Date of issue: 26.02.1996
Record label: Curb
Song language: English
Crabs In A Barrel |
Stop the jealousy |
We’ve gotta stop the envy |
All my brothers and my sisters |
We’ll turn this thing around |
My father died when I was ten |
But mother never spent much time with him |
Papa was a rollin' stone |
He left eight girls and three boys |
Mama said, «Just trust in the Lord |
And follow His Golden Rule» |
Now I’m a professional |
The girls are all doing wonderful |
We fought our way from poverty |
Bought mom a house on the hill |
So she could have a better place to live |
Pay back for the life she’s given me |
Some people in the neighborhood |
Say now we think we’re too good |
'Cause we found a better way |
They say that we sold out |
From the ghetto we got out |
Why, people, do you treat us this way? |
We’re just like |
Crabs in a barrel, yes, we’re the same |
You try to get out, they pull you back again |
Like crabs in a barrel, hear what I say |
It’s dog-eat-dog |
We gotta know how to play the game |
There’s a child prodigy, gifted from infancy |
Greatness was his destiny, hey |
He studied hard, played no ball |
At seven years played Carnegie Hall |
Broadway and overseas |
He read about black history |
Find out from which he came to be |
Not long ago his people were set free |
And every night he would pray |
Thank God for another day |
And for bringing us out of misery |
Some people in the neighborhood |
Say now we think he’s too good |
And he’s young, gifted and black |
They say that we sold out |
From the ghetto he got out |
Why, people, do you treat him this way? |
We’re just like |
Crabs in a barrel, yes, we’re the same |
You try to get out, they pull you back again |
Like crabs in a barrel, hear what I say |
Ah, it’s dog-eat-dog |
Gotta know how to play the game |
Like crabs in a barrel, we’re the same now |
You try to get out, they pull you back again |
Like crabs in a barrel, hear what I say |
Well, it’s dog-eat-dog |
You gotta know how to play the game |
Crabs in a barrel, yes, we’re the same |
You try to get out, they pull you back again |
Like crabs in a barrel, you hear what I say |
Well, it’s dog-eat-dog |
You gotta know how to play the game |
Like crabs in a barrel, whoo! |
We’re just like crabs in a barrel |
Whoo! |
Crabs in a barrel, yes, we’re the same |
Try to get out |
All of my brothers, they gave me the ghetto |
All of the love that we need to be loved |