Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Inglan Is A Bitch, artist - Linton Kwesi Johnson. Album song Bass Culture, in the genre Поп
Date of issue: 31.12.1979
Record label: Island, Universal Music Operations
Song language: English
Inglan Is A Bitch |
W’en mi jus' come to Landan toun |
Mi use to work pan di andahgroun |
But workin' pan di andahgroun |
Y’u don’t get fi know your way around |
Inglan is a bitch |
Dere’s no escapin it |
Inglan is a bitch |
Dere’s no runnin' whey fram it |
Mi get a lickle jab in a bih 'otell |
An' awftah a while, mi woz doin' quite well |
Dem staat mi aaf as a dish-washah |
But w’en mi tek a stack, mi noh tun clack-watchah |
Inglan is a bitch |
Dere’s no escapin it |
Inglan is a bitch |
No baddah try fi hide fram it |
W’en dem gi' you di lickle wage packit |
Fus dem rab it wid dem big tax rackit |
Y’u haffi struggle fi mek en’s meet |
An' w’en y’u goh a y’u bed y’u jus' can’t sleep |
Inglan is a bitch |
Dere’s no escapin it |
Inglan is a bitch |
A noh lie mi a tell, a true |
Mi use to work dig ditch w’en it cowl noh bitch |
Mi did strang like a mule, but bwoy, mi did fool |
Den awftah a while mi jus' stap dhu ovahtime |
Den awftah a while mi jus' phu dung mi tool |
Inglan is a bitch |
Dere’s no escapin it |
Inglan is a bitch |
Y’u haffi know how fi survive in it |
Well mi dhu day wok an' mi dhu nite wok |
Mi dhu clean wok an' mi dhu dutty wok |
Dem seh dat black man is very lazy |
But if y’u si how mi wok y’u woulda sey mi crazy |
Inglan is a bitch |
Dere’s no escapin it |
Inglan is a bitch |
Y’u bettah face up to it |
Dem a have a lickle facktri up inna Brackly |
Inna disya facktri all dem dhu is pack crackry |
Fi di laas fifteen years dem get mi laybah |
Now awftah fifteen years mi fall out a fayvah |
Inglan is a bitch |
Dere’s no escapin it |
Inglan is a bitch |
Dere’s no runnin' whey fram it |
Mi know dem have work, work in abundant |
Yet still, dem mek mi redundant |
Now, at fifty-five mi gettin' quite ol' |
Yet still, dem sen' mi fi goh draw dole |
Inglan is a bitch |
Dere’s no escapin it |
Inglan is a bitch |
Is whey wi a goh dhu 'bout it? |