Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
Bad Brains
A reggae tune with an apt name which speaks to the heart of the Rastafarian Movement…
Given the seemingly insurmountable depravity forced upon countless Jamaicans throughout their history, including before and during the rise and spread of reggae music, reggae itself is inextricably interlaced with...
[Verse 1]
Why must all people (Why?)
Keep on shooting and robbing (Why?)
Why must must all people (Why?)
Keep on killing and fighting
[Chorus]
No, I
I and I will never try
Listen, no, not I
I and I will never try
[Verse 2]
And why must the rich man (Why?)
Keep on hoarding all the money? (Why?)
And why must this poor man? (Why?)
My living, it ain't very funny
[Chorus]
No, I
I and I will never try
Listen, no, not I
I and I will never
Try to live that way
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
No, not I
I and I will never try
No, not I
I and I will never
[Bridge]
And what did Jah show them? (I and I survive)
Them tried to stop this nation, but (I and I survive)
To chant down creation (I and I survive)
An Israeli nation (I and I)
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Try to live that way
So why must I and I want each way? (Why? Oh, why?)
And why must I and I want each way?
[Chorus]
No, not I
I and I will never try
Listen, no, not I
I and I will never try
[Verse 4]
Without any money, I and I survive
Without any food to eat, I and I survive
[Outro]
Why?
Why?
Why?
Oh
Say I and I
Say I and I
I and I survive
Say I and I
Say I and I
I and I survive
I And I Survive was written by Bad Brains.
I And I Survive was produced by Ric Ocasek.
Bad Brains released I And I Survive on Fri Apr 15 1983.