Freddie McGregor - To Be Poor Is a Crime lyrics

To be poor is a crime Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time To be poor is a crime, whoa now Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time I don't want to be begging Jah Jah knows I'm a trying To make the hardest the living All of my strength I'm a giving 'Cause to be poor it is a crime, whoa now Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time To be poor is a crime, whoa well Woman haffi know dat inna dis ya time I'm tired of be pushed around Won't Jah help me to get off the ground They want to see me go down It's really hard for some of us to stay around To be poor is a crime Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time To be poor is a crime, whoa well Woman haffi know dat inna dis ya time, whoa now The boss always want to be bigger While the poor man slave and suffer To see the children crying It really keeps me sighing My sistrens I'm not lying Nuff time man feel like crying 'Cause to be poor is a crime, whoa now Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time To be poor is a crime, whoa well Woman haffi know dat inna dis ya time Now you may see me the wrong The way I sing my song, yeah Tell me how must we untangle When frustration is our only ankle To be poor is a crime, whoa now Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time To be poor is a crime, whoa well Woman haffi know dat inna dis ya time To be poor is a crime Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time To be poor, the poor can't take no more It's so hard when you're poor Struggling to be free, yeah...