proud to be a dread

Tafari tries to get a job, ten letters behind his name. Born up in the cornfields, Tafari doesn't know the game. The game has not respect for life, even less for rules. Winners only need apply, sorry no rooms for fools. Tafari, looks up to the stars and wonders if there's life on Mars. Some say, he should shave his head, but he's proud to be a dread. 'Cos I'll be better, I'll be stronger. For the truth, I know takes longer. I've the cunning of the tiger and the wisdom of the trees. I won't be sad, refuse the sorrow. I look forward to tomorrow. I'll release my anger, 'cos I'm proud to be a dread. Selassie, tries to find a home, to rest his weary head. A place where he can take his girl, to share his spiritual bed. When he's greeted at the door, the sign has changed its tune. Though his Queen is full of child, sorry, there's no room. Selassie looks up to the clouds, he curses hard and shouts out loud. Remembering his father's words, a whisper from the dead. 'Cos I'll be better, I'll be stronger. For the truth, I know takes longer. I've the cunning of the tiger and the wisdom of the trees. I won't be sad, refuse the sorrow. I look forward to tomorrow. I'll release my anger, 'cos I'm proud to be a dread. 'Cos in this life, you have to take a chance, Or why else live at all. 'Cos in this life, to climb a mountain, Sometimes expect to fall. 'Cos in this life nothing comes easy, If it does, it has a price. 'Cos in this life a martyr suffers, Look at Jesus Christ Leo, faces many trials, but holds his head up high. He won't allow the hatred to make his spirit die. Leo looks up to the moon, sitting in its silver spoon. Maybe I should change my job, be an astronaut instead. 'Cos I'll be better, I'll be stronger. For the truth, I know takes longer. I've the cunning of the tiger and the wisdom of the trees. I won't be sad, refuse the sorrow. I look forward to tomorrow. I'll release my anger, 'cos I'm proud to be a dread. I'll release my anger, 'cos I'm proud to be a dread. 'Cos I'll be better, I'll be stronger. For the truth, I know takes longer. I've the cunning of the tiger and the wisdom of the trees…