Текст песни «Linton Kwesi Johnson - Inglan Is A Bitch»

Waen mi jusa come to Landan toun
Mi use to work pan di andahgroun
But workina pan di andahgroun
Yau donat get fi know your way around

Inglan is a bitch
Dereas no escapin it
Inglan is a bitch
Dereas no runnina whey fram it

Mi get a lickle jab in a bih aotell
Ana awftah a while, mi woz doina quite well
Dem staat mi aaf as a dish-washah
But waen mi tek a stack, mi noh tun clack-watchah

Inglan is a bitch
Dereas no escapin it
Inglan is a bitch
No baddah try fi hide fram it

Waen dem gia you di lickle wage packit
Fus dem rab it wid dem big tax rackit
Yau haffi struggle fi mek enas meet
Ana waen yau goh a yau bed yau jusa canat sleep

Inglan is a bitch
Dereas no escapin it
Inglan is a bitch
A noh lie mi a tell, a true

Mi use to work dig ditch waen it cowl noh bitch
Mi did strang like a mule, but bwoy, mi did fool
Den awftah a while mi jusa stap dhu ovahtime
Den awftah a while mi jusa phu dung mi tool

Inglan is a bitch
Dereas no escapin it
Inglan is a bitch
Yau haffi know how fi survive in it

Well mi dhu day wok ana mi dhu nite wok
Mi dhu clean wok ana mi dhu dutty wok
Dem seh dat black man is very lazy
But if yau si how mi wok yau woulda sey mi crazy

Inglan is a bitch
Dereas no escapin it
Inglan is a bitch
Yau 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
Dereas no escapin it
Inglan is a bitch
Dereas no runnina whey fram it

Mi know dem have work, work in abundant
Yet still, dem mek mi redundant
Now, at fifty-five mi gettina quite ola
Yet still, dem sena mi fi goh draw dole

Inglan is a bitch
Dereas no escapin it
Inglan is a bitch
Is whey wi a goh dhu about it?