[Verse 1] You a-go tired fe see me face Can't get me out of the race Oh, man, you said I'm in your place And then you draw bad card A-make you draw bad card And then you draw bad card
Propaganda spreading over my name Say you want to bring another life to shame Oh, man, you just a-playing a game And then you draw bad card (draw bad card) A-make you draw bad card (draw bad card) A-make you draw bad card
[Bridge] Because we guarding the palace so majestic Guarding the palace so realistic!
[Verse 2] Them a-go tired to see we face (oh yeah!) Me say them can't get we out of the race Oh, man, it's just a big disgrace The way you draw bad card (draw bad card) The way you make wrong moves (make wrong moves) The way you draw bad card (draw bad card) A-make you draw bad card (draw bad card) A-make you draw bad card In a rub-a-dub style, rub-a-dub style In a rub-a-dub style
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In his book, The Words and Music of Bob Marley, David Moskowitz explains that the song is about Marley’s falling out with his manager, Don Taylor who had been skimming money off of Marley’s concert earnings. In the fallout, Taylor also threatened to ruin Marley’s image. “Bad Card” is a defiant song in which Marley makes clear that despite the machinations of those he considered allies, his music would endure.
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