This song carries so many memories for me. I was about 11, and my then older brother used to play this in his room all the time - was never allow in there, though:/; I've long lost my brother, but this track always stayed in my mind; did not really know the name, but after a few years of typing in random words over the net and here in youtube, finally I found the track by chance. I'm over the moooooon, your wouldn't believe:) Love this tune since I was a skinny boy; thanks to my big bro.
+Gabriel Gervais I know the feeling...sometimes you just cant remember the name or title or the artist and it is brutal....but then that moment when you do find what you have been searching for is sure to be a glorious one!
Lion Youth’s “Rat a Cut Bottle” and Black Uhuru’s “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” share a similar reggae vibe...I can feel it... ....Well...'Rat A Cut Bottle' was released in 19781 and 'Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner' in 1981....
THOSE COVID BLUES HAVE JUST BEEN BLOWN AWAY BY THIS DANCEHALL BUBBLER. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES.😀 WHERE ARE MY OLD SKOOL APPRECIATERS AT. ? ? 2021 STAY SAFE PEOPLE. 😷 BLESS.
This was a tune I listened to back in the day and "boy "... reminds me of the good times of the late 70's and early 80's, and original blues parties. Give thanks.
OMG - its true!!! the music that was used in the Taffy Lewis bar scene from Bladerunner...!!! that ten seconds of music has been in my mind since 1982 and never knew til now where, or what, it was!! Thank you for putting it on here!
Last week it cost £34 to fill my car with petrol, today it cost £54 to fill my tank. Sitting here, then I remembered this song….. it’s going to get harder peeps
I found this when I bought the Pressure Souns album Don't call us immigrants. I specially like this song and the title song by Tabby Cat Kelly. And the one by Misty: Six one penny!!
This tune is beyond wondrous. Love the lyrics: Time so tough, rat a cut bottle. Reggae music at its most prophetic! How 600 people could down vote this is mind boggling. Maybe they should stick to Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber.
Dope stuff! If you like these kind of Reggae songs, then check out these other KILLER TUNES! Barrington Levy - Praise His Name Meditations - Babylon Trap Them Tony Tuff - Good Times Ruddy Simbal - A So The System Work Mighty Diamonds - Tell Me What's Wrong Fulk Livingston Reid - Golden Dufferdil Dolphin Morris - Su Su Pan Rasta I Roy - Drifter U Roy - Herbman Skanking Senya - Roots Man Lacksley Castell - Johnny Brown Don Carlos - Late Night Blues Leroy Gibbons - She's My Baby Frankie Paul - Be Mine Tonight Hugh Griffiths - African Dream Derrick Lara - You Have Changed Bunny Lie Lie & Lee Van Cliff - Mr. Dynamite Maytones - Throw Down Your Arms Earl Cunningham & Papa Bruce - One Away Man Earl Cunningham - African Man John Holt - Stranger In Love Al Campbell - One Beer Bad Boy Alton Ellis - Big Bad Boy Admiral Tibett - Babylon Brutality Anthony Johnson - Spend Time Loving You Leroy Brown - Gone Gone Chuck Turner - I Need You Little Kirk - God A Di Man Beres Hammond - Irie & Mellow Prilly Hamilton - Don't Take It Personal Ambelique - Lonely Soldier Marijuanas - Tell Us When Enos McLeod - Walls Of Jericho Bunny Wailer - Borderation Leroy Smart - I Don't Like It I Roy - Devils Brother In Law U Roy - Challice In The Palace Fragga Ranks & The Mighty Diamonds - Pass The Challice Vicious Irie - Late Night Attack Tony Curtis - My God Is Real Bushman - Yadd Away Home Burning Spear - Far Over Burning Spear - Legal Hustlers Burning Spear - Tumble Down Anthony Johnson - Gunshot African Star - Love In Your Heart Eek A Mouse - Macho Man Early B - Ganja Man Super Cat - ABC Half Pint & Anthony B - Two To One Peter Broggs - No Ism Pon Di Riddim Peter Broggs - Mr. Sheriff Man Barrington Levy - Don't Pretend Peter Tosh - Nah Goa Jail Israel Vibration - Licks & Kicks Junior Byles - Rasta No Pickpocket Johnny Clarke - Nice Time Major Manzie - Bout Ya Isaac Tulli - Radio Assault Irie Souls - Blaze Up Steve Knight - Robber Man Garnett Silk - Wicked Man Investigators - Woman I Need Your Loving Irie Souljah - Jah Rastafari Ranking Dread - Stylilly Mikey Spice - Hands On Me Delroy Wilson - Do That To Me One More Time Yellowman - How You Keep A Dance Steel Pulse - King James Version Kofi - Get Real Kotch - Rub A Dub Officer Dennis Brown - Slave Driver Tinga Stewart - I'm Gonna Fall In Love Junior Murvin & Jah Lion - Police & Thieves Wailing Souls - Baga Trouble Bim Sherman - Golden Locks Twinkle Brothers - Unemployment Dennis Brown & Freddie McGrgegor - Raggamuffin Horace Andy - Just Say Who Heptones - Fatty Fatty Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Israelites Tony Tuff - Pass The Ball Tony Tuff - Ram Dance Style Mikey Melody - Champion Sound Banana Man - Dancehall Murder Jah Marnyah - Rootsman Skank Alpheus Taylor - Struggling Tiger - No Wanga Gut Mikey Melody - Soldier In Your Town O'Neil Dyer - Night Shift Mikey Spice - Love Won't Let Me Wait Junior Moore - Rum Bar Little Howie - Original Love Me Lone Ranger - Love Bump Little John - Joker Lover Little John - Yes Mama Don Carlos - Chant Down Babylon Sugar Minott & Captain Sinbad - Hard Time Pressure Ras Shiloh - Home To Zion
Tried to thank you on your youtube channel but didn't see any contact or comment info. This is an awesome compilation of songs and will keep me busy all day pasting them into the search bar to listen to them myself; big ups for sharing this.
LYRICS: Time get so hard, that even rat a cut bottle Is a situation that, the poor man can't tackle, ah Yeah Time get so tough, man can't even get one Is a situation that, the poor man can't handle Lord The cost of living city get so drastic So mother can't even find penny fi send dem pickney go a market, uh Nickle get so scarce, you can't even get none So instead a once a week, every day for me I'm?? Lord Time get so hard, that even rat a cut bottle Is a situation that, the poor man can't tackle Lord The time get so tough, man can't even get one Is a situation that, the poor man can't handle Whenever you go down-town, just take a look aroudn And check how much youth you see walking up and down Yeah 'Cause in yah this yah time, when no job man can't find If they are in need, say they must commit a crime Lord... The cost of living city get so drastic So mother can't even find penny fi send dem pickney go a market Lord Nickle get so scarce, you can't even get none So instead a once a week, every day for me I'm?? Lord Time get so hard, that even rat a cut bottle Is a situation that, the poor man can't tackle Lord Time get so tough, man can't even get one Is a situation that, the poor man can't handle Never, never handle No, never handle A sufferation, yes a sufferation Time get so hard, that rat a cut bottle True, true Is a situation that, the poor man can't tackle, ah Bam, biddly-beng Time so hard that even rat a cut bottle Time so hard that even rat a cut bottle What a dread situation fi tackle Man, a what a dread situation fi tackle Say me can't get no food deh fi nimble, bow! Me can't get no food deh fi nimble Rich man check it so simple A lot a poor man take it ungrateful You know Say when me wake up 'pon me bed, a say me feel so sick And a when I take me stop, me say I can't survive dis Just a twist me like a???? stick Say just a twist me like a???? stick Say time so hard that even rat a cut bottle Time so hard that even rat a cut bottle Say a sufferation, a sufferation A me say a murderation You know For me say, wicked man, a where you a go run? For me say, wicked man, a where you a go hide? Because a Jah Jah a go strike with a lighting and thunder Jah Jah a go strike with a lighting and thunder Jah a marshal, him no partial, bow, hey Jah a marshal, him no partial Because Him higher than a general, right, Lord Him higher than a general, hey For me say whether you a woman or whether you a man You got to remember say you deh 'pon Jah Jah land Bam bam, upon the island say a bam bam opn the island 'Cause if me take off me tam, it a go bring a bam bam Me take off me tam, it a go bring a bam bam But a sufferation upon the land I tell you say, a sufferation upon the land For me no selfish inna your ways, pass the time A Lord have mercy, hear me say So no, no selfish inna your ways, pass the time And let me tell you 'bout the Son who leads the way No matter weh you say, cah each and every da You got to hear me say, hey Say time so hard that even rat a cut bottle Time so hard that even rat a cut bottle What a dread situation fi tackle Man, a what a dread situation fi tackle Me say the dread 'pon the nation Hey come on me say a dread 'pon the nation Hey, come on and what a dread situation Lord, come on what a murderation A murderation, and me say sufferation...
Eu sinto meu senhor em mim...Ele chegar como fogo e luz incandescente....É libertará meu povo...da mão do inimigo....Que Jah rastafári abençoe a terra.
First time hearing this was on John Peel 🍌 when he played reggae tracks he always played what rodigan never plays. Discovered a lot of artist from his late nite BBC show.
Back in the days when radio was radio and you could hear all sorts of music by twiddling the dial. Now most music lacks a tune or great musicianship and now we have ended up with Dermot O'Dreary's 'Acoustic Lounge' and other garbage because personality seems more important than the music to the morons who are now in charge.
Bad choon. My favourite dub tune of all time. Special request at last night's dance, to hear your favourite plate dropped on 12" at the dance. Mind blowing. Big thanks to Bev-i-roots.Gonna keep me skanking for ages.
Great record...the piano really makes it. It sounds very much like the piano in Familyman arrangements like 'Dub Feelings' by The Wailers or 'It won't come Easy' by Man X.
Time get so hard, that even rat a cut bottle Is a situation that, the poor man can't tackle, ah Yeah Time get so tough, man can't even get one Is a situation that, the poor man can't handle Lord The cost of living city get so drastic So mother can't even find penny fi send dem pickney go a market, uh Nickle get so scarce, you can't even get none So instead a once a week, every day for me I'm ?? Lord Time get so hard, that even rat a cut bottle Is a situation that, the poor man can't tackle Lord The time get so tough, man can't even get one Is a situation that, the poor man can't handle Whenever you go down-town, just take a look aroudn And check how much youth you see walking up and down Yeah 'Cause in yah this yah time, when no job man can't find If they are in need, say they must commit a crime Lord... The cost of living city get so drastic So mother can't even find penny fi send dem pickney go a market Lord Nickle get so scarce, you can't even get none So instead a once a week, every day for me I'm ?? Lord Time get so hard, that even rat a cut bottle Is a situation that, the poor man can't tackle Lord Time get so tough, man can't even get one Is a situation that, the poor man can't handle Never, never handle No, never handle A sufferation, yes a sufferation Time get so hard, that rat a cut bottle True, true Is a situation that, the poor man can't tackle, ah Bam, biddly-beng Time so hard that even rat a cut bottle Time so hard that even rat a cut bottle What a dread situation fi tackle Man, a what a dread situation fi tackle Say me can't get no food deh fi nimble, bow! Me can't get no food deh fi nimble Rich man check it so simple A lot a poor man take it ungrateful You know Say when me wake up 'pon me bed, a say me feel so sick And a when I take me stop, me say I can't survive dis Just a twist me like a ?? ?? stick Say just a twist me like a ?? ?? stick Say time so hard that even rat a cut bottle Time so hard that even rat a cut bottle Say a sufferation, a sufferation A me say a murderation You know For me say, wicked man, a where you a go run? For me say, wicked man, a where you a go hide? Because a Jah Jah a go strike with a lighting and thunder Jah Jah a go strike with a lighting and thunder Jah a marshal, him no partial, bow, hey Jah a marshal, him no partial Because Him higher than a general, right, Lord Him higher than a general, hey For me say whether you a woman or whether you a man You got to remember say you deh 'pon Jah Jah land Bam bam, upon the island say a bam bam opn the island 'Cause if me take off me tam, it a go bring a bam bam Me take off me tam, it a go bring a bam bam But a sufferation upon the land I tell you say, a sufferation upon the land For me no selfish inna your ways, pass the time A Lord have mercy, hear me say So no, no selfish inna your ways, pass the time And let me tell you 'bout the Son who leads the way No matter weh you say, cah each and every da You got to hear me say, hey Say time so hard that even rat a cut bottle Time so hard that even rat a cut bottle What a dread situation fi tackle Man, a what a dread situation fi tackle Me say the dread 'pon the nation Hey come on me say a dread 'pon the nation Hey, come on and what a dread situation Lord, come on what a murderation A murderation, and me say sufferation... Source : www.jah-lyrics.com/song/lion-youth-rat-a-cut-bottle
Jah a marshal, him no partial. Always loved that line. Perfect on it's own, or you can have it with a nice cup of tea and a biscuit. Enjoyed reading these lyrics. Ta
Situation critical!! When rats start cutting bottle, people either become geniuses or they devolve into criminality and prostitution. 1978 was perhaps the golden year for roots reggae. All releases by virtually all roots artists were top, top drawer. Even Lion Youth was not left out of the roots gem jamboree.
1977 to 1985 L8 Liverpool Gramby st brother's all ..to Chapel town Leeds ..my spar my brother Danny Dread .. Peace and love . Where ever u r Jah Rasta Far I ... Xx Tempo ....
Coisa mais gostosa de ouvir...me leva a pensar em Gregory isaacs na participação no dvd do horacy Andy livin' It UP wooowwwwww Pedrada na mulera 🪖🙆🏻♂️🇧🇷🇯🇲
Comme dis la bible l eternel est mon guide sur le chemin de la paix et la vertue ... mais il abattra son bras vengeur sur les impies les laches et les serpents car son nom est l eternel et la terre est son royaume . gabriel tu m as beaucoup decue (austin power ) jean tu m as beaucoup decue florence tu m as beaucoup decue gerald tu m as beaucoup decue HONTE A VOUS .....paul tu es déshonoré ton nom...
I am truly amazed never thought there could be another who sounds like the Cool Rula , Gregory I. if this isnt Gregory recording under another name or a son of Gregory who is this never heard of Lion Youth before great tune , definately a student of the Rula
@El Negro Azteca Well actually there are no more Gregory Issac's we only get one, however it's always been true there are many unknown talents always will be,,in all genres of music and art expression also many unknown talents behind many of the known famous
The meaning is:... overprotectiveness or repression of (spiritual) knowledge is to no avail ... just as a rat is (normally) never able to cut trough a bottle, regardless of how much time it has....(poor ppl keep the rice, beans and sugar in bottles to protect from rats)
@@alimantado373 I thought it was about how times were hard in Jamaica/UK, and they were so bad that even a rat has to use a broken bottle to defend himself
I was 16. At college. Any dance they play this. Everybody on floor. Now l in my 60. And good hear again. After all this years. We Snack. To this💕💕💕💕💕
Memories 💚
I wish this was played at parties I went to!!! I bet you were out there feeling it
💚⛅️
Then you were probably also dancing to All Nation Have To Bow, big song the same summer...
This song carries so many memories for me. I was about 11, and my then older brother used to play this in his room all the time - was never allow in there, though:/; I've long lost my brother, but this track always stayed in my mind; did not really know the name, but after a few years of typing in random words over the net and here in youtube, finally I found the track by chance. I'm over the moooooon, your wouldn't believe:) Love this tune since I was a skinny boy; thanks to my big bro.
+Gabriel Gervais I know the feeling...sometimes you just cant remember the name or title or the artist and it is brutal....but then that moment when you do find what you have been searching for is sure to be a glorious one!
aww glad you found it
thanks Titandeliah..
that hit me man :( great tune, your brother must've been a good man, bless him and your family
thank you.. his taste in music left an impression :)
1979.... Wow i was 18/19 🎤💞💓❣️👍🏾🌹 skanking with JahShaka sound in Catford 🎉❤
Lion Youth’s “Rat a Cut Bottle” and Black Uhuru’s “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” share a similar reggae vibe...I can feel it... ....Well...'Rat A Cut Bottle' was released in 19781 and 'Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner' in 1981....
This is what reggae,ragga,dancehall is all about,love and peace xxx
Roots reggae big family round the world! Love to y'all
THOSE COVID BLUES HAVE JUST BEEN BLOWN AWAY BY THIS DANCEHALL BUBBLER.
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES.😀 WHERE ARE MY OLD SKOOL APPRECIATERS AT. ? ? 2021
STAY SAFE PEOPLE. 😷 BLESS.
Desde Chile escuchando el buen reggae la mejor vibración, saludos a los ganjhamanes
Memories galore a come flooding through my door with this tune.
This was a tune I listened to back in the day and "boy "... reminds me of the good times of the late 70's and early 80's, and original blues parties.
Give thanks.
This choon was relaased in 1981. Nothing has changed.
Just different styles !
I meant his lyric. Cost of living is really drastic . We are in an economic crisis@@patsiebentley111
En Nuevo León, México, también amamos el reggae, pura vida, saludos a quién lea esto.🔥🇲🇽
Desde el Edo Mex reportando viejon, arriba el reggae❤
*Aquí en la CDMX se sigue escuchando estos TEMAZOS del reggae. Saludos*
Omg I got this on vinyl still,what a tune
From Jamaica. Never herd this before, shocked that its from the 80s' . Real good stuff. now it will be on constant replay
This tune kicks up the past and makes me remember.
The bass play in reggae is pure magic, doesn't get more positive than that.
Positive song about eating rats. 🐀😅
They don't make tunes like this one anymore a truly awesome record!
Aye
Real Steppers Reggae ... UK Roots Classics
I've Always loved this, from back In the days of my youth ❤️
I bought this tune in the eighties.Great song.
OMG - its true!!! the music that was used in the Taffy Lewis bar scene from Bladerunner...!!! that ten seconds of music has been in my mind since 1982 and never knew til now where, or what, it was!! Thank you for putting it on here!
Last week it cost £34 to fill my car with petrol, today it cost £54 to fill my tank. Sitting here, then I remembered this song….. it’s going to get harder peeps
How much today ?
Music it a gift sometimes it brings back memories to our younger years. Beautiful TUNE.😎
Jah jah he gon strike wit the lightning and thunder
First time hearing this and oh boy what a joy to listen to this great tune. Excellent track
🙏🙏bro
I found this when I bought the Pressure Souns album Don't call us immigrants. I specially like this song and the title song by Tabby Cat Kelly. And the one by Misty: Six one penny!!
probably the best reggae song
du bon son du pur qui donne des frissons partout et de bonnes vibrations positives
This tune is beyond wondrous. Love the lyrics: Time so tough, rat a cut bottle. Reggae music at its most prophetic! How 600 people could down vote this is mind boggling. Maybe they should stick to Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber.
La gente no entiende nada...
THEY ARE NOT REAL HEADS!!! DISCOVER THE ESSENCE AND YOU WILL NEVER FORGET
Exactly !
People that put this down haven't been there yet
I think some fellas may think it says “Dis I like” for dislike haha
I always return here, excellent track.
i love reggae old school😍❤
Muito som, Maceió - Alagoas - Brazil.
Curtindo 2021
Dope stuff! If you like these kind of Reggae songs, then check out these other KILLER TUNES!
Barrington Levy - Praise His Name
Meditations - Babylon Trap Them
Tony Tuff - Good Times
Ruddy Simbal - A So The System Work
Mighty Diamonds - Tell Me What's Wrong
Fulk Livingston Reid - Golden Dufferdil
Dolphin Morris - Su Su Pan Rasta
I Roy - Drifter
U Roy - Herbman Skanking
Senya - Roots Man
Lacksley Castell - Johnny Brown
Don Carlos - Late Night Blues
Leroy Gibbons - She's My Baby
Frankie Paul - Be Mine Tonight
Hugh Griffiths - African Dream
Derrick Lara - You Have Changed
Bunny Lie Lie & Lee Van Cliff - Mr. Dynamite
Maytones - Throw Down Your Arms
Earl Cunningham & Papa Bruce - One Away Man
Earl Cunningham - African Man
John Holt - Stranger In Love
Al Campbell - One Beer Bad Boy
Alton Ellis - Big Bad Boy
Admiral Tibett - Babylon Brutality
Anthony Johnson - Spend Time Loving You
Leroy Brown - Gone Gone
Chuck Turner - I Need You
Little Kirk - God A Di Man
Beres Hammond - Irie & Mellow
Prilly Hamilton - Don't Take It Personal
Ambelique - Lonely Soldier
Marijuanas - Tell Us When
Enos McLeod - Walls Of Jericho
Bunny Wailer - Borderation
Leroy Smart - I Don't Like It
I Roy - Devils Brother In Law
U Roy - Challice In The Palace
Fragga Ranks & The Mighty Diamonds - Pass The Challice
Vicious Irie - Late Night Attack
Tony Curtis - My God Is Real
Bushman - Yadd Away Home
Burning Spear - Far Over
Burning Spear - Legal Hustlers
Burning Spear - Tumble Down
Anthony Johnson - Gunshot
African Star - Love In Your Heart
Eek A Mouse - Macho Man
Early B - Ganja Man
Super Cat - ABC
Half Pint & Anthony B - Two To One
Peter Broggs - No Ism Pon Di Riddim
Peter Broggs - Mr. Sheriff Man
Barrington Levy - Don't Pretend
Peter Tosh - Nah Goa Jail
Israel Vibration - Licks & Kicks
Junior Byles - Rasta No Pickpocket
Johnny Clarke - Nice Time
Major Manzie - Bout Ya
Isaac Tulli - Radio Assault
Irie Souls - Blaze Up
Steve Knight - Robber Man
Garnett Silk - Wicked Man
Investigators - Woman I Need Your Loving
Irie Souljah - Jah Rastafari
Ranking Dread - Stylilly
Mikey Spice - Hands On Me
Delroy Wilson - Do That To Me One More Time
Yellowman - How You Keep A Dance
Steel Pulse - King James Version
Kofi - Get Real
Kotch - Rub A Dub Officer
Dennis Brown - Slave Driver
Tinga Stewart - I'm Gonna Fall In Love
Junior Murvin & Jah Lion - Police & Thieves
Wailing Souls - Baga Trouble
Bim Sherman - Golden Locks
Twinkle Brothers - Unemployment
Dennis Brown & Freddie McGrgegor - Raggamuffin
Horace Andy - Just Say Who
Heptones - Fatty Fatty
Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Israelites
Tony Tuff - Pass The Ball
Tony Tuff - Ram Dance Style
Mikey Melody - Champion Sound
Banana Man - Dancehall Murder
Jah Marnyah - Rootsman Skank
Alpheus Taylor - Struggling
Tiger - No Wanga Gut
Mikey Melody - Soldier In Your Town
O'Neil Dyer - Night Shift
Mikey Spice - Love Won't Let Me Wait
Junior Moore - Rum Bar
Little Howie - Original Love Me
Lone Ranger - Love Bump
Little John - Joker Lover
Little John - Yes Mama
Don Carlos - Chant Down Babylon
Sugar Minott & Captain Sinbad - Hard Time Pressure
Ras Shiloh - Home To Zion
Breh ya know just what's right👌 much love I'm gonna go through these soon 💨
I've screenshot and bout to find allofem!!! Preciate that. Some I know but ALOT I DONT!!! Good homework here. Bless
Tried to thank you on your youtube channel but didn't see any contact or comment info. This is an awesome compilation of songs and will keep me busy all day pasting them into the search bar to listen to them myself; big ups for sharing this.
you know the real thing
yes man is there playlist of these?
Playback speed .75 and smoke a fat spliff. Thank me later as the slowed down reggae god. I listen to all my reggae slowed down!!
Essa musica é top demais. A primeira a tocar no meu carro sempre.
One of the realest songs out there
LYRICS:
Time get so hard, that even rat a cut bottle
Is a situation that, the poor man can't tackle, ah
Yeah
Time get so tough, man can't even get one
Is a situation that, the poor man can't handle
Lord
The cost of living city get so drastic
So mother can't even find penny fi send dem pickney go a market, uh
Nickle get so scarce, you can't even get none
So instead a once a week, every day for me I'm??
Lord
Time get so hard, that even rat a cut bottle
Is a situation that, the poor man can't tackle
Lord
The time get so tough, man can't even get one
Is a situation that, the poor man can't handle
Whenever you go down-town, just take a look aroudn
And check how much youth you see walking up and down
Yeah
'Cause in yah this yah time, when no job man can't find
If they are in need, say they must commit a crime
Lord...
The cost of living city get so drastic
So mother can't even find penny fi send dem pickney go a market
Lord
Nickle get so scarce, you can't even get none
So instead a once a week, every day for me I'm??
Lord
Time get so hard, that even rat a cut bottle
Is a situation that, the poor man can't tackle
Lord
Time get so tough, man can't even get one
Is a situation that, the poor man can't handle
Never, never handle
No, never handle
A sufferation, yes a sufferation
Time get so hard, that rat a cut bottle
True, true
Is a situation that, the poor man can't tackle, ah
Bam, biddly-beng
Time so hard that even rat a cut bottle
Time so hard that even rat a cut bottle
What a dread situation fi tackle
Man, a what a dread situation fi tackle
Say me can't get no food deh fi nimble, bow!
Me can't get no food deh fi nimble
Rich man check it so simple
A lot a poor man take it ungrateful
You know
Say when me wake up 'pon me bed, a say me feel so sick
And a when I take me stop, me say I can't survive dis
Just a twist me like a???? stick
Say just a twist me like a???? stick
Say time so hard that even rat a cut bottle
Time so hard that even rat a cut bottle
Say a sufferation, a sufferation
A me say a murderation
You know
For me say, wicked man, a where you a go run?
For me say, wicked man, a where you a go hide?
Because a Jah Jah a go strike with a lighting and thunder
Jah Jah a go strike with a lighting and thunder
Jah a marshal, him no partial, bow, hey
Jah a marshal, him no partial
Because Him higher than a general, right, Lord
Him higher than a general, hey
For me say whether you a woman or whether you a man
You got to remember say you deh 'pon Jah Jah land
Bam bam, upon the island say a bam bam opn the island
'Cause if me take off me tam, it a go bring a bam bam
Me take off me tam, it a go bring a bam bam
But a sufferation upon the land
I tell you say, a sufferation upon the land
For me no selfish inna your ways, pass the time
A Lord have mercy, hear me say
So no, no selfish inna your ways, pass the time
And let me tell you 'bout the Son who leads the way
No matter weh you say, cah each and every da
You got to hear me say, hey
Say time so hard that even rat a cut bottle
Time so hard that even rat a cut bottle
What a dread situation fi tackle
Man, a what a dread situation fi tackle
Me say the dread 'pon the nation
Hey come on me say a dread 'pon the nation
Hey, come on and what a dread situation
Lord, come on what a murderation
A murderation, and me say sufferation...
Love It !!!!
Thank you, Gabri...so hits home in then and in these times!
in chancel
double meaning - in church but also in debt
"The cost of living city get so drastic" is actually "The cost of living, say, it get too drastic"
Reality..
Bought this from a market stall that sold reggae music. Next to Clapham Junction Station Early 80's
Brilliant, takes me right back to my youth - haven't heard this in more than 30 years.
Beautiful times hard but
Eu sinto meu senhor em mim...Ele chegar como fogo e luz incandescente....É libertará meu povo...da mão do inimigo....Que Jah rastafári abençoe a terra.
Assim seja 🙏
Cadê os BR curtindo essa pedra? Good Vibes
Estamos aqui, meu chegado. Jah Bless e fogo na erva! Salve da selva de pedra, Sampa✌🏾
Salve! Salvador 🔥✌🏼
Chama
👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🇯🇲
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Play this one for Paul "sleepy" Issacs Rest in power mi breddah 🇯🇲🫡❤💔🕊🎵🎶🎶🎼
Big up Ronald Leighton my childhood sweetheart. ❤️🎶
First time hearing this was on John Peel 🍌 when he played reggae tracks he always played what rodigan never plays. Discovered a lot of artist from his late nite BBC show.
Back in the days when radio was radio and you could hear all sorts of music by twiddling the dial.
Now most music lacks a tune or great musicianship and now we have ended up with Dermot O'Dreary's 'Acoustic Lounge' and other garbage because personality seems more important than the music to the morons who are now in charge.
paz amor y respeto para toda la humanidad un saludo desde colombia, las mejores vibraciones para todos! excelente musica
This is now the situation that we couldn’t handle.
Quel génie! Merci Monsieur Perry.
Bad choon. My favourite dub tune of all time.
Special request at last night's dance, to hear your favourite plate dropped on 12" at the dance. Mind blowing. Big thanks to Bev-i-roots.Gonna keep me skanking for ages.
Rat cut a bottle 🔥🔥🔥🔥 masterpiece
Essa, pedra é de mais. Luiz Carlos Brandão, radialista é jornalista ( Brazil ) .
Wicked tune, Selektah! Blessings to all brothers & sisters in these hard times. Love & I-nity. Bless!
Great record...the piano really makes it. It sounds very much like the piano in Familyman arrangements like 'Dub Feelings' by The Wailers or 'It won't come Easy' by Man X.
Beautiful song. Great music composition.
The dislikes are Jamaicans who thought it was "dis i like."
Hahahahah
@@titanwebb2918 not original tho :(
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 DWLLLL
Hahahaaa
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Dour Festival, 2015 and 2016 Reggaebus Soundsystem... a spliff, cold beer, heat, sun and love and dry grass. ahhh memories
!!! yes !!!
DOUREUUUH
Nothing like that here in Tennessee : (
DOOOUREEEEEEH
@@thepincushionman7063 lucky in the UK we got a big soundsystem culture so think.it reggae dub jungle and drum n bass 😁
these music are great they have some great melody and dub riddim nice memories keep it going on.
wicked...consious lyrics...respect!!! 🙏
This song is TOP! 💯
Wow, that voice is real close to Gregory's, never noticed before!
Time get so hard, that even rat a cut bottle
Is a situation that, the poor man can't tackle, ah
Yeah
Time get so tough, man can't even get one
Is a situation that, the poor man can't handle
Lord
The cost of living city get so drastic
So mother can't even find penny fi send dem pickney go a market, uh
Nickle get so scarce, you can't even get none
So instead a once a week, every day for me I'm ??
Lord
Time get so hard, that even rat a cut bottle
Is a situation that, the poor man can't tackle
Lord
The time get so tough, man can't even get one
Is a situation that, the poor man can't handle
Whenever you go down-town, just take a look aroudn
And check how much youth you see walking up and down
Yeah
'Cause in yah this yah time, when no job man can't find
If they are in need, say they must commit a crime
Lord...
The cost of living city get so drastic
So mother can't even find penny fi send dem pickney go a market
Lord
Nickle get so scarce, you can't even get none
So instead a once a week, every day for me I'm ??
Lord
Time get so hard, that even rat a cut bottle
Is a situation that, the poor man can't tackle
Lord
Time get so tough, man can't even get one
Is a situation that, the poor man can't handle
Never, never handle
No, never handle
A sufferation, yes a sufferation
Time get so hard, that rat a cut bottle
True, true
Is a situation that, the poor man can't tackle, ah
Bam, biddly-beng
Time so hard that even rat a cut bottle
Time so hard that even rat a cut bottle
What a dread situation fi tackle
Man, a what a dread situation fi tackle
Say me can't get no food deh fi nimble, bow!
Me can't get no food deh fi nimble
Rich man check it so simple
A lot a poor man take it ungrateful
You know
Say when me wake up 'pon me bed, a say me feel so sick
And a when I take me stop, me say I can't survive dis
Just a twist me like a ?? ?? stick
Say just a twist me like a ?? ?? stick
Say time so hard that even rat a cut bottle
Time so hard that even rat a cut bottle
Say a sufferation, a sufferation
A me say a murderation
You know
For me say, wicked man, a where you a go run?
For me say, wicked man, a where you a go hide?
Because a Jah Jah a go strike with a lighting and thunder
Jah Jah a go strike with a lighting and thunder
Jah a marshal, him no partial, bow, hey
Jah a marshal, him no partial
Because Him higher than a general, right, Lord
Him higher than a general, hey
For me say whether you a woman or whether you a man
You got to remember say you deh 'pon Jah Jah land
Bam bam, upon the island say a bam bam opn the island
'Cause if me take off me tam, it a go bring a bam bam
Me take off me tam, it a go bring a bam bam
But a sufferation upon the land
I tell you say, a sufferation upon the land
For me no selfish inna your ways, pass the time
A Lord have mercy, hear me say
So no, no selfish inna your ways, pass the time
And let me tell you 'bout the Son who leads the way
No matter weh you say, cah each and every da
You got to hear me say, hey
Say time so hard that even rat a cut bottle
Time so hard that even rat a cut bottle
What a dread situation fi tackle
Man, a what a dread situation fi tackle
Me say the dread 'pon the nation
Hey come on me say a dread 'pon the nation
Hey, come on and what a dread situation
Lord, come on what a murderation
A murderation, and me say sufferation...
Source : www.jah-lyrics.com/song/lion-youth-rat-a-cut-bottle
Jah a marshal, him no partial. Always loved that line. Perfect on it's own, or you can have it with a nice cup of tea and a biscuit. Enjoyed reading these lyrics. Ta
Thank you sooo much !
Tks u bro
true dat""
U di boss. Thanks
Times so hard that humains could be battled ,tomorrow people,what IS your best?
Ride on 🏋️
Big tune. The vocals are perfect, the delay is great, especially at 5:45 , very powerfull. Really sounds like a live soundsystem toasting performance.
Que sonido potencia lindos con todos esos efectos son increíbles esos de ecos sobresalen
Situation critical!! When rats start cutting bottle, people either become geniuses or they devolve into criminality and prostitution. 1978 was perhaps the golden year for roots reggae. All releases by virtually all roots artists were top, top drawer. Even Lion Youth was not left out of the roots gem jamboree.
i agree with you . But this song is not from 1978
Listening now , remembering your bro again
Love life, love Jesus and God♥
sound like a young Gregory Issacs ahh big chuune
I would have loved to hear Gregory do this one !
It is in his style for real.
Now that would be something! To be honest i would love to hear a gregory cut on any decent reggae vocal, that man had a voice that could melt stone.
or a combination would have be nice
your not wrong
a young Gregory Isaacs with Black Uhuru...
The youths need this in there life........
1982 Memories - WoW..Rasta the only way..💛👍💛
London Reggae
Some tunes satisfy the soul……💋
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BLESSED MY EARS ON THIS TUNE.... IT'S ABSOLUTELY SUPERB..... FROM DOUGIE NFT OF TAMWORTH YOUTH..🏴👾👍🚜
I've not heard it until today but it is indeed a fine tune.
1977 to 1985
L8 Liverpool Gramby st brother's all ..to Chapel town Leeds ..my spar my brother Danny Dread ..
Peace and love .
Where ever u r
Jah Rasta Far I ...
Xx
Tempo ....
Thats my dad good man love him to bits x
That bassline is perfect
317 thumbs down? Some strange people on the internet. This is on the wants list now- thanks for sharing is Ras
Brazil
chapando
é o reggae ploww
Great Tune
Hi! God bless you and all your familly! Jah rastafarî selasie hi! Jah bless you and all your familly. One life one love one destiny!
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Hj yhgyhylgfokóókhkilgyjuguu5jyi
Guilherme Pires of this
we need this music now more than ever. Along w some good ganja it could save the word
I have this on red vinyl, this is a tuff tuff tune..
Coisa mais gostosa de ouvir...me leva a pensar em Gregory isaacs na participação no dvd do horacy Andy livin' It UP wooowwwwww Pedrada na mulera 🪖🙆🏻♂️🇧🇷🇯🇲
the most ultimate track ever! old school rules! trust me i was there when it came out, hard to beat this sound,
unique
Pablo Moses mimosa's mix
True it hard to beat👍⭐
Long live the legends the true masters of music. As the biblical texts say “the master musicians”
Comme dis la bible
l eternel est mon guide sur le chemin de la paix et la vertue
...
mais il abattra son bras vengeur
sur les impies les laches et les serpents
car son nom est l eternel et la terre est son royaume
.
gabriel tu m as beaucoup decue
(austin power )
jean tu m as beaucoup decue
florence tu m as beaucoup decue
gerald tu m as beaucoup decue
HONTE A VOUS
.....paul tu es déshonoré ton nom...
Faz bem aos ouvidos!!!
I am truly amazed never thought there could be another who sounds like the Cool Rula , Gregory I. if this isnt Gregory recording under another name or a son of Gregory who is this never heard of Lion Youth before great tune , definately a student of the Rula
It sounds like Gregory but stronger. But I can only think of Gregory. Need to research...
wisdomknowledgeunderstanding.wordpress.com/2019/01/19/lion-youth-rat-a-cut-bottle/
@El Negro Azteca Well actually there are no more Gregory Issac's we only get one, however it's always been true there are many unknown talents always will be,,in all genres of music and art expression also many unknown talents behind many of the known famous
it's definitely not Gregory - great singer though - but definitely not the lonely lover man!
I-ah! I also thought this was Mr. G.I. "The Cool Ruler"
2022🇰🇪🇰🇪 🇰🇪 from Kenya respect a gwan' bredda
mad tune 💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥
this song makes me cry every time
Great icon... take some herbal weed Bro!
beautiful vibes 4 beautiful lifes
2018 still large and forever will be. One love.
I think I found my type of music 😊❤
That's close to Reggae
I love this song so much.
The meaning is:... overprotectiveness or repression of (spiritual) knowledge is to no avail ... just as a rat is (normally) never able to cut trough a bottle, regardless of how much time it has....(poor ppl keep the rice, beans and sugar in bottles to protect from rats)
thanks!!! need to adjust my projected on life. TY.
I just bought rice bean and sugar poor too bless up great tune
It's about hyperinflation of the Jamaican dollar. Sorry!
@@alimantado373 I thought it was about how times were hard in Jamaica/UK, and they were so bad that even a rat has to use a broken bottle to defend himself
intezamable bless for that interpretation 👊🏿👍🏿
Brilliant sounds......... full of vibes........ fyaaaaaah fo de soul!!!
Ha! Used to have this on the Pressure Sounds' "Don't Call Us Immigrants" comp. Great Brit reggae.
best 20 bucks i spent on a 12" to date. big tune move a room
Money well spent
Respect King . You really got the dubs. big up.
This is a truly brilliant track!
Thia was a tough tune when it came out in the 80s and still in 2020
Bam diddley bae