§: I'm a rebel<br />deh ya pon the street corner<br />I'm a rebel<br />n' me deh ya with the mad professor<br /><br />Well as a likkle youth, as a likkle youngster<br />me grow up inna the ghetto with me two sisters<br />me mother, me father them live under pressure<br />a one likkle room the whole a we sleep inna<br />we struggle everyday just to make things better<br />just to make things better me say fe the future<br />a nuff time me hear me mother ax me father<br />"I don't know why we left Jamaica,<br />just to come a England<br />and work inna freezer<br />fe make white man cuss we and call we nigga"<br />but is milk and honey them did a look for<br />and that's the only reason why dem come yah<br />true the white man think 'say them superior,<br />and dem look pon we as inferior<br />well day after day they try to keep we under<br />but we know we got to fight coz it's in our nature<br />§<br />But see yah<br />a when dem greet people dem take fear for<br />dem must think n' say slavery still deh ya<br />but a long time it done, a long time it over<br />and them the kind of bush we nah check for<br />just like Malcom X and Martin Luther<br />well Tippa na joke n' mi na jester<br />coz the National Front<br />me no 'fraid of<br />the Klu Klux Klan<br />me no 'fraid of<br />you see the uglyness in dem<br />we no 'fraid of<br />you see the BNP (British National Party)<br />we no 'fraid of<br />cause if them want this, we will pull the trigger<br />we will pull the trigger inna dem chaa corner<br />cause I-man Mr. Irie, I am a warrior<br />me is a warrior with the Mad Professor<br />ca' the Mad Professor deh in the area<br />come hear de Mr. Irie , Mista hot like a rebel<br />§<br />Through the color of my skin me find it harder<br />fi Iman to survive inna my area<br />I don't have no chip pon my shoulder<br />ca' me know one day me affe prosper<br />and reach to the top as a entertainer<br />but a nuff obstacle them put in front a Tippa<br />sometimes dem don't want play you pon the radio<br />dem won't review your tunes inna the newspaper<br />you don't get no help from the distributor<br />is only fe them tunes alone them look after<br />but the tipp' nah give up, no no never<br />§
