Rat In The Kitchen

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I jus` a tell it like it is, yeah
I jus` a tell it like it is, oh yeah
I`ve got to be blatant in this time
Jus` like i know 1 + 1 no make 9 (repeat)


Now what was i saying about being blatant
You got to be blatant in an argument
You got to make sure your feelings are felt
Perfect example for you from me
Watch lying politicians me seh on me t.v.
Pay big big money for the licence fee
(at the same time them a try fi fool we) (repeat)


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I jus` tell it like it is, yeah
I jus` tell it like it is, oh yeah
I`ve got ....



I`ve got to be blatant in this time
Now let me tell me more about being blantant
You got to be blatant me seh
With product you invent
If you don`t patent it
You nah see a cent
You have no money fi go pay up your rent
If you crash fi your car
Or you in an accident
If it`s not your fault you be blatant


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I jus` tell it like it is, yeah
I jus` tell it like it is, oh yeah
I`ve got ....


Now i get serious about being blatant
Police come and mess with me pon the pavement
They say oi` where you going, what you doing here?
I just leave mi house fi go buy a tin of beer
Another example of being blatant
South africa police a kill the innocent
Fire live ammunition me seh into a crowd
If that`s not blatant murder
Then murder can`t be found (repeat)


(repeat chorus)

You try to close your ears
And you try to close your eyes
But the blasphemies keep coming
Tempting you lies

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Give thanks for you protection
Your watchdogs of the night
Who hold the hungry wolves at bay
And keep them out of sight, out of sight


You just don`t understand it
But it strikes a distant chord
So you look for away of escaping
And sanity`s restored


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Give thanks for your protection
Your .......


You focus your direction
Cloak tightly pulled around
But somewhere in the distance
You can hear a haunting sound


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Give thanks for your protection
Your .......


You`re in danger of corruption
And you`re always running scaerd
You cannot make decisions
You`re completely unprepared


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Give thanks for your protection
Your .......

1st floor decide what you`ll be one day
With a head full of comment and nothing to say
2nd floor mixed up it happens that way
Soon you realize that listening don`t pay
3rd floor in limbo, no easy moves
Up or down it`s time to choose

(chorus)

The elevators going up
Quick the door`s about to shut
Too late we`re full just hang around
It won`t be long - it won`t be long before it`s down


4th floor the job hunt and all that you ask
Is an honest day`s pay for an honest day`s graft
5th floor you may make a little more money
Now it`s apparent downstairs ain`t so fuuny
6th floor a mortgage, a collar and tie
2 weeks vacation in june or july


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The elevators going up
Quick the door`s about to shut ....


7th floor expenses and private schools
Pushing a pen you`re not turning the tools
8th floor position, respect and acclaim
Move up the 9th for fortune or fame
10th floor for investment and real estate
Recouping the redies before it`s tool late
11th floor the penthouse the final cut
With a head full of comment and a mouth that stays shut


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The elevators going up
Quick the door`s about to shut ....

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You could meet somebody, you never know
From brief encounters habits grow
Into giant oaks that hide the sun
Life in the shadows ain`t no fun


It`s easy getting up there
Never think of coming down
Not hard to say `i want you`
When you`re floating on a cloud
But you know that lonely feeling
When nothing`s going right
`cause it`s only the beginning
Of a cold and sleepless night

(chorus)

You could meet somebody, you never know
From brief encounters habits grow
Into giant oaks that hide the sun
Your only chance is to turn and run


It`s harder getting up there
And it`s painful coming down
And now you can`t see clearly
Beneath the thunder cloud
And the loneliness gets longer
When nothing`s going right
And things ain`t getting any better
With another sleepless night


(chorus)

You could meet somebody, you never know
From brief encounters habits grow
Into giant oaks that hide the sun
Your only chance is to turn and run

(chorus)
There`s a rat in me kitchen what am i gonna do?
There`s a rat in me kitchen what am i gonna go?
I`m gonna fix that rat thats what i`m gonna do,
I`m gonna fix that rat.


When you open your mouth you don`t talk, you shout
And you give every body the blame,
But when they catch you up,
They will shut you up
And you got no one to blame


(chorus)

There`s a rat in me kitchen ........


When you out on the street,
You practice lies and deceipt
And you scandalize my name
But when i catch you up
I`m gonna pull you up
I`m gonna check-out inside your brain


(chorus)
There`s a rat in me kitchen .......


When yo deh pon the scene,
You make everyone scream
Because they know your so unjust
But when they catch you up
They will kick you up
Because you someone they cannot trust


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There`s a rat in me kitchen .......


You invade my space
Make me feel disgraced
And you just don`t give a damn
If i had my way
If i had my say
I`d like to see you hang


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There`s a rat in me kitchen .....

(repeat chorus and fade)