Bad Man Lyrics

...BAD MAN... by Steel Pulse
*from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)*
Intro:
Bridge 1:
Dem dread seh,
Dem dread seh,
Dem dread seh,
Dem dread seh.
No matter how,
You bad, I man;
Badder than you,
No matter how,
You dread, I man;
Dreader than you.
No matter how you hard,
I man harder than you,
No matter how you raw,
I more-weak heart,
Back way so.
Chorus 1:
A bad man no,
Want go back,
Into cap-tivity,
A bad man no,
Want go back,
To slavery.
Up-rising,
From the claws,
Of the wicked.
Verse 1:
Two bulls can't reign,
In one pen,
Two lions can't roar,
In a small den.
Two scorpions,
Don't sting at,
The same spot,
Two guns can't fire,
The same bullet shot so;
Chorus 2:
A bad man no,
Want go back,
Into cap-tivity,
A bad man no,
Want go back,
To slavery.
Up-rising,
From the claws,
Of the wicked.
Verse 2:
Two kings don't wear,
The same crown,
Two beauties don't have,
The same gown on.
To-morrow is too late,
To leave town,
If you're still,
Here at noon,
There'll be one,
Big, big, big,
Showdown so;
Chorus 3:
Uprising,
Upri-sing.
Uprising,
Upri-sing.
Break:
I give you,
'Till noon to go,
On your way to,
Sur-vival, where,
Your heart will beat,
More fonder with life,
And breath still,
Enters your body.
Bridge 2:
Dem dread seh,
Dem dread seh,
Dem dread seh,
Dem dread seh.
No matter how,
You bad, I man;
Badder than you,
No matter how,
You dread, I man;
Dreader than you.
No matter how you hard,
I man harder than you,
No matter how you raw,
I more-weak heart,
Back way so.
Verse 3:
If you still coming,
Me nah run,
If you still coming,
Me ah go, drop you.
If you still coming,
Me nah run,
So better stop running,
Be-fore I, break you.
So run and hide,
Before I, find you,
Woe betide if,
I catch up on you,
If you still coming,
I box you down,
If you still coming,
I clart you down.
Break:
Long time...
We deh under backraw.
Long time we deh,
Under back-raw,
Long time we deh,
Under back-raw.
Long time we deh,
Under back-raw,
Long time we deh,
Under back-raw.
Verse 4:
Four hundred years,
(Many, many years).
Four hundred years,
(Many, many years).
Slavery,
Slavery,
Slavery,
Days...
Coda:
Oh,
You've been bought,
Oh,
You've been sold.
Oh,
Cast over me,
Got strung up,
For nothing at all.
Strange fruit,
Strange fruit,
Strange fruit,
Strange fruit.
Outro:
(Repeat to Fade)
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