Poor and Clean Songtext
von Gregory Isaacs

A rich man′s heaven
Is a poor man's hell

So many years I′ve been slaving in your factory (Oh-ee)
Never had a chance to talk with the boss (Yeah)
And for so long I've been a-living in this old community (Yeah)
Where no one knew my pain, yet I've paid the cost
No one knew my pain, Lord, yet I′ve paid the cost


But I would rather to live poor and clean
Than to live rich in corruption
I said that I, I′ve got to live clean
'Cause Jah are the custom in judgment
Said, I wanna be clean
Can′t you see what I mean

Wanna be strong
All day long

But I would rather to live poor and clean
Than to live rich in corruption
I wanna be clean
Can't you see what I mean

A rich man′s heaven, heaven
Is a poor man's hell