Inglan Is a Bitch

w´en mi jus´ come to Landan toun

mi use to work pan di andahgroun

but workin´ pan di andahgroun

y´u don´t get fi know your way around

Inglan is a bitch

dere´s no escapin it

Inglan is a bitch

dere´s no runnin´ whey fram it

mi get a lickle jab in a bih ´otell

an´ awftah a while, mi woz doin´ quite well

dem staat mi aaf as a dish-washah

but w´en mi tek a stack, mi noh tun clack-watchah

Inglan is a bitch

dere´s no escapin it

Inglan is a bitch

no baddah try fi hide fram it

w´en dem gi´ you di lickle wage packit

fus dem rab it wid dem big tax rackit

y´u haffi struggle fi mek en´s meet

an´ w´en y´u goh a y´u bed y´u jus´ can´t sleep

Inglan is a bitch

dere´s no escapin it

Inglan is a bitch

a noh lie mi a tell, a true

mi use to work dig ditch w´en it cowl noh bitch

mi did strang like a mule, but bwoy, mi did fool

den awftah a while mi jus´ stap dhu ovahtime

den awftah a while mi jus´ phu dung mi tool

Inglan is a bitch

dere´s no escapin it

Inglan is a bitch

y´u haffi know how fi survive in it

well mi dhu day wok an´ mi dhu nite wok

mi dhu clean wok an´ mi dhu dutty wok

dem seh dat black man is very lazy

but if y´u si how mi wok y´u woulda sey mi crazy

Inglan is a bitch

dere´s no escapin it

Inglan is a bitch

y´u bettah face up to it

dem a have a lickle facktri up inna Brackly

inna disya facktri all dem dhu is pack crackry

fi di laas fifteen years dem get mi laybah

now awftah fifteen years mi fall out a fayvah

Inglan is a bitch

dere´s no escapin it

Inglan is a bitch

dere´s no runnin´ whey fram it

mi know dem have work, work in abundant

yet still, dem mek mi redundant

now, at fifty-five mi gettin´ quite ol´

yet still, dem sen´ mi fi goh draw dole

Inglan is a bitch

dere´s no escapin it

Inglan is a bitch

is whey wi a goh dhu ´bout it?