General Public

Maybe you will and maybe you won't
Maybe you care, but hey I'd like to think you don't
Maybe you're right and maybe I'm wrong
Maybe you stay up worrying about it all night long?

Danger, there's a man inside
Watch out, what are you trying to hide?
Oh God it must be tough
Danger, there's a man inside
Screaming like his heart's on fire
Oh God it must be tough

When you've taken all that you can get
and you've still not had enough
When you've taken all your medicine
but you're still feeling rough
How to find the time in one short life
to deal with all this fuss?

* It must be tough, tough, tough
It must be tough, tough, yeah, yeah
It must be tough

Maybe it's hard for you to see
Maybe it's hard, but hey, that's how it's meant to be
never get nowhere on teh fence
Maybe we all need something we can push against

Danger, there's a man inside
Watch out, qhat you trying to hide?
Oh God it must be tough
Danger, there's a man inside
Screaming like his brain's on fire
Oh God it must be tough

When you've had as much as you can take
but you still not had enough
When you've taken all your medicine
but you're still feeling rough

*Repeat

Oh, it's as hard as it is true
When it comes to you too easy
it goes away the same way too
And it must be tough, but you know what you have to do
'Cos it's a long long way to Heaven
And you know you'll only get there
if you have the funk and nerve to push on through

It's name
Weh deh deh deh deh deh deh deng deng deng ay
Weh deh deh deh deh deh deh deng deng deng ay
You must be rough, ay
You mu' be tough, ay
You must have come here to call my bluff ahh,
But General Public say the artical stuff, boom

Crowd of people say they can't get enough ay
Weh, deh deh deng boom
Tell dem again mmmm
Weh deh deh deh deh deh deh deng deng deng, go

Danger!
Watch out!
Oh God it must be tough
Because we ruffer dan ruff and we tuffer dan tough ay
Danger, there's a man inside
screaming like his sould's on fire
Oh God it must be tough
Brrrr

When you've taken all that you can get
and you've still not had enough
When you've taken all your medicine
but you're still feeling rough
How to find the time in one sweet life
to deal with all this fuss?

It must be tough, tough, tough
It must be tough, tough, yeah yeah yeah
It must be tough, tough, tough
Weh deh deh deh deh deh deh deng deng deng ay
It must be tough, tough, yeah yeah yeah
It must be tough, tough
Because we ruffer dan ruff and we tuffer dan tough
It must be tough, tough, yeah yeah yeah
It must be tough
Weh deh deh deh deh deh deh deng deng deng ay
Yeah, yeah, yeah it must be
Weh deh deh deh deh deh deh deng deng deng right
Yeah, yeah, yeah it must be
Weh deh deh deh deh deh deh deng deng deng ay
Yeah, yeah, yeah it must be
Weh deh deh deh deh deh deh deng deng deng right
Yeah, yeah, yeah it must be

Musical thing called the rainy days
Specially designed not to make you go astray, you know

Rainy days, rainy rainy rainy out there
Song dong dong dong dong dong dong dong
Rainy days, rainy rainy rainy out deh
Song dong dong dong dong dong dong dong

Drink one beer den me sit down 'pon de sofa
Look outside it was raining all over
Go in the other rom and den me put on the fire
Through me did cold and me body a shiver
Likkle after dat I said I started to wonder
Three hours gone and de rain jus' a thunder
All de time me jus look pon de dark sky
Hurry up and bring back de sun fe I!

Rainy days, rainy rainy rainy out there
Song dong dong dong dong dong dong dong
Rainy days, rainy rainy rainy out deh
Song dong dong dong dong dong dong dong

When me back a yard is gone like me gone under water
take a deep breath but me head jus' go under
Everything gone out of order
Coming onto me like a lamb to the slaughter
All arund me hear the scientists a caution
warning people 'bout the world situation
People people seh you've got to be wize
When will we realize?

Rainy days, rainy rainy rainy out there
Song dong dong dong dong dong dong dong
Rainy days, rainy rainy rainy out deh
Song dong dong dong dong dong dong dong

'Cause me seh
Everybody happy now we abolish apartheid
1963 only come like last night
People people seh you've got to remember
don;t you forget about Nelson Mandela
Many years ago, yes, they called him a liar
Finding it hard to put him under water
South Africa is full of sharks
It's a shame that we didn't have a Noah's Ark

Rainy days, rainy rainy rainy out there
Song dong dong dong dong dong dong dong
Rainy days, rainy rainy rainy out deh
Song dong dong dong dong dong dong dong

Chi oh oh
Chi oh oh
Chi oh oh
Watch the ride

Rainy days, rainy rainy rainy out there
Song dong dong dong dong dong dong dong
Rainy days, rainy rainy rainy out deh
Song dong dong dong dong dong dong dong

This tiny spark could brighten up your darkest day
And right from the start you've tried to break this masquerade

Searching for something more than a friend
over and over and over again
Your heart is a siren you cannot deny
You grab on to love and you hold it deep inside

Each tiny breath has all the power of a knife
(Kee on pushing)
This little desath could kick your tired ass to life
(Don't wonder why!)

Searching for words that could nvere describe
the fears and the feelings you're trying to hide
Your heart is a quicksandyou cannot deny
you grab on to love, and you hold it deep inside

Hold it, hold it deep, hold it deep inside
Hold it, won't you hold it deep, hold it deep inside

Dis yah one in a style and pattern and

Dis yah one is a foundation and

Dis yah one in a style and pattern and
Dis yah one is a foundation and
Dis yah one originating and
Dis yah one it go bring a bang bang and
You've got to search down deep inside and
Love can always tek you for a ride so
Tek your girl and hold her tight man
Hold me baby, hold me tight

Searching for someone, more than a friend
over and over and over and over again
Your cannot deny
you grab onto love and you hold it deep inside

Come on, come on
Hold it, won't you hold it deep, hold it deep inside
Hold it, hold it deep, hold it deep inside
Hold it, hold it deep, hold it deep inside
Hold it, sometimes you gotta
Hold it, sometimes oyu wanna squeeze it, hold it deep inside
Hold it deep, hold it deep, hold it deep inside
Hold it, hold it deep, hold it deep inside
Hold it, hold it deep, hold it deep inside, come on, come on

This one is called the big bed
"Cause it's kind of heavier than lead
And kind a dreader than dreader than dread there you know

You call me, I'm not at home, when you're alone
sleeping in the middle of our big bed
Cuddled with you, where I should be
Try to go to sleep, you want love instead

With you tonight there's no escaping
Love's for giving, not just taking
in the middle of our big bed

Where could I be, wish you were with me,
Visions of you, rolling in our big bed
Where would I go, now that I know
what you have toy about your lover man

You will find that I'm alright now
Dreaming of you with all your clothes on
in the middle of our big bed

She love de big bed, she love de big bed ay ay
Rolling, rolling, rolling in our big bed
We love we big bed we love we big bed ay ay
Rolling, rolling, rolling in our big bed
Rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling
She love de big bed, she love de big bed ay ay
She love de big bed, she love de big bed come again
She love de big bed, she love de big bed ay ay
'Cause when a man and a woman say they love one another
emotions come like a change in the weather
But you must keep a promise to the other
that there's nothing to hide
Watch de ride

Take me inside, closing my eyes, vision of you
taking off the covers of our big bed
Never alone, mymmind is my home
Thinking of my lover in her big bed

Instead of feeling down and blue then
I carry pictures of me and you when
we're in the middle of our big bed!

We love we big bed we love we big bed ay ay
Rolling, rolling in our big bed
We love we big bed we love we big bed tell dem
Rolling, rolling, rolling in our big bed
We love we big bed we love we big bed
In the middle of our big bed
We love we big bed we love we big bed tell dem
In the middle of our big bed
Rolling with you
In the middle of our big bed
We kinda heavier than a heavier than a heavier than lead yeah
In the middle of out big bed, right now
Rolling, rolling, rolling in the middle of our big bed

We kinda dreader than dreader than dread yeah, you know
In the middle of our big bed
Dis a big bed,
Rolling in the middle of our big bed
We kinda heavier than a heavier than a heavier than lead Whaaoh
In the middle of our big bed
In the middle of our big bed
We kinda dreader than dreader than dread yeah, Wow ah!
Big bed....

But here comes the musical thing keep
You rockin' an swing so all you gotta do is keep
On coming down adn don't be no clown as I would
Tell you 'bout the musical thing that we love to call Punk

'Cause dis yah one it have to make a hit song and
And this yah one it have to reach number one and
And this yah one it have to sell a million and
And this yah one it make the people sing along 'cause me seh
Whether you are young or whether you are old
Got to come along and makes the good times roll
That's why we, chant we lyrics like remote control
With the raggabilly riddim' for the boomshockattack it name

Punk - We come fe give them lyrick
Punk - We come fe kill them with it
Punk - Original boombastic
Punk - Lord we're under automatic

'Cause me seh
We come fe rock it and we
We come fe shock it and we
We come fe rap it we no come here to knock and we
We come fe love it and we
We come fe dub it and we
We come fe, we come fe, we come fe it's named

Punk - We come fe give them lyrick
Punk - We come fe tease them with it
Punk - Original boombastic
Punk - Lord we're under automatic, come again
Punk - We come fe give them lyrick
Punk - We come fe kill them with it
Punk - Original boombastic
Punk - Lord we're under automatic, come down

Lord cause me seh
When I was a youth I used to raid fe de larder
Have plenty friends and drink plenty larger
The way that them dress you could have
Charged them for murder
But a dem man there firse call me
Ranking Roger
With a pin in a nose and teddy boy boots
Some of them would dress in a bondage suit
Special request to white and black
Raggabilly riddim for the noomshockattack it's named

Punk - We come fe give them lyrick
Punk - We come fe tease them with it
Punk - Original boombastic
Punk - Lord we're under automatic
Punk - We come fe give them lyrick
Punk - We come fe kill them with it
Punk - Original boombastic
Punk - Lord dis a de boombastic it name
Punk - Punk - Punk - Punk - musically boombastic come down
Punk - Punk - Punk - originally boombastic
Punk - We come fe give them lyrick
Punk - We come fe tease them with it
Punk - Original boombastic
Punk - Johnny Rotten a de boombastic and me seh
Punk - Sid Vicious a de boombastic and me seh
Punk - Joe Strummer a de boombastic and me seh
Punk - Mick Jones him a de boombastic
'Cause dem a punk

Sitting there,
making out that it's just not fair at all
Cold stares, nose in the air
Both pretending that we just don't care, but
Every time you leave the room
I'd start to worry and I'd wonder where...

Where were you going, where had the lvoe gone?
Both of us knowing we were missing the fun
How to control it, what had we done?
We couldn't get out of this thing we'd begun, but...

Now that we're friends again
Now that we're friends again
Now that we're friends again
I don't know what the fighting was over
Now that we're friends again
We promised we'll stay that way day to day, today

What a world
And will the boy ever understand the girl
Check mate, you were getting on great, adn then
something was said, and it was much too late, 'cos
by the time you reached the end
you'd won a point but you'd lost a friend

Where were we going, where had the lvoe gone?
Both of us knew we were killing the fun
How to control it, what had we gone?
We couldn't get out of this thing we'd begun, but...

Now that we're friends again
We say that we'll learn and maybe we will
Now that we're friends again

It's not enought to say for all your life
Hoping you get there before its gone away
It's just a shame to let a moment slide
when no one can hide that all we have is here today

Just don't let us end that way!

Where were we going?
Both of us knew we were missing the fun
How to control it, what had we done?
We couldn't get out of this thing we'd begun, but...

Now that we're friends again
Now that we're friends again
We say that we'll learn and maybe we will
Now that we're friends again
I don't know what the fighting was over
Now that we're friends again
We pray that we stay that way day to day, today
Now that we're friends again
We pray that we pray that we stay that way today
Now that we're friends again

Musical thing keep you rocking
So all you got to do is keep on coming down
And tek in the vibes as I would tell you do it
Yeah dis a de brand new style
Dis is a bubbling style

* it's me the original D
Come fe mash it up with enough style
It's me Ranking Rogee
Back weh all the people who a try stop we

Because we come in de business in 1979
Dem deh time everytyhing was find
All kind of man used to live pon de street
Rich man, poor man, begar man thief
But me never check a man for his nationality
When I check a man it's for his personality
I want you to know and I want you to see
If I respect you then you're to respect me

*Repeat

It's weird how de original D
Come fe mash it up with enough style
It's me Ranking Rogee
Back weh all the people who a try stop we

It's I Ranking Roger 'pon de mike jus' a talk
Anywhere me go me seh de dance must cork
Room full of people, everybody dressed smart
People dem a look for brnad new start
So we give them the drum
And we give them the bass
And we give them guitar
'Cause we winning the race
Man a jump up, gal a whine up them waist
Make up dem music mix it with bass
A little ambient and a little bit of dub
Especially designed for the party and the club
We're making the music for everybody
You're to know we are the best in our category
So I don't want no one to come lie to me
When dem say dem a me friend and dem is me enemy
I want you to know and I want you to see
If I respect you then you're to respect me

*Repeat

It's weird how de original D
Come fe mash it up with enough style
It's me Ranking Rogee
Back weh all the people who a try stop we

When you're out on the street
in amongst a thousand people
all full of opinions
You're never not alone

When you're coming in
When it's time to make your exit
When you're out on the dancefloor
You're never not alone
Never not alone
You're never not alone
You're never not alone
You're never not alone

Brum ban ban didly ban bing
Brum ban swidly didly widly ban bing
Brum ban ban didly ban bing
Brum ban swidly didly widly ban bing

Play one tune them have to sit down pon it
Because they want it hard and romantic
We just play the riddim unde automatic because
Dis yah one just fantastic
Play the music night and day, ay
Dance the riddim and feel no way, boom
Play the music night and day, ay
Let de dance hall music play

When you;re out of luck
and the voice of doubt is calling
When you;re making love
You're never not alone

Don't know yourself
and not sure about the others
Have you forgotten God?
You're never not alone

When you're coming in
When it's time to make your exit
When you're out on the dancefloor
You're never not alone
Never not alone
You're never not alone
You're never not alone
You're never not alone

Now there's a place I know, and I sometimes love
where they're born in the shadow of a rifle club
Hearts of gold, but they're in some doubt
when it's time to get the handgun out

Time to get, get the handgun
Time to get the handgun out
Now it's time to get, good God, good gosh
Get the handgun out!

Now a stranger can see instantly
all the strains in this society
Not a melting pot, it's a centrifuge
where the quick, and the dead
are both equal losers!

Get all your trucks, collect them free
Drive to the ocean, throw them in the sea!

Time to get, get the handgun
Time to get the handgun out
Now it's time to get, good God, good gosh
Get the handgun out!

Now there's a place I know, and I sometimes love
Time to get the handgun out
Born in the shadow of a rifle club
Time to get the handgun out
Hearts of gold, but they're in some doubt
When it's time to get the handgun out

Get all your trucks, collect them free
Drive to the ocean, throw them in the sea!

Time to get, get the handgun
Time to get the handgun out
Now it's time to get, good God, good gosh
Get the handgun out!

Hearts of gold, but they're down on love
Born in the shadow of a rifle club
Hearts of gold, but they're in some doubt
When it's time to get the handgun out

Time to get, get the handgun
Time to get the handgun out
Now it's time to get, good God, good gosh
Get the handgun out!

The kind that knows exactly what you should have done
But when something's on, you know they're nowhere near
You've been expecting this for such a lont time now
And now there's something that I think you ought to hear

It's true, Oo Oo
The sort of things you do
I guess you never know just what your friends are saying!

Blowhard
Blowhard, you love me?
Well I will be the judge of that
Blowhard, I hope that all your dreams come true
Blowhard, we're dreaming
And please don't you forget that so are you

And it's true, Oo Oo
The sort of things you do
I guess you'd never guess just what your friends are saying!

* Blowhard, you love me?
Well I will be the judge of that
Blowhard, you love me?
Well I will be the judge of that
Blowhard, make a wish
I hope that all your dreams come true
Blowhard, we're dreaming
And please don't you forget that so are you!

If you, if you were not so keen to jump the gun
We could work it out before its after always said and done
If you, if you could ever use a little shove!
But it's time to put the hatchet down
And concentrate on love, love love


And it's true, Oo Oo
The sort of things you do
I guess you'd never guess just what your friends are saying!

*Repeat

and I will be the judge of that
Blowhard - Blowhard - Blowhard
Blowhard you could be
Cold as Kurt, or lonlier than Morrissey
No oh oh - Blowhard
Blowhard

Look at the ivy on the old clinging wall
Look at the flowers and the green grass so tall
It's not a matter of when push comes to shove
It's just an hour on the wings of a dove

There's just warm love
It's just warm love
And it's everpresent everywhere
And it's everpresent everywhere
Warm Love

I dig it when you're fancy dressed up in lace
And I dig it when you have a smile on your face
This inspiration's got to be on the flow
This invitation's got to see it and know

There's just warm love
It's just warm love
And it's everpresent everywhere
And it's everpresent everywhere
Warm Love

And it's everpresent everywhere
And it's everpresent everywhere
Warm Love

Give me the warm love heavens above,
Keep we both together like a hand in glvoe
Give me your laughter, give me oyur love
'causeme settle in a riddim like me in a bathtub.
Warm love, and oyu have to understand
A noh any, any gal coulda hold on pon me hand
Mek we go in a de sun
Mek we lay in a de sand
In a tropical heat, with a brilliant plan, GO....

To the country I'm going
Laugh and play in the sun
You can bring your guitar along
and we'll sing some songs, have some fun, fun, fun....

The sky is crying and it's time to go home
And we shall hurry to the car from the foam
Sit by the fire and dry out of our clothes
It's raining outside from the skies up above

There's just warm love
It's just warm love
And it's everpresent everywhere
And it's everpresent everywhere
Warm Love

Now come in all G.P. crew
This one is dedicated to you
Whether you're black, brown, pink or blue
General Public come back for true.

Here comes General Public
Here comes General Public
Here comes General Public
To rub it better aha, aha
Here comes General Public
Here comes General Public
Here comes Pato Banton to rub it better

Tell it to them, General Public come again
To rub it better me friend, is no problem
All for one and one for all
United we stand but divided we fall
I'm serious, me not joking
The truth is an offence but never a sin
Tell your family and tell your friends
General Public have fe come back again
Come back again
Wadada wadada wa Come back again
Wadada wadada wa Come back again
Wadada wadada wa Come back again

Here comes General Public
Here comes General Public
Here comes General Public
To rub it better aha, aha
Here comes Ranking Roger
Here comes Ranking Roger
Here comes Ranking Roger
To rub it better aha, aha

Watch the ride
The General Public possie pon the mike,
and anywhere we go we have to mash it up
Watch the ride
Man no bother slip or slide just
Listen the music and take in the vibes
Watch the ride
The tune will make you feel so ire,
so please don't you take it so serious
Watch the ride
Man this a de boomshockattack so,
Take in the vibes and join in the fun, ay

Here comes General Public
Here comes General Public
Here comes General Public
To rub it better aha, aha
Here comes Dave Wakeling
Here comes Dave Wakeling
Here comes Dave Wakeling
Here comes Mr. Wakeling
To rub it better aha, aha

So let me put it this way to you,
There's a thing we all need to make our dreams come true
There's a place we all know and it's way out there
If you take hold me hand then I'll take you there
It's kinda tender and toughKinda genkkle and rough
Gonna magic away all the the pain of the day
What you say...eh?

Here comes General Public
Here comes General Public
Here comes General Public
To rub it better aha, aha

Cause me seh, whether you are white
or whether you are black, gotto
Come around and let the good times rock
Cause dis yah one dis a de boomshockattack with
Papa Roger pon de mike jus a chat
Me seh, many years ago me used to wear fe me hat, but
Nowadays me have de natty dredlocks, and I
Want you fe know seh me well proud of that
From you know seh me level just
Chill and relax, ay - Chill and relax, ay
Chill and relax, ay - Chill and relax, ay
Ch-Ch-Ch-Chill nad relax

Aaahh, aaah, aah, oh!
Aaahh, aaah, aah, oh!

I don't know where to start or where to stop
my lucks like a button
I can't stop pushing it
my head feels light
but I'm still in the dark
seems like without tenderness there's something missing

CHORUS:

Tenderness, where is the
Tenderness, where is it
I don't know where I am but I know I don't like it
I open my mouth and out pops something spiteful
words are so cheap
but they can turn out expensive
words like conviction can turn into a sentence

I held your hands
rings but none on that finger
we danced and danced
but I was scared to go much further with it
just half a chance
make sure that one night you're here but
next night you're not
it always leaves me searching for a little

Tenderness, Tenderness, Tenderness, where is the Tenderness

Whistling in the graveyard
calling up your girlfriend
just trying to make her understand
you're squeezing the telephone like it was her hand
no question
so many questions
she's going to catch you out boy
it all seems so underhand
now she's the only thing that ever made you feel like a man, man
madman madman

Where is the Tenderness, Where is the Tenderness, where is it

REPEAT 3RD VERSE

Tenderness, tenderness, tenderness
where is the Tenderness

When you're sick to death of second best, pet
why should the morning always find you unimpressed?
is your love like a button?
you can't stop pushing it?
oh this all night longing can be such a long time