Lyrics
Fireman!
Here's the fire, fireman!
Almighty!
Anthony B, voice of the people
Rubaruba, rubamba, daba, duba
Rubarubaruba, rubamba, daba, duba, yow
Rubaruba, rubamba, daba, duba
Rubarubaruba, rubamba, daba, duba, yow
Every robbery, every stick up, every road block
Dem say, "A ghetto man do that"
Every pocket get pick, and every gunshot
Dem say, "A ghetto man do that"
Never have no eyewitness, but dem blame we
Send spy and I.D. parade fi come frame we
'Memba man nuh lion, dem can't tame we
True me from the ghetto, dem waan shame me
Yagga yow
Ghetto people dem waan some upliftment
Tired fi a face embarrassment
Mama look and can't pay the rent
Look and me see papa face dent
That nuh make sense
Every robbery, every stick up, every road block
Dem say, "A ghetto man do that"
Every pocket get pick, and every gunshot
Dem say, "A ghetto man do that"
When dem hear you burn the government and burn cops
Dem say, "A Sugar Roy do that"
Live inna the ghetto and bathe bathroom a sewage water
Aye bwoy
Mama say she can't get aid fi help out son and daughter
Yagga yow
See dem pon TV say, "Weh gun deh?"
Point to the ghetto and a say, "Dem down deh"
Hear the politician dem a ask, "Weh drugs deh?"
Point to the ghetto and a say, "It down deh"
How dem reach down deh if unuh never bring dem down deh?
Me know no gun shop and no gun factory no down deh (We know that)
Me know no cocoa plant no down deh (See it deh)
A bare poverty unuh left down deh (See it deh)
That's why the Rasta dem chant the
Fire burn deh (Blaze it up, fireman)
Let me see the hand who know say a burn vampire hypocrite
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Cho!
Every robbery, every stick up, every road block
Dem say, "A ghetto man do that"
Every purse get pick, and every gunshot
Dem say, "A ghetto man do that"
When we burn government and make we burn cops
Dem say, "A likkle twitch do that"
Who deh fight Emperor Selassie I? Dem a pagan!
So watch dem a bum, and dem boo that
Me go so
Want a better livity inna the garrison
Travel the world and me nuh see no comparison
Hail Uncle Bongo, hail Miss Morrison
Play domino, eat jacks and garrison
Politician dem a treat we like navison
All the ghetto youth a burn out the Batisan
Hail Selassie I, Emmanuel, Marcus Garvey
Because!
Me find out, you know wha' me find out?
Every robbery, every stick up, every road block
Dem say, "A ghetto man do that"
Every purse get pick, and every gunshot
Dem say, "A ghetto man do that"
If me burn the government deh, yeah, me burn cops
Say, "Anthony B do that"
Here's the fire, fireman!
Almighty!
Anthony B, voice of the people
Rubaruba, rubamba, daba, duba
Rubarubaruba, rubamba, daba, duba, yow
Rubaruba, rubamba, daba, duba
Rubarubaruba, rubamba, daba, duba, yow
Every robbery, every stick up, every road block
Dem say, "A ghetto man do that"
Every pocket get pick, and every gunshot
Dem say, "A ghetto man do that"
Never have no eyewitness, but dem blame we
Send spy and I.D. parade fi come frame we
'Memba man nuh lion, dem can't tame we
True me from the ghetto, dem waan shame me
Yagga yow
Ghetto people dem waan some upliftment
Tired fi a face embarrassment
Mama look and can't pay the rent
Look and me see papa face dent
That nuh make sense
Every robbery, every stick up, every road block
Dem say, "A ghetto man do that"
Every pocket get pick, and every gunshot
Dem say, "A ghetto man do that"
When dem hear you burn the government and burn cops
Dem say, "A Sugar Roy do that"
Live inna the ghetto and bathe bathroom a sewage water
Aye bwoy
Mama say she can't get aid fi help out son and daughter
Yagga yow
See dem pon TV say, "Weh gun deh?"
Point to the ghetto and a say, "Dem down deh"
Hear the politician dem a ask, "Weh drugs deh?"
Point to the ghetto and a say, "It down deh"
How dem reach down deh if unuh never bring dem down deh?
Me know no gun shop and no gun factory no down deh (We know that)
Me know no cocoa plant no down deh (See it deh)
A bare poverty unuh left down deh (See it deh)
That's why the Rasta dem chant the
Fire burn deh (Blaze it up, fireman)
Let me see the hand who know say a burn vampire hypocrite
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Cho!
Every robbery, every stick up, every road block
Dem say, "A ghetto man do that"
Every purse get pick, and every gunshot
Dem say, "A ghetto man do that"
When we burn government and make we burn cops
Dem say, "A likkle twitch do that"
Who deh fight Emperor Selassie I? Dem a pagan!
So watch dem a bum, and dem boo that
Me go so
Want a better livity inna the garrison
Travel the world and me nuh see no comparison
Hail Uncle Bongo, hail Miss Morrison
Play domino, eat jacks and garrison
Politician dem a treat we like navison
All the ghetto youth a burn out the Batisan
Hail Selassie I, Emmanuel, Marcus Garvey
Because!
Me find out, you know wha' me find out?
Every robbery, every stick up, every road block
Dem say, "A ghetto man do that"
Every purse get pick, and every gunshot
Dem say, "A ghetto man do that"
If me burn the government deh, yeah, me burn cops
Say, "Anthony B do that"