[Intro]
Uh, yeah
Woah!
[Verse 1]
You wear ghetto clothes
An' you nat up your head
Clown uptown, you a uptown dread
[Chorus]
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
[Verse 2]
You come downtown, from day to day
Sniffing cocaine, you're licking cali
[Chorus]
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
[Verse 3]
I watch you switch so suddenly
From Elvis Presley to Bob Marley
[Chorus]
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
Uptown dread, uptown rebel (Woah!)
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
[Verse 4]
Lamsbread, semillia, every day
Tam-tam fly, full ahead
[Chorus]
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
[Verse 5]
Your culture [?] every day (Uptown dread, uptown rebel)
Teachin' your parents dem history
[Chorus]
Uptown dread, uptown rebel (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
[Verse 6]
You trod Jam-up, not use your [?]
Call your daddy name "Babylon Bankway"
[Chorus]
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
[Verse 7]
You wear ghetto clothes an' you nat up your head
Clown uptown, you a uptown dread
[Chorus]
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
[Verse 8]
I watch you switch so suddenly
From Elvis Presley to Bob Marley
[Chorus]
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
Your culture, your scripture
Teach your parents dem history
[Chorus]
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
[Verse 9]
You trod Jam-up from day to day
Call your daddy name "Babylon Bankway"
[Chorus]
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
Uptown dread, uptown rebel
[Dub]
Uptown Rebel was written by Desi Roots.
Uptown Rebel was produced by Hawkeye (Roy Forbes-Allen) & Desi Roots.