UB40 sings about poverty and inequality through repetition and raw language. The speaker walks at night with gold in their shoes but no money for food, while the refrain "we are sufferer" captures a collective experience of hardship and desperation.
I live up, I live up. What would we do when we no got you? What would we do when we no got you? We walking at night with our waist shoes full of gold. We can't get no money to buy ourselves some food. We are suffering, are A sufferer, a sufferer. We a sufferer, a sufferer, a sufferer. I look at this world. We a sufferer, a sufferer. A sufferer. We a sufferer. A sufferer. A sufferer. We no gati, no gati, no gati. We no gati, no gati, no gati. Time getting harder and harder every day. Time getting harder and harder every day. We are Liva, I live up, I live up. We are Liva, I live up, I live up. What would we do when we look at you? What would we do when we look at you? We work day and night, we don't wear shoes for love of gold. We can't get no money to buy ourselves some food. We are sufferer, a sufferer, a sufferer. We are sufferer, a sufferer, a sufferer. Look at this world.
UB40 - The Earth Dies Screaming / Madness - Too Hot To Handle ft. UB40 / One in Ten (Live)
