Do Something For Yourself chords and lyrics - CULTURE

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[Verse 1]
[Em]Hey [Bm]chuh! Stop the begging, man![Em]
Yuh mek it look bad upon the whole a we.
You ever see dog pon the street?
And talk about fatha fatha.
Then all dog a your father too.
Get up and do [D]something for your[Em]self
Rise up and [D]do something for your[Em]self
Rise up an[D]d do something
good for your[Em]self
Instead of your begging!
Do something progress[D]ive [Bm]for y[Em]ourself
[C]One [Bm]thing I can? t [Am]under[G]stand
[Em]How did the [D]guinea chicken
[C]so [Bm]broad?[Em]
Get up and do [D]something
[Bm]for [Em]yourselves
Look at [D]the chil[Bm]dren,
they [D]are [Em]in school
Trying to [D]work hard an
[Bm]d further [D]edu[Em] cation
Look at [D]granny down a
[Bm]Corona[D]tion [Em]Market
[C]I can? t bel[Bm]ieve that
[Am]young strong [G]man
Stand up on [D]street and stretch
out [C]them [Bm]hand[Em]
Get up and do [D]something for yourselves
[Em](You can't beat a bush)
[D]Can? t you [Bm]be a me[D]ch a[Em]nic?
Can? t you teach [D]yourself
to [Bm]paint [D]a hou[Em]se?
Can? t [D]you make [Bm]a Dutch
[D]pot[Em]? Yahba pot!
Can? t you [D]make a pair of [Em]shoes?
Can[D]? t you do s[Bm]omething
[D]wit[Em]h the tai[C]lor?
[Bm]I can? t under[Am]stan[G]d[Em]
[D]Everyday [C]you have fi [Bm]nyam[Em]
And you nuh [D]want to [Bm]work [D]at
[Em]all (Jah know)
A lazy man [D]eat more than a [Bm]worki[D]ng
[Em]man (Him belly bigger)
For him more [D]time to eat the [Em]food
While I [D]have to [Bm]be i[D]n th[Em]e field
See if I [D]can make to[Bm]morrow?
[D]s m[Em]eal[C]
The build[Bm]ing h[Am]affe reach the sky[G]
[Em]Them seem to a [D]next sky
[C]scraper [Bm]now[Em]
Get up and do [D]something for
[Bm]your[D]selves[Em]
Rise up and work!
Rise up and [D]do something
for [Em]yourselves
Roast two dump[D]ling,
it's for [Em]yourselves
[C]This is wha[Bm]t I can? t[Am]
[G]understand:
Women having [D]children for [C]lazy [Bm]man[Em]
I wonder how [D]the pickney them
[Bm]ago [D]nyam[Em]
Those children [D]need some
[Bm]edu [D]cati[Em]on
They? ve got no men[D]tal
dis[Bm]ab il[D] i[Em]ty
[C]Lawyers, [Bm]doctors,
[Am]teachers of to[G]morrow[D]
There [C]won? t be no sor[Bm]row[Em]
That? s all the [D]hope that we have [Em]got (So you know what,
brother? Mind them)
Get up and do [D]something
for [Em]yourselves
Sell [C]two [Em]callaloo, star
Get up and do [D]something
for [Em]yourselves
Even two ripe [C]ba [Em]nana
[Bm]Gran[Em]ny sh[C]e[Bm]
[Am]can wait so [G]long[D]
[G]Yet [D]you want to be [C]a jiffy [Bm]man[Em]
Get up and do [D]something for [Em]yourselves
Meet me with a nana nap.
Get up and do [D]something for
[Bm]your[D]selves[Em]
You just a [D]pray for John [Bm]Brown [D]fi [Em]dead
Why didn't you [D]pray a good
[Bm]prayer [D]for [Em]survival?
Everything you [D]see a street
yuh [Em]want
Everything a [D]street, yuh say you [Em]need