Things Ah Get Tough - Talisman

Don’t want to be no bad-news carrier

So listen to the message, don’t shoot Jah messenger, yeah

Nuff things a gwan down there inna Babylon

The seed you sow today, will affect the future I say

I say bammie, what a grand-slam-a

Things ah get rough, and more rough to come

I say bam-a, what a grand-slam-a

Things ah get tough, and more tough to come

It’s getting rougher than rough (rougher than rough)

Tougher than tough (tougher than tough)

It’s getting rougher than rough (rougher than rough)

Tougher than tough, yeah (tougher than tough)

I see countries beginning to fall down already (fall down already)

Getting ready for the drop, yeah

And a go down, go down, under economic pressure, yeah

And no-one to help them out, no

I say bammie, what a grand-slam-a

Things ah get rough, and more rough to come

I say bammie, what a grand-slam-a

Things ah get tough, and more tough to come

It’s getting rougher than rough (rougher than rough)

Tougher than tough (tougher than tough)

It’s getting rougher than rough, yeah (rougher than rough)

Tougher than tough (tougher than tough)

It’s getting rougher than rough (rougher than rough)

Tougher than tough (tougher than tough)

It’s getting rougher than rough (rougher than rough)

Tougher than tough (tougher than tough)

And everybody knows it’s rough

Everybody knows it’s tough, yeah-yeah

I’m not here to tell ya, that the end of the world is nigh

Or tell you a story that is gonna make you cry

I never build nor built, no-no Doomsday Machine

To eradicate the whole of Jah human scene

I say bammie, what a grand-slam-a

Things ah get rough, and more rough to come

I say bammie, what a grand-slam

Things ah get tough, and more tough to come

It’s getting rougher than rough (rougher than rough)

Tougher than tough (tougher than tough)

It’s getting rougher than rough (rougher than rough)

Tougher than tough, yeah (tougher than tough)

I say bammie, what a grand-slam-a

Things ah get rough, and more rough to come

I say bammie, what a grand-slam-a

Things ah get tough, and more tough to come

It’s getting rougher than rough

Tougher than tough

It’s getting rougher than rough, yeah

Tougher than tough

Things are getting rougher, yeah (rougher, yeah)

Tougher, yeah (tougher, yeah)

Things are getting rougher, yeah (rougher, yeah)

Tougher, yeah (tougher, yeah)

And everybody know it tough