Ah! Ya too rude
  Oh what a rat race
  Oh what a rat race
  This is the rat race
    Some a lawful, some a bastard, some a jacket
  Oh what a rat race, rat race
    Some a gorgan, some a hooligan, some a guine-gog
  In this rat race, yeah!
  Rat race
  I'm singing
  When the cats away
  The mice will play
  Political voilence fill ya city
  Yea-ah!
  Don't involve Rasta in your say say
  Rasta don't work for no C.I.A.
  Rat race, rat race, rat race
  When you think is peace and safety
  A sudden destruction
  Collective security for surety
  Yeah!
    Don't forget your history
  Know your destiny
  In the abundance of water
  The fool is thirsty
  Rat race, rat race, rat race
    Oh it's a disgrace to see the
  Human-race in a rat race, rat race
  You got the horse race
  You got the dog race
  You got the human-race
  But this is a rat race, rat race