Hole In The Bucket

Ooh hey-yeah

I work 9 to 5 it starts in the PM

And I love the sunrise so I step out in the AM

The street is black and shiny from the nightly rainin'

The glory of the light brings evaporation

Morning's fresh, oxygen cleanest

I take a deep hit, help my mind stay the greenest

I'm already wake so I'm not drinkin' coffee

Don't want a cigarette, 'cause it's a form of slavery

(There's a hole)

We walk into the store 'cause I need a few items

The sun heats my blood like a hit of vitamins

(There's a hole)

I need to buy some food, some 'poo for my dreads

I can't remember why but I need a spool of thread

Well a man with dirty dreads, he steps around the corner

He asks me for a dime, a nickel or a quarter

I don't have any change so I'm steppin' along

But as I'm walkin' past he sings to me a song

There's a hole in the bucket

(So hit mi with di riddim)

Dear Liza

(Glory to God)

There's a hole in the bucket

(So hit mi with di riddim)

Dear Liza, dear Liz'

(Glory to God)

There's a hole in the bucket

(So hit mi with di riddim)

Dear Liza, dear Liza

(Glory to God)

And there's a hole in the bucket

(So hit mi with di riddim)

Dear Liza, dear Liz'

(Glory to God)

The day is pickin' up 'cause I'm hummin' his song

The buses and the people all keep movin' along

To the shopkeeper I say, "What's up?"

And I'm thinkin' about the man who's holdin' up the cup

I pay for all the stuff and get a pocketful of change

Well should I give it to the man's the question in my brain

What's gonna happen if I give the man a dime?

I don't wanna pay for another brother's wine

(There's a hole)

What's gonna happen if I give the man a quarter?

Will he find a dealer and try to place an order?

(There's a hole)

What's gonna happen if I give the man a nickel

Will he buy some food or some pork that's been pickled?

I'm not responsible for the man's depression

How can I find compassion in the midst of a recession?

How can all these questions keep steppin' with my head

And I still can't remember why I need a spool of thread

There's a hole in the bucket

(So hit mi with di riddim)

Dear Liza

(Glory to God)

There's a hole in the bucket

(So hit mi with di riddim)

Dear Liza, dear Liz'

(Glory to God)

There's a hole in the bucket

(So hit mi with di riddim)

Dear Liza

(Glory to God)

There's a hole in the bucket

(So hit mi with di riddim)

Dear Liza, dear Liz'

(Glory to God)

Ooh, ooh-ooh

Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo

Mmm, mmm, hmm-hmm

No

Mmm, mmm

Starin' in my eyes just as I'm walkin' past

I'm tryin' to avoid him 'cause I know he's gonna ask

Me about the coinage that is in my pocket

But I don't know if I should put it in his bucket

I walk right past to think about it more

Back at the crib I'm openin' up the door

A pocketful of change it don't mean a lot to me

My cup is half full but his is empty

(There's a hole)

I put back on my cap and I start headin' back

I reach into my pocket and I have a heart attack

(There's a hole)

Well as I'm diggin' deep I scream, "Oh no!"

There's nothin' in the pocket but a great big hole

While I was busy thinkin' if he would buy smack

The jingle in my pocket slipped through the cracks

But now I know the reason why I had to buy the thread

'Cause there's a hole in the bucket

(So hit mi with di riddim)

Dear Liza

(Glory to God)

I said there's a hole in the bucket

(So hit mi with di riddim)

Dear Liza, dear Liz'

(Glory to God)

There's a hole in the bucket

(So hit mi with di riddim)

Dear Liza

(Glory to God)

There's a hole in the bucket

(So hit mi with di riddim)

Dear Liza, dear Liz'

(Glory to God)

There's a hole, there's a hole

(So hit mi with di riddim)

There's a hole

(Glory to God)

There's a hole

(So hit mi with di riddim)

(Glory to God)

Uh-huh-huh-huh-huh

(So hit mi with di riddim)

(Glory to God)

Oh, oh yeah, yeah

(There's a hole in the bucket)

(So hit mi with di riddim)

(Dear Liza)

Hmm

(Glory to God)

(So hit mi with di riddim)

Ooh, ooh

(Glory to God)

There's a bigger hole

There's a bigger hole

(So hit mi with di riddim)

Dear Liza

(Glory to God)

Dear Liza

There's a hole in the bucket

A whole in the bucket

Dear Liza, dear Liz'