Wen mi jus come to Landan toun
Mi use to work pan di andahgroun
But workin pan di andahgroun
Yu dont get fi know your way around Inglan is a bitch
Deres no escapin it
Inglan is a bitch
Deres no runnin whey fram it Mi get a lickle jab in a bih otell
An awftah a while, mi woz doin quite well
*** staat mi aaf as a dish-washah
But wen mi tek a stack, mi noh tun clack-watchah Inglan is a bitch
Deres no escapin it
Inglan is a bitch
No baddah try fi hide fram it Wen *** gi you di lickle wage packit
Fus *** rab it wid *** big tax rackit
Yu haffi struggle fi mek ens meet
An wen yu goh a yu bed yu jus cant sleep Inglan is a bitch
Deres no escapin it
Inglan is a bitch
A noh lie mi a tell, a true Mi use to work dig ditch wen it cowl noh bitch
Mi did strang like a mule, but bwoy, mi did fool
Den awftah a while mi jus stap dhu ovahtime
Den awftah a while mi jus phu dung mi tool Inglan is a bitch
Deres no escapin it
Inglan is a bitch
Yu haffi know how fi survive in it Well mi dhu day wok an mi dhu nite wok
Mi dhu clean wok an mi dhu dutty wok
*** seh dat black man is very lazy
But if yu si how mi wok yu woulda sey mi crazy Inglan is a bitch
Deres no escapin it
Inglan is a bitch
Yu bettah face up to it *** a have a lickle facktri up inna Brackly
Inna disya facktri all *** dhu is pack crackry
Fi di laas fifteen years *** get mi laybah
Now awftah fifteen years mi fall out a fayvah Inglan is a bitch
Deres no escapin it
Inglan is a bitch
Deres no runnin whey fram it Mi know *** have work, work in abundant
Yet still, *** mek mi redundant
Now, at fifty-five mi gettin quite ol
Yet still, *** sen mi fi goh draw dole Inglan is a bitch
Deres no escapin it
Inglan is a bitch
Is whey wi a goh dhu bout it?