Alborosie - Play Fool (To Catch Wise)

Play fool to catch wise, ghetto youth, time to rise up. You must play fool to catch wise, yo, time to rise and shine. BOOM! Play fool to catch wise, ghetto youth elemental surprise. You must play fool to catch wise, ever shine, yo! Ca' when the system pressure youth what a thing?! Jobless, empty pocket and no formal settlement. And so the youth take up badness, start hustling. Him fire the black iron and no Zion can save him from judgement. Time to follow righteousness, get a meditation. Some youth just left behind, last seen smelt some medication. Good over evil is the final confrontation. Look forward for a global emancipation, yo! Play fool to catch wise, ghetto youth elemental surprise. You must play fool to catch wise, ever shine, ever bright, ever rise. Play fool to catch wise, ghetto youth elemental surprise. You must play fool to catch wise, ever shine, yo! And when one door is closed many more are open. Bob Marley said it, yes, and we never ever doubt it. The situation tough, bad, make we face it. Opportunities, roast dinner, and few can really make it. No job and no justice, the youth a move drastic, Ca' Nuff a them end up in a plyboard casket. Running from police, that a them gymnastic, That's why jamaican youth then them a send it like elastic. Play fool to catch wise, ghetto youth elemental surprise. You must play fool to catch wise, ever shine, ever bright, ever rise. Play fool to catch wise, ghetto youth elemental surprise. You must play fool to catch wise, ever shine, yo! Politicians set it, the youth dem a regret it, poor people don't play botta(?), minister eat spaghetti, get your youth them *******, the plan most effective, the situation rough, so who's going to correct it? Time to follow righteousness, get a meditation. Some youth just left behind, last seen smelt some medication. Good over evil is the final confrontation. Look forward for a global emancipation, yo! Play fool to catch wise, ghetto youth elemental surprise. You must play fool to catch wise, ever shine, ever bright, ever rise. Play fool to catch wise, ghetto youth elemental surprise. You must play fool to catch wise, ever shine, yo!