Lyrics:

(Dread/The Clash)



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 de special

Man I say I want to know your potential



You a say you a madness

You a say you a de best

But when I put you 'pon 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 metre, 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 dat 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 'bout the X-generation...

Me know dem a victimed

'Cause 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 metre

A none a dem deh measure gallon in a litre

And I tell you say me know dem a cheat ya



'Cause when you living inna fame

You got to live up to your name

Or else a suffer and you die inna shame

And I tell you say it's all in the game, eh!



Some a say dem a selector

Dem a fe have good selection

Or else deh moving in the wrong direction

And deh no know dis a reggae vibration

A-and a so me say a Clash a you ruler

And dis ya one a say it a musically cooler, eh!



Me say fe live up to your name

Or else you suffer and you die inna shame

'Cause when you living inna fame

A so me tell you say it's all in the game



And so me talkin' 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 de blockhead

And some will tell you dat you dreader than dread



And a-some a say a Clash a you ruler

See a Clash sound cooler, aaaye!

Clash sound sweeter

Man a measure mile in a metre, eh!



When you living inna fame

You got to live up to your name

Or else you suffer and you die inna shame

It's all in the game, eh!



This is the game of life

We no wa' no strife

Game of life

We no wa' no strife, no no



Don't, no no no no



F*ckin' hell Mickey