Joe Strummer - Living In Fame lyrics

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Joe Strummer - Living In Fame lyrics

So you've got to live up to your name Or else I'll put you to shame, listen If you say you a selector You a fe have good selection A-and I say if you say you a the special Man, I say I want to know your potential You a say you a madness You a say you a the best But when I put you upon you feet A-some a-some a say you can't play de beat And I hear you say a Clash a you ruler Say a Clash sound cooler, eh Say a Clash sound sweeter And now-a-days man a measure mile in a meter, eh Live up to your name Or else you die in shame A-and a so me say fe live up to your name A so me tell you say you die in shame Some a dem a bodysnatcher Some a dem a barracuda, eh But who a know fe me Jah Jah Fe me Jah a me creator, eh Flying saucers, rock-and-roll Natty Dread a fe be in control It's all in the whirlwind I say you've gone with the blockhead A-and I say me say that some a dem a Sex Pistol Nipple erectors A so me tell you set dem sp [?] man a gone An [?] farm And I'll tell you about the X-generation Me know dem a victimed Because dem no know fe me sweet Jah Jah, eh Clash a you ruler Say a Clash sound cooler A-and I tell you say a Clash sound sweeter And now-a-days man measure mile in a meter A none a dem deh measure gallon in a litre And I tell you say me know then a cheat you Because when you living in a fame You got to live up to your name Or else a suffer and you die in a shame And I tell you say it's all in the game, eh Some a say them a selector Dem a fe have good selection Or else deh moving in the wrong direction And they no know this a reggae vibration A-and a so me say a Clash a you ruler And dis you one a say it a musically cooler, eh Me say we live up to your name Or else you suffer and you die in a shame Because when you living in a fame A so me tell you say it's all in the game And so me talking about Specials and madness beats Big body snatcher, [?], eh Flying saucers, rock-and-roll See you gone in the whirlwind A-and I tell you say, a you a the blockhead And some will tell you that you dreader than dread (Chorus 1) When you living in a fame You got to live up to your name Or else you suffer and you die in a shame It's all in the game, eh This is the game of life We no want no strife Game of life We no want no strife, no no Don't, no no no no f**ing hell Mickey