Bob Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981), born Nesta Robert Marley which was later to be changed by passport officials to Robert Nesta Marley, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist. He was the most widely known writer and performer of Reggae, and more specifically Roots Reggae. He is famous for popularising the genre outside of Jamaica and the Caribbean. Much of his music dealt with the struggles of the spiritually wealthy rasta and/or spiritually powerful Jah Rastafari.
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...RAT RACE... by Bob Marley --------------..............
*from 'Positive Vibration' (1976)*
Intro:
CmA#GmD#, CmA#, Cm Ya too rude!
CmA#GmD#, CmA#, Cm
Chorus 1:
CmA#Cm Oh, what a rat race, oh, what a rat race! A#Cm Oh, what a rat race; this is the rat race! Rat race! (Rat race!)
Verse 1:
A# Some a lawful, some a bastard, some a jacket: Cm Oh, what a rat race, yeah, rat race! A# Some a gorgon-a, some a hooligan-a, some a guine-gog-a, Cm In this 'ere rat race, rat race! I'm singin' that:
Verse 2:
A# When the cat's away; the mice will play. Cm Political voilence, fill ya city, ye-ah! A# Don't involve Rasta in your say say; Cm Rasta don't work for no, C.I.A.
Chorus 2:
A#Cm Rat race, rat race, rat race, rat race! I'm sayin';
Verse 3:
A# When you think, is peace and safety; a sudden destruction. Cm Collective security, for surety, ye-ah! A# Don't forget your history, know your destiny; Cm In the a-bundance of water, the fool is thirsty.
Chorus 3:
A#Cm Rat race, rat race, rat race, rat race, A#Cm Oh, it's a dis-grace to see the human-race, in a rat race, rat race!
Coda:
A# You got the horse race; you got the dog race; Cm You got the human-race; but this is a rat race, rat race!