dan chapplin - poor man cry lyrics
{intro}
hey! hey!
you nuh see what a happen out here?
you think seh it easy?
yeah ah! yeah ah!
chorus/hook:
sometimes we have to do what we have to!
many will try fe stop you, but ah jah ah guide you!
sometimes we have to do what we have to!
many will try fe stop you, but ah jah ah guide you!
yeah eh!
verse (i)
oh! you nuh see wat ah happen out here
dat hav d’peepl living in fear?
oh! you nuh hear ah sufferaton out here
and the leaders dem don’t seem to care?
hey! can’t tel me dat it sweet
every year taxes increase
and de poor man always feeling da heat
right?
life is a battl, a mission to complete
so if nothing home fe eat, you know me must hit da street
because…
chorus/hook:
sometimes we have to do what we have to!
many will try fe stop you, but ah jah ah guide you!
sometimes we have to do what we have to!
many will try fe stop you, but ah jah ah guide you!
yeah eh!
verse (ii)
so every-day you know me haffe try
born inna poverty, in it me can’t die!
to-day me want a piece of the pie
a house me want build, a new car me want buy!
alright!
me haffe put me plan into action
take it step by step, break it down into section
my selection is moving in d’rite direction
the “poor man cry”, so me need to mention…
chorus/hook:
sometimes we have to do what we have to!
many will try fe stop you, but ah jah ah guide you!
sometimes we have to do what we have to!
many will try fe stop you, but ah jah ah guide you!
yeah eh!
verse (iii)
d’poor man cry’ long tears from he eyes!
he say you neva mis d’water, till d’wel run dry!
he say, look how long me ah try – different means to get by
and me stil like a pauper ah tri fe get by!
no lie!
these are some ‘serious times’
i haffe focus in these times
and trod with my eyes open wide
’cause these are some perilous times
yeah!
[outro]{hook]
sometimes we have to do what we have to!
many will try fe stop you, but ah jah ah guide you!
sometimes we have to do what we have to!
many will try fe stop you, but ah jah ah guide you!
yeah eh!
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