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I love the humour of many great roots artists, so I just thought I'd start this thread to canvas your opinions on funny turns of lyric. I'll start with...

"ain't no man who stand firm/ever gonna get eaten by a worm"

...which is quoted from Dr. Alimantado on Raphel Green and Lee Perry's 'Rasta Train' disco cork.


Any more?

Peter Tosh: Brand New Second Hand

+ If You come from Taiwan / If you're come from Tai-two (you're an African) Song: African

from Genesis to Revelation here I come ,here I come to dub the nation.

Talkin about funny lyrics, Scratch is the king!

"Bathroom skank"

Winston Blake's "Public Jestering"

"Sipreano" (you countin your chicken before they hatch, huh?)

"Space flight" (Space flight to Venus and Mars,so tighten your seat belts and extinguish all cigarettes, thank you!!)

All of them are Perry productions

Welton Irie: Rolling Stone (Lamb's Bread International)
Now arse is arse and class is class
Now dis yah DJ 'appens to be the boss

Prince Jazzbo: Gal Boy I-Roy (If DJ Was Your Trade)
the whole song is very funny and excellent. Hard to chose a line or two.

There is a massive wealth of humour in the roots material - one of the things that has always kept me listening.
Nice topic!

A few more can be found on this previous thread;
**["Lyrics - Quote some lines - funny, roots..."](http://www.roots-archives.com/forum/rea ... 444,page=1)**

Another Perry production:

[Omar & Marsha Perry - Ram Goat Dub](http://www.smokeyroom.net/samples/ramgoatliver.ram)

bonga wrote:from Genesis to Revelation here I come ,here I come to dub the nation.

hi, can you tell name of track with this quote?

@msr

[Kingdom Of Dub](http://www.roots-archives.com/release/2 ... light=3068)

@ msr:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yt0NoRh-Imo