I open my business place To make living for my wife and my child But every time I open the shop It’s always break down My granny eat it out my momma eat it out due to the sufferation I’ve got to make life some other way My granny is crying my brother is crying
That’s a poor man style That’s a poor man life That’s the poor man style Poor man style
hear me brother sit down in my home I roast breadfruit I hear news flash saying they killed two youths That’s the poor man style That’s the poor man style
Couldn’t get no sugar but jah jah give me power That’s the poor man style Couldn’t get no flour but jah jah give me power but jah poor man style Couldn’t get no oil me have to walk couple mile That’s the poor man style Couldn’t get no sugar what a great booga wooga its the poor man style
Don’t know why whoo
That’s the poor man style But jah gonna open a way for we No man don’t get too jumpy Every man got their time No matter what the price is … matter what the cost We got to make it No matter what they say we gotta make it today No matter what they say we’ve got make it
Sit down in my home me a roast a breadfruit I hear the news flash say they kill them killas said them killas said them kill two youths Oh jah, take a little peek thru my fence see them lie down Its it’s the poor man style Oh no oh no
Couldn’t get no sugar what a great booga wooga In the poor man style Couldn’t get no flour but jah jah give me power In the poor man style Couldn’t get no oil me have to walk couple mile In the poor man style Girl wants these shoes in the poor man style Jah knows i´ve got some of faith