Here In Jamaica Lyrics - Singles - Bunny Wailer

Come along every goodie 

Come and hear what I have to say 

Come and listen and I will tell you 

What is the talk of the town today 

and every corner that you may walk 

You see a group of people balk 

They're not skylarkin' they're talkin' 

'bout what's happening here in Jamaica 

Can't get no work off hustling 

and man, when you take a stock 

Can't cook no rice and dumpling 

and will soon end up in a shack 

Can't pay no rent, 'cause you don't have a cent 

No government account, it's already spent 

So you end up borrowing, begging or stealing, here in Jamaica 

Some a dem long, long treat bad 

and they don't care a thing about that 

desperation is getting so bad 

you either bite the bullet or get flat 

and if a-you should die before his day 

Who are responsible don't want to pay 

I am not jokin', I'm talkin' 'bout what's happening here 

in Jamaica 

--Whoa Yea-- 

Why don't you take us onward to Africa 

Where we can sit and eat and chat 

for it is no use dying in Jamaica 

'cause we can't afford a burial spot 

Remember Marcus Garvey predicted that day 

when all black people shall be going away 

to the land of our forefathers, and our mothers 

right here in Ethiopia 

Oh what a glorious morning 

when we shall leap out of Babylon 

There shall be singin', dancin' and rejoicing 

with the dawn of the rising sun 

And all the Africans, home and abroad 

Just like the Israelites we shall be glad 

To leave our worries, trials and crosses, here in Jamaica 

so, come along every goodie 

Come and hear what I have to say 

Come and listen and I will tell you 

What is the talk of the town today 

and to every corner that you may walk 

You see a group of people balk 

They're not skylarkin' they're talkin' 

'bout what's happening here in Jamaica 

I am not jokin' , I'm talkin' 'bout what's happening here in Jamaica 

They're not skylarkin' they're talkin' 'bout what's happening here in Jamaica