Born Tuff - Lyrics - Eddy Grant

Edmond Montague "Eddy" Grant is a Guyanese British musician. The Allmusic journalist Jo-Ann Greene noted: "Eddy Grant stands among an elite group of artists as one who has not just merely moved successfully across the musical spectrum, but has actually been at the forefront of genres and even created one of his own. From pop star to reggae radical, musical entrepreneur to the inventor of ringbang, the artist has cut a swath through the world of music and made it his own."

Doo ba, doo ba, ooh-ooh Doo ba, doo ba, ooh-ooh Doo ba, doo ba, ooh-ooh Doo ba, doo ba, ooh-ooh I never thought I'd live to see The way you treated me You showing me all your convictions And still we cannot see I know that you have got the power To license right from wrong But I know when you feel you got the one Another one will come along, oh 'Cause I was-a born tuff You said I wasn't good enough 'Cause I was-a born tuff You said I wasn't good enough You've woken up and changed the rules You call philanthropy, yeah Human rights is just a word To you but not for me You're hoping now that we're afraid Of your technology But I know, we all got to go So why should that now frighten me, oh 'Cause I was-a born tuff You said I wasn't good enough 'Cause I was-a born tuff You said I wasn't good enough All right Oh... Oh... White boys sing of our condition But you won't listen to we, no They know you're practicing racism Right down from A to Z Painting God in-a your image And the devil just like we But I won't kill my brother for my neighbor The time is up, it's love you see, oh 'Cause I was-a born tuff You said I wasn't good enough 'Cause I was-a born tuff You said I wasn't good enough Oh... Oh... 'Cause I was-a born tuff You said I wasn't good enough I never thought I'd live to see The way you're treating me You showing me all your convictions And still we cannot see I know that you have got the power To license right from wrong But I know when you feel you got the one Another one will come along 'Cause I was-a born tuff You said I wasn't good enough 'Cause I was-a born tuff You said I wasn't good enough 'Cause I was-a born tuff You said I wasn't good enough 'Cause I was-a born tuff You said I wasn't good enough 'Cause I was-a born tuff You said I wasn't good enough