Bob Marley & The Wailers - Rat Race (with lyrics)

Track 10 van het album Rastaman Vibration ('76)
Uh! Ya too rude!
Uh! Eh! What a rat race!
Oh, what a rat race!
Oh, what a rat race!
Oh, what a rat race!
This is the rat race! Rat race! (Rat race!)
Some a lawful, some a bastard, some a jacket:
Oh, what a rat race, yeah! Rat race!
Some a gorgon-a, some a hooligan-a, some a guine-gog-a
In this 'ere rat race, yeah!
Rat race!
I'm singin' that
When the cat's away,
The mice will play.
Political voilence fill ya city, ye-ah!
Don't involve Rasta in your say say;
Rasta don't work for no C.I.A.
Rat race, rat race, rat race! Rat race, I'm sayin':
When you think is peace and safety:
A sudden destruction.
Collective security for surety, ye-ah!
Don't forget your history;
Know your destiny:
In the abundance of water,
The fool is thirsty.
Rat race, rat race, rat race!
Rat race!
Oh, it's a disgrace
To see the human-race
In a rat race, rat race!
You got the horse race;
You got the dog race;
You got the human-race;
But this is a rat race, rat race!

[@YouSpewed]

Holy cow! I never knew that “when there’s safe and protection, a sudden destruction comes” is a Bible verse. No wonder this is one of my fave Bob songs!

[@FACTS-pf1pf]

Rat Race...... " in the abundance of water, the fool is thirsty." 100% Correct - Disgrace to see the human race in a rat race. Respect for the legendary Bob Nesta Marley!

[@4eyes_foxbody]

2021 and still legend 💙

[@MsGuthrie1]

Still relevant even today!

[@maxd2624]

My mentor

[@donthatejustappreciate4643]

Rat Race Powerful Powerful💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💓💓💓❤❤❤❤❤👌👍

[@amandamohammed3654]

sulute! marley!

[@CarlosHernandez-yf3jv]

The CIA killed bob marley

[@jimmakson6777]

prophet Nesta Marley

[@kleubersantana7872]

Uma Corrida de Ratos

[@aol4free]

un rat court si un autre rat court devant lui ou s'il y a un raccourci devant lui.

[@MrHelkeys]

Where is the lyric?

[@johnschaap1734]

Show More........you can read the lyrics

[@Skval2254]

Afther so many killings in Irak and Afghanistan the storu about the CIA assassination of Bob Marley sounds like a true story

[@seanbenton4453]

so where are the lyrics that the parentheses claim?

[@tjitjak2580]

Sean Benton scroll up

[@marianovasquez3475]

Just wondering why the picture of Fidel and Allende in the beginning:-)

[@terrywalters1983]

Due to the socialist movement in Jamaica spearheaded by Edward Seaga in the late seventies and the association w/ Cuba that lead to the U.S. CIA involvement in Jamaican Politics. Hence the Rasta no work for no CIA.

[@garethmclean7128]

It was done i think to show that these two MEN were not afraid of the usa...and that the usa was afraid of them uniting in the so-called backyard of the usa...read up on your history of both MEN.

[@taherahmed7332]

No lyrics!!