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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Burning Spear
Burning Spear
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Winston Rodney
Winston Rodney
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Winston Rodney
Winston Rodney
Mixing Engineer
Errol Brown
Errol Brown
Mixing Engineer
Burning Band
Burning Band
Producer
Burning Music Production
Burning Music Production
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The whole wide world, know that
It's getting from bad to worst
From bad to worst
[Verse 2]
Getting from bad to worst
Getting from bad to worst
Getting from bad to worst
Even myself knows that too
[Verse 3]
Why can't you
Give us whole rights and justice
Equality and love?
It maybe one or two
Feel it the same way
All I can see and hear the people say
It is getting from bad to worst
[Verse 4]
Getting from bad to worst
Even myself knows that too
Why can't you?
Why can't you?
[Verse 5]
Getting from bad to worst
Even myself knows that too
Why can't you?
Who can do something, do what they can
Do what they can
[Verse 6]
Getting from bad to worst
To worst
[Verse 7]
Calling Africa
Calling Africa
African and African
Shouldn't chase their brother
Please don't kill one another
For world power
[Verse 8]
It's getting from bad to worst
To worst
All over the whole wide world
All over
All over
All over
[Verse 9]
It's getting from bad to worst
Getting from bad to worst
To worst
To worst
Getting from bad to worst
Getting from bad to worst
[Verse 10]
Why can't you?
Even myself knows that too
So why can't you?
Why can't you?
Why can't you?
All over
It's getting from bad to worst
To worst
Written by: Winston Rodney

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