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 meter, 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 *** a bodysnatcher

Some a *** 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 *** a *** Pistol

Nipple erectors

A so me tell you set *** sp [Incomprehensible] man a gone

An [Incomprehensible] farm

And I'll tell you 'bout the X-generation

Me know *** a victimed

'Cause *** 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 meter

A none a *** deh measure gallon in a litre

And I tell you say me know *** 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 *** a selector

*** a fe have good selection

Or else deh moving in the wrong direction

And deh no know *** a reggae vibration

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

And *** 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, [Incomprehensible], 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, aaye

Clash sound sweeter

Man a measure mile in a meter, 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 Fuckin' hell Mickey