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Linton Kwesi Johnson - Inglan Is a Bitch

wÃ?'en mi jusÃ?' come to Landan toun
mi use to work pan di andahgroun
but workinÃ?' pan di andahgroun
yÃ?'u donÃ?'t get fi know your way around

Inglan is a bitch
dereÃ?'s no escapin it
Inglan is a bitch
dereÃ?'s no runninÃ?' whey fram it

mi get a lickle jab in a bih Ã?'otell
anÃ?' awftah a while, mi woz doinÃ?' quite well
dem staat mi aaf as a dish-washah
but wÃ?'en mi tek a stack, mi noh tun clack-watchah

Inglan is a bitch
dereÃ?'s no escapin it
Inglan is a bitch
no baddah try fi hide fram it

wÃ?'en dem giÃ?' you di lickle wage packit
fus dem rab it wid dem big tax rackit
yÃ?'u haffi struggle fi mek enÃ?'s meet
anÃ?' wÃ?'en yÃ?'u goh a yÃ?'u bed yÃ?'u jusÃ?' canÃ?'t sleep

Inglan is a bitch
dereÃ?'s no escapin it
Inglan is a bitch
a noh lie mi a tell, a true

mi use to work dig ditch wÃ?'en it cowl noh bitch
mi did strang like a mule, but bwoy, mi did fool
den awftah a while mi jusÃ?' stap dhu ovahtime
den awftah a while mi jusÃ?' phu dung mi tool

Inglan is a bitch
dereÃ?'s no escapin it
Inglan is a bitch
yÃ?'u haffi know how fi survive in it

well mi dhu day wok anÃ?' mi dhu nite wok
mi dhu clean wok anÃ?' mi dhu dutty wok
dem seh dat black man is very lazy
but if yÃ?'u si how mi wok yÃ?'u woulda sey mi crazy

Inglan is a bitch
dereÃ?'s no escapin it
Inglan is a bitch
yÃ?'u bettah face up to it

dem a have a lickle facktri up inna Brackly
inna disya facktri all dem dhu is pack crackry
fi di laas fifteen years dem get mi laybah
now awftah fifteen years mi fall out a fayvah

Inglan is a bitch
dereÃ?'s no escapin it
Inglan is a bitch
dereÃ?'s no runninÃ?' whey fram it

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