Culture - Work On Natty (aka Ticklish Ghetto)

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(Ready, buddy, 1-2-3)

Jah know it's true, believer

It's a fact that I was born
Grown and also schooled
In this ticklish ghetto (in this ticklish ghetto)
And no one can push I around
Natty know, Natty dreadlocks know
For I know the roots (I know the roots)

People got to work in the burning sun
And when we get our pay
We just can't take home none
But by the sweat of our brows
We shall all eat bread
Genesis 3:19

So work on, Natty work on, yeh
Natty work on, yeh
Till Jah Jah come (till Jah Jah come)
So work on, Natty work on, yeh
Natty work on, yeh
Till Jah Jah come (till Jah Jah come)

For sometimes it's hard, hard, hard, so hard
So very hard, my friend, to get a job (to get a job)
When you work and get pay and walk on the streets, I say
Gunman they all want to shoot you down (to shoot you down)
And that is a plot why

People got to work in the burning sun
And when we get our pay
We just can't take home none
But by the sweat of our brows
We shall all eat bread
So work on, Natty work on, yeh
Natty work on, yeh
Till Jah Jah come (till Jah Jah come)
Work on, Natty work on, yeh
Till Jah Jah come (till Jah Jah come)
Natty never get, never get weary
No yeah, never yet, never yet

(..)
Jah know

People got to work in the burning sun
And when we get our pay
We just can't take home none
But by the sweat of our brows
We shall all eat bread
So work on, Natty work on, yeh
Work on on Natty, yeh
Till Jah Jah come (till Jah Jah come)
So work on, Natty work on, yeh
Work on, yeh Natty, yeh
Till Jah Jah come (till Jah Jah come)
Jah Jah want no sluggard in Zion
Till Jah Jah come (till Jah Jah come)
People got to work, yeah
Do the best you can (till Jah Jah come)

Note:

This song is called 'Work On Natty' on the 1978 Harder Than The Rest album and 'Ticklish Ghetto' on the 1993 Trod on album. The only difference between the 1978 and 1993 version is the intro '(Ready, buddy, 1-2-3)'.

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