They Call Me Loafter

Man say give thanks an'
Praise while challis blaze
Weakheart concepcion, Selassie I correction
Play 'bout di hit bound, you fi gather around

Mi say, mi live in Jamaica
Dem a call mi loafer
Mi live in Jamaica, dem a call mi loafer
Mi have mi passport, mi say, mi have mi visa
Mi take a taxi an' go at Palisadoes

For mi say, free up black man
Make dem go a Africa
Free up black man, make dem go a Africa
Beca' we born as a sufferer
Cah let mi tell you, say
We born as a sufferer well, watch out, man
In a di bare foot hustling
Cah let mi tell you
In a di bare foot hustling
Well, watch out, man

Some a sell star, some a sell up buckle
Dem choose stone an' buckle pon di preacher
(Mi say)
Free up black man, make dem go a Africa (Hey)
Free up black man, make dem go a Africa
Fi babylon a handle like they
Make out of iron
Him can't stop di righteous one fi go at Zion
Say, free up black man, make dem go a Africa
'Cause di Africa are Africa
Cah let mi tell you
Mi say hustler are hustler

Say, black are di best, say, a some a confess
Say, black are di best an' a some a confess
Di best in a di east an' di best in a di west
A pity dem no know, say, mi full of progress

For mi say, in di evening a di sun goes down
(Hey) in di evening, a di sun goes down
Say, I man gwan to string up mi sound
As it reach night, say, mi gone pon di mic
Your skin, it could-a black
Mi say, your skin, it could-a white
Mi fight against di hypocrite an' di parasite
Free up black man, make dem go a Africa
Free up black man, make dem go a Africa
Di drink weh mi love, it are Tia Maria
Di drink weh mi love, it are Tia Maria
But free up black man, make dem go a Africa
Play about a number one champion
Say, di black is di best a of di nation
You better free up black man
Make dem go a Africa
Some a go a Canada and a Bermuda
Some a go to a shop
It over place call America
For, when dem come back
Dem step it in Jamaica
You fi free up black man
Make dem go a Africa
In a di bare foot hustling
Cah let mi tell you
'bout di flat foot hustling
Well, watch out man
Say, some a sell star, some a sell up buckle
Dem choose stone an' buckle pon di
In a di bare foot hustling
Cah let mi tell you
In a di bare foot hustling (yeah)

Man say
Give thanks an' praise while challis blaze
For, weakheart concepcion
Selassie I correction crump up our eyes, all
Dem worship wicked one, one

Free up black man, make dem go a Africa
Di white man a step it in a Europe
Mi say, di Indian a step it in a India
Di white man a step it in a Europe
For, you fi free up black man
Make dem go a Africa
Di drink weh mi love, it are Tia Maria
We come fi nice up chi area
Mi are go nice up chi area