Well i heard bad news by the man in the street,

how his shades are cool and his belts are sweet,

ska music, reggae its the same old beat,

but its different clothes and a new wave beat,



talk is cheap



paying his dues cause nothing is free

and hes making a deal, thats nothing to me

and he misses a point, that you cant see

this is 87 not 63

and he talked to me about the problems of the world

they try to go to a best friends point

talk to me about picking up the slack

turned around and slapped me right in the back



well i heard bad news from the man in the street

how his belts are cool and his shades are sweet

ska music, reggae its the same old beat,

but its different clothes on a new wave beat,

and i heard that rap about unity

now only words but the beards are free

talk to me about picking up the slack

turned around and slapped me right in the back



talk is cheap

yeah talk is cheap

talk is cheap