To Be Poor Is A Crime-Freddie McGregor

[ti:To Be Poor Is A Crime] [ar:Freddie McGregor] [al:Sons of Jamaica - Freddie McGregor] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]To Be Poor Is A Crime - Freddie McGregor [00:07.07]Mr big man wants to be richer [00:09.90]While the poor man slave and suffer [00:12.68]But that can't work [00:14.41] [00:16.46]To be poor is a crime [00:19.16] [00:20.20]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time [00:22.99]To be poor is a crime [00:25.58] [00:26.64]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time [00:28.94] [00:29.88]I don't want to be begging [00:31.69] [00:32.98]Jah jah knows I'm a trying [00:35.08] [00:36.01]To make the hardest the living [00:38.17] [00:38.88]With all of my strength I'm a giving [00:41.66]'Cause to be poor it is a crime [00:44.53] [00:45.58]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time [00:48.40]To be poor is a crime [00:50.99] [00:51.89]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time [00:54.47] [00:55.27]I'm tired of be pushed around [00:58.34]Won't jah help me to get off the ground [01:01.37]They want to see me go down [01:03.61] [01:04.41]It's really hard for some of us to stay around [01:07.40]To be poor is a crime [01:09.92] [01:10.96]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time [01:13.80]To be poor is a crime whoa now [01:17.38]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time woah well [01:21.84] [01:22.35]Oh yeah [01:23.71] [01:33.56]To hear the children crying [01:35.57] [01:36.70]It really keeps me sighing [01:38.85] [01:39.70]My brethren I'm not lying [01:41.63] [01:42.58]Nuff time man see man crying [01:45.53]To be poor is a crime [01:48.26] [01:49.13]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time [01:52.08]To be poor is a crime yeah [01:55.66]Woman haffi know dat inna dis ya time [01:57.98] [01:58.80]Now you may see me wrong [02:01.18] [02:01.91]The way I sing my song yeah [02:05.14]Tell me how must we untangle [02:07.67]When frustration is our only ankle [02:10.67] [02:11.26]To be poor is a crime whoa now [02:14.82]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time [02:17.39]To be poor is a crime [02:20.03] [02:20.99]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time [02:23.91]To be poor is a crime [02:26.42] [02:27.37]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time [02:30.08]To be poor is a crime [02:32.76] [02:33.78]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time [02:36.18] [02:36.69]To be poor is a crime [02:39.11] [02:40.02]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time [02:42.49] [02:43.11]To be poor is a crime [02:45.55] [02:46.48]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time [02:48.82] [02:49.32]To be poor is a crime [02:51.77] [02:52.78]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time [02:55.52]To be poor is a crime [02:58.22] [02:59.27]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time [03:01.51] [03:02.04]To be poor is a crime [03:04.44] [03:05.48]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time [03:07.91] [03:08.63]To be poor is a crime yeah [03:11.34] [03:11.86]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time [03:14.64]To be poor is a crime [03:17.21] [03:18.23]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time [03:20.99]To be poor is a crime [03:23.52] [03:24.60]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time [03:27.33]To be poor is a crime [03:29.93] [03:30.96]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time [03:33.72]To be poor is a crime [03:36.29] [03:37.36]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time [03:40.03]To be poor is a crime [03:42.62] [03:43.79]Man haffi know dat inna dis ya time