Ah! Ya too rude
Oh what a rat race
Oh what a rat race
This is the rat race
Some a lawful, some a bastard
Some a jacket
Oh what a rat race, rat race
Some a gorgan, some a hooligan
Some a guine-gog
In this rat race. Yeah!
Rat race
I'm singing
When the cats away
The mice will play
Political violence fill ya city
Yea-ah!
Don't involve Rasta in your say say
Rasta don't work for no C.I.A
Rat race, rat race, rat race
When you think its peace and safety
A sudden destruction
Collective security for surety
Yeah!
Don't forget your history
Know your destiny
In the abundance of water
The fool is thirsty
Rat race, rat race, rat race
Oh it's a disgrace to see the
Human-race in a rat race, rat race
You got the horse race
You got the dog race
You got the human-race
But this is a rat race, rat race
| schayler (Denver) | Posted: Nov 04, 2012 - 16:07 Bill, will you PLEASE play this on Tuesday morning as Americans engage in the voting process? :) |
| ziakut (Right Here) | Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 07:57 Low tolerance for ongoing reggae, but we don't hear this one too often...so it's not bad. |
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 06:21 Make sure you go see the new 'Marley' film.... great picture of a complex man, certainly no saint (eleven children by seven different women) but a great human. |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 12:53 Even if you win the rat race... you're still a rat. |
| Byronape (Snorkeling in the River Styx) | Posted: Aug 20, 2011 - 01:32 The Flying Spaghetti Monster and his Pastafinarians approve this message. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Dec 29, 2010 - 20:01 ![]() Bob Marley by rising70 http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_first_rays/ . |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Jun 19, 2010 - 00:21 As a Marley Fan , i love this! It reminds me of summer, sun and good times! The rastaman vibration is not always like that! By the way, a perfekt song! |
| ddbz (The Midwest) | Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 20:44 Roger and Bob, boy how they seemed to talk the same language.... |
| michaelgmitchell (Belleville, ON) | Posted: Feb 28, 2010 - 04:57 Respectfully, shut up, Bobby boy. Mmmmmmmmmmmute. |
| h8rhater | Posted: Feb 12, 2010 - 06:22 christofish wrote: If I die without ever hearing another bob marley song, I'll be a happy corpse. Be quick about it when this one is over. |
| window (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Dec 11, 2009 - 11:01 Zweiblumen wrote: I shall be the Light to your Dark. Wow. A more egotistical and false statement can seldomn be read. Messiah-complex much? |
| nagsheadlocal (North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | Posted: Dec 11, 2009 - 10:59 godspeed wrote: never has there been, nor shall there ever be another artist quite like bob~ For that I give thanks to the noodley appendage of the FSM . . . |
| Neil66 ((stav) anger) | Posted: Aug 23, 2009 - 10:10 christofish wrote: If I die without ever hearing another bob marley song, I'll be a happy corpse. Suicide is your only option, enjoy the blackness.... |
| christofish | Posted: Aug 07, 2009 - 11:44 If I die without ever hearing another bob marley song, I'll be a happy corpse. |
| crockydile (The swamps of Houston) | Posted: Aug 07, 2009 - 11:42 Excelsior wrote: This song goes nowhere, slowly. |
| godspeed (maui) | Posted: Jan 13, 2009 - 20:35 never has there been, nor shall there ever be another artist quite like bob~ |
| fuh2 (salmon land) | Posted: Jan 13, 2009 - 20:33 How slow relaxing should be-with a strong beat. 9 |
| xkolibuul (Chuckanut sandstone) | Posted: Aug 24, 2008 - 16:19 How not to approach life. Zweiblumen wrote: I shall be the Light to your Dark. Marley = auto-1 |
| michaelgmitchell (Belleville, ON Canada) | Posted: Jun 22, 2008 - 11:28 -mute-. |
| Excelsior | Posted: May 06, 2008 - 07:18 This song goes nowhere, slowly. |
| EssexTex (Riding the range) | Posted: Mar 04, 2008 - 06:43 parrothead wrote: Smoking large quantities of good pot in news print caused the toe cancer! Really? |
| Zweiblumen (Boston, MA [2,606 miles ENE of Paradise, CA]) | Posted: Mar 04, 2008 - 06:38 djayt wrote: Marley= automatic 9, minimum. Especially in the winter. Especially several years saving from another trip to the islands.
I shall be the Light to your Dark. Marley = auto-1 |
| tea-head (MD) | Posted: Jan 01, 2008 - 09:51 all is irie, bob...ain't no sunshine when you're gone...rock on!!! |
| snitramc (earth) | Posted: Dec 16, 2007 - 16:42 Bob no dead. Bob Jah! BTW - If you get a chance, visit his mausoleum in Nine Mile. Way cool. Just make sure the hustlers "watch" your car, not "wash" your car. It'll cost you $100J otherwise. |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Aug 13, 2007 - 02:07 A masterclass! |
| prickelpit96 (Hannover, Germany) | Posted: Jun 11, 2007 - 04:47 Nothing less than the highscore for Bob! Giving me the right feeling for the Biergarten this evening after having left the office. |
| steeler (Gone) | Posted: Jun 11, 2007 - 04:46 Perfect Monday song. |
| cathenley (Santa Maria, CA) | Posted: Mar 08, 2007 - 23:40 |
| djayt (Kansas City) | Posted: Feb 21, 2007 - 08:44 Marley= automatic 9, minimum. Especially in the winter. Especially several years saving from another trip to the islands. |
| meower (Philadelphia) | Posted: Jan 22, 2007 - 08:08 Rasta dont work for no, C.I.A |
| godspeed (Fiji) | Posted: Nov 10, 2006 - 11:33 billy, thought i'd heard em all till you dropped this one the other day...feelin' irie! 'we lift our heads and give jah thanks n praises' nesta robert marley RIP |
| eastcoast | Posted: Nov 10, 2006 - 11:33 Ahh, how refreshing... This was my first Marley album...had to buy the CD...Rat Race wills stick in your head all day, just like Crazy Baldhead, one among the other great songs on the album |
| ploafmaster (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Oct 12, 2006 - 05:32 dionysius wrote: Pot, meet kettle. Not in the slightest. While he trolls like a pro, he almost never attacks anyone on a personal level. Huge difference, unless your so irrationally tied into your tunes that you're hurt and offended when somebody bashes your favorite music. |
| mojoman (Rocky Mountains, Colorado) | Posted: Sep 27, 2006 - 13:35 jah_blessed wrote: Favourite line: "In the abundance of water, the fool is thirsty." Indeed. |
| dionysius (The People's Republic of Austin) | Posted: Sep 27, 2006 - 13:33 physicsgenius wrote: This comment is comedy gold. Pot, meet kettle. |
| physicsgenius (90% of everything is crap) | Posted: Aug 29, 2006 - 07:03 locutusofborg wrote: if u can't deal with the marley your simply, tone, rythem,and musically incompitent. here's a tip smoke a j grab some food and invite some freinds over while marley is on, you might just have a good time.
This comment is comedy gold. |
| lkbooth71 (Overlooking Lake Merritt) | Posted: Aug 14, 2006 - 16:47 |
| parrothead (could be anywhere in the great USA) | Posted: Jun 02, 2006 - 12:04 coding_to_music wrote: Wonder why he died of toe cancer
Smoking large quantities of good pot in news print caused the toe cancer!Lyrics like that... Conspiricy? |
| steeler (Riding The Bus to Canton) | Posted: Jun 02, 2006 - 12:00 |
| jah_blessed (Netherlands) | Posted: May 19, 2006 - 00:19 coding_to_music wrote: Wonder why he died of toe cancer
Lyrics like that... Conspiricy? This song was written by Rita Marley. Favourite line: "In the abundance of water, the fool is thirsty." |
| jah_blessed (Netherlands) | Posted: May 19, 2006 - 00:17 |
| coding_to_music (Beantown) | Posted: May 04, 2006 - 07:57 Wonder why he died of toe cancer Lyrics like that... Conspiricy? |
| Mari (Broome, WA) | Posted: May 04, 2006 - 07:56 ... |
| RichardPrins (Oceania) | Posted: Mar 21, 2006 - 10:12 |
| GolfRomeo (The Beach, South Carolina) | Posted: Jun 17, 2004 - 05:38 locutusofborg wrote: if u can't deal with the marley your simply, tone, rythem,and musically incompitent. here's a tip smoke a j grab some food and invite some freinds over while marley is on, you might just have a good time.
Surely this is irony? |
| Leslie (Antioch, CA) | Posted: Jun 04, 2004 - 00:22 oldslabsides wrote: reggae sucks :P
Light up a spleef and lighten up man. |
| Red_Dragon (somewhere in the great midwest) | Posted: May 21, 2004 - 18:13 reggae sucks :P |
| steeler | Posted: May 08, 2004 - 14:28 Love it; one of the rats caught in the maze. |
| Platypus (here, now) | Posted: Apr 12, 2004 - 20:25 one of my all-time favorite Marley tunes. love the version on Babylon By Bus too. |
| chinacat (100 miles from Paradise) | Posted: Nov 12, 2003 - 10:42 lbrc wrote: if you hate this, here's a hint. you never were right! |

