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Number in the Book Lyrics

Artist: Lucky Dube
Album: The Other Side

Number In The Book
No glove, no love
You've been hearing this so many times
don't you think it's time
to be a little more responsible
too many people die these days, oh
if you read the papers, check out the news
the numbers are there

every number, represents a human being
who was a father, who was a mother
a son or a daughter of this land...oh
you don't make the commitment but your body does
even if you're dead silent

chorus
you are here today, tomorrow you are gone
you don't wanna be another number in the book (x3)

in the shadows of the night
a lady from the street corner talks to a customer
money exchanges hands
that's the formality and she says
no glove, no love
you can pay me well, but it ain't worth my life
too many people die these days
if you read the papers, check out the news
the numbers are there

every number, represents a human being
who was a father, who was a mother
a son or a daughter of this land...oh
it ain't worth my life...oh

Comments/Interpretations

by Ras shady king on 11/8/2010 12:09am
Almost important message to all human kind if we dont take control of the situation no one wana live thanx mr dube!

by Simangaliso sibonelo sibiya on 10/19/2011 8:46am
This is a very great masage even if u dnt agree Luckydube is the king of reggea
plz add me on facebk inlove of luckydube

by wonderallenmutsvunguma on 8/18/2012 11:10am
ha eish the world had lost a gifted man.RIP LUCKY DUBE

by Alex Wright Mungabwa Shamambo on 2/12/2013 6:21pm
May His Soul Rest In Eternal Peace!
Indeed you were the King of Reggae. Greatly missed