open my business place
To make living for my wife and my child
But every time I open the shop
Its always break down
My granny eat it out my momma eat it out due to the sufferation
Ive got to make life some other way
My granny is crying my brother is crying
Thats a poor man style
Thats a poor man life
Thats 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
Thats the poor man style
Thats the poor man style
Couldnt get no sugar but jah jah give me power
Thats the poor man style
Couldnt get no flour but jah jah give me power
but jah poor man style
Couldnt get no oil me have to walk couple mile
Thats the poor man style
Couldnt get no sugar what a great booga wooga
its the poor man style
Dont know why whoo
Thats the poor man style
But jah gonna open a way for me
No man dont 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 weve 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 its the poor man style
Oh no oh no
Couldnt get no sugar what a great booga wooga
In the poor man style
Couldnt get no flour but jah jah give me power
In the poor man style
Couldnt 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 ive got some of faith
To make living for my wife and my child
But every time I open the shop
Its always break down
My granny eat it out my momma eat it out due to the sufferation
Ive got to make life some other way
My granny is crying my brother is crying
Thats a poor man style
Thats a poor man life
Thats 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
Thats the poor man style
Thats the poor man style
Couldnt get no sugar but jah jah give me power
Thats the poor man style
Couldnt get no flour but jah jah give me power
but jah poor man style
Couldnt get no oil me have to walk couple mile
Thats the poor man style
Couldnt get no sugar what a great booga wooga
its the poor man style
Dont know why whoo
Thats the poor man style
But jah gonna open a way for me
No man dont 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 weve 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 its the poor man style
Oh no oh no
Couldnt get no sugar what a great booga wooga
In the poor man style
Couldnt get no flour but jah jah give me power
In the poor man style
Couldnt 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 ive got some of faith