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Sufferers Time & Sufferers dub - the Heptones & Lee Perry @ Black Ark Studios, 1976
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Heptones
The Heptones
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Rainford Perry
Rainford Perry
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Niney the Observer
Niney the Observer
Producer

Lyrics

Time is slippin' away
And I and I no reach high on yet
Fi we time, fi we time
Dis a sufferer's time
Fi we time, children, fi we time
Dis a sufferer's time
A time fi sufferers drive big car
Time fi sufferers live it up
A time fi sufferers drive big car
Time fi sufferers live it up
Fi we time, fi we time
Dis a sufferer's time
Fi we time, children, fi we time
Dis a sufferer's time
Now that rasta have a blouse
Time fi rasta hold di douse
Now that dreadlocks have a blouse
Time fi dreadlocks hold di douse (Because)
Fi we time, fi we time
Dis a sufferer's time
Fi we time, children, fi we time
Dis a sufferer's time
Four hundred years of colonialism
And I and I no get high on yet
I and I no reach high on yet ('Cause)
Too much ism and skism (Children)
Too much ism and skism
Too much ism and skism (Taking over)
Too much ism and skism
A so we say, a so we go
A so we say, a so we go
A so we say, a so we go
A so we say, a so we go
A so we say, a so we go
A so we say, a so we go
Fi we time, fi we time
Dis a sufferer's time
Fi we time, children, fi we time
Dis a sufferer's time
A time fi sufferers drive big car
Time fi sufferers live it up
A time fi sufferers drive big car
Time fi sufferers live it up
Fi we time, oh lord, fi we time
Stop the ism and skism
Fi we time, children, fi we time
It's a sufferer's time
Fi we time, children, fi we time
Stop the ism and skism
Fi we time, oh lord, fi we time
Dis a sufferer's time
Written by: Rainford Perry

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