Uh! Ya too rude!
Uh! Eh! What a rat race!
Oh, what a rat race!

Oh, what a rat race!
Oh, what a rat race!
This is the rat race! Rat race! (Rat race!)

Some a lawful, some a bastard, some a jacket:
Oh, what a rat race, yeah! Rat race!

Some a gorgon-a, some a hooligan-a, some a guine-gog-a
In this ´ere rat race, yeah!
Rat race!
I´m singin´ that
When the cat´s away,
The mice will play.
Political voilence fill ya city, ye-ah!
Don´t involve Rasta in your say say;
Rasta don´t work for no C.I.A.
Rat race, rat race, rat race! Rat race, I´m sayin´:

When you think is peace and safety:
A sudden destruction.
Collective security for surety, ye-ah!

Don´t forget your history;
Know your destiny:
In the abundance of water,
The fool is thirsty.
Rat race, 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!