Rebel On The Roots Corner chords by Tippa Irie
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Verse 1
(A minor) Well I don't want no white guy
look pon me and call me n***a
And I don't want no
Asian look pon (E minor) me and call me no kaya
Cause (A minor) I'm
African and I'm proud of that
I'm a rebel, watcha
Well I'm a rebel,
dey a pon the (E minor) street corner
I'm (A minor) a rebel and me dey a
with the mad pro (E minor) fessor
I'm (A minor) a rebel,
dey a pon the (E minor) street corner
I'm a (A minor) rebel and me dey a with
the mad (E minor) pro fessor
Well (A minor) as a little youth,
as a (E minor) little youngster
Me (A minor) grow up inna di ghetto
with me (E minor) two sister
Me (A minor) mother,
me father dem did (E minor) under pressure
A (A minor) one little room the whole
a (E minor) we sleep inna
We (A minor) struggle everyday just
to (E minor) make things better
Just to (A minor) make things better,
me say (E minor) fi di future
Enough (A minor) time me hear me mother ask (E minor)
me father I (A minor) don't know why we left
(E minor) Jamaica
Just to (A minor) come a hingle and a work in a (E minor) freezer
Fi (A minor) make white man cuss we
and call (E minor) we nigga
But his (A minor) milk and honey
dem (E minor) did a look for
And (A minor) that's the only reason
why (E minor) dem come here
True the (A minor) white man thinks dem su (E minor) perior
And de (A minor) m look pon we as the inferi (E minor) or
Well (A minor) day after day dem
try keep (E minor) we on down
But we (A minor) know we got to fight
cause it's (E minor) in our nature
And I'm a (A minor) rebel,
day upon the (E minor) street and a
I'm (A minor) a rebel and me dey a
with the mad professor
I'm a rebel, dey up on the (E minor) street corner
I'm a (A minor) rebel and me dey a
with the (E minor) mad professor
But see (A minor) ya, and with dem grey (E minor) people,
dem take (A minor) fifa
Dem musty things say slavery (D major) (A minor) still dey a
But a long time it (E minor) done, a long time it (A minor) over
And dem the kind of (E minor) bush
we not (A minor) check for
Just like
Malcolm
X (E minor) and
Martin
(A minor) Luther
Well tip a no joke (E minor) and me
no jester (A minor)
Cause the
National
Front o, me no fraid a
The
Klu
Klux
Klan o, me no fraid a
You see the
Ugly
Nancy (E minor) dem o, we no (A minor) fraid a
You see the
BN (E minor) P o, we no fraid (A minor) a
Cause if dem want (E minor) this,
(A minor) we will (E minor) pull the (A minor) trigger
We will pull the trigger in (D major) na
dem (A minor) trap corner
Cause I'm a
Mr.
(E minor) Irie, I am a (A minor) warrior
Me is a warrior (E minor) with (D major) the
mad (A minor) professor
Cause the mad profess (E minor) or,
dey in the area
(A minor) Come hear the missa,
(E minor) hiree missa act like a (A minor) rebel
Yes I'm on the (E minor) street corner,
I'm (A minor) a rebel and me dey a with the (E minor) mad professor
I'm (A minor) a rebel,
dey up on the (E minor) street corner
I'm a (A minor) rebel and me dey a
with the mad (E minor) professor
(A minor) True the colour of my skin,
me (E minor) find it harder
Fi (A minor) I man to survive inna (E minor) my area
I don't (A minor) have no chip,
pon (E minor) me shoulder
Cause me (A minor) know one day,
me (E minor) haffi prosper
And (A minor) reach to the top as a en (E minor) tertainer
But (A minor) enough obstacle dem
put in front (E minor) of tip
Some (A minor) time dem don't want
play you (E minor) pon the radio
(A minor) Don't want review you tune
inna the newspaper
You don't get no help
from the dis (E minor) tributor
It's (A minor) only fit dem tune
alone dem (E minor) look after
But (A minor) the tip nah give up
No, (E minor) no, never, cause I'm (A minor) a rebel
They up on the (E minor) street corner (A minor)
I'm a rebel and me there
with the (E minor) mad professor
I'm (A minor) a rebel
They up on the (E minor) street corner
I'm (A minor) a rebel and me there with
the mad profess (G major) or
I'm (A minor) a rebel (E minor)
Rebel On The Roots Corner
Tippa Irie
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