- published: 22 Nov 2015
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Glenn Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006) was a Canadian-born American actor from Hollywood's Golden Era with a career that spanned seven decades. Despite his versatility, Ford was best known for playing ordinary men in unusual circumstances.
Born as Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford at Jeffrey Hale Hospital in Quebec City, Ford was the son of Anglo-Quebecers Hannah Wood Mitchell and Newton Ford, a railway conductor. Through his father, Glenn Ford was a great-nephew of Canada's first Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald. Ford moved to Santa Monica, California with his family at the age of eight, and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1939.
After Ford graduated from Santa Monica High School, he began working in small theatre groups. Ford later commented that his railroad executive father had no objection to his growing interest in acting, but told him, "It's all right for you to try to act, if you learn something else first. Be able to take a car apart and put it together. Be able to build a house, every bit of it. Then you'll always have something." Ford heeded the advice and during the 1950s, when he was one of Hollywood's most popular actors, he regularly worked on plumbing, wiring and air conditioning at home. At times, he worked as a roofer and installer of plate-glass windows.
Intro:
ambition is a privilege (zaga)
weh nuff man ah have (remember dat)
bad mind is ah disaese (true)
weh some man waan ketch
yeaaa ah aha ha ahaaaa............
Verse 1:
well i neva buss a train and mi never pick pocket
never see a ol' 'oman bag an try grab it
everyting mi have you know mi work hard fa it
so why some dutty nigga badmind mi fa it
everyday dem see mi outta road and mi ah fly
buy mi own ah liquor and so mi have mi own ah glass
gal dem sexy and mi clothes dem shotta
so unnu like mi style tell a bwoy fi drop off (so)
dem ah watch everything dat mi a wear
dem nuh see di hard worl' weh mi do fi mek ah wear (but)
dem ah wonder how mi tings dem so deh
dem waan kill mi fi di car weh mi ah steer (but)
Chorus:
mi heart nuh dutty (zaga naw),
mi heart clean (aah)
clean like di water pon di stream
mi mind nuh dutty (oh Lord)
mi tink clean (aahh)
I'll neva grudge yuh fi yuh queen
mi heart nuh dutty
mi heart clean
clean like di water pon di stream (aah)
mi mind nuh dutty
mi tink clean
i'll neva grudge yuh fi yuh queen
Verse 2:
remember seh
nuh man is ah island (merry)
di only man who is ah islander ah dead man (rememeber)
seh each one help one (so)
so it nuh mek sense yuh badmind ah next man
she rob di gun go benz already an 'im have a next one
an ah nuttn dat, if yuh nuh have one (eh)
yuh fren get ah yute already now 'im get ah next one
ah nuh nuttn dat, if yuh nuh get one (lo)
go look ah gal an try be ah foundation
badmind fi dead before di next generation
weh dis ah yuh dancehall ah pon yuh radio station (yo)
to all di real people dis is ah real turn
Chorus:
mi heart nuh dutty (oh na na),
mi heart clean
clean like di water pon di stream
mi mind nuh dutty
mi tink clean
I'll neva grudge yuh fi yuh queen (cho)
mi heart nuh dutty
mi heart clean (c'mon)
clean like di water from di stream
mi mind nuh dutty (oh na na na na)
mi tink clean (eh)
i'll neva grudge yuh fi yuh queen
verse 3:
suh tell dem seh
five fi Jamaica coz deh worl' is mine
tell dem time until now Beenie Man still ah shine (unnu)
check di stats and unnu see from online
fi mi badmind people ah waste ah time (because)
mi work hard fi mi money, money
so mi di heads ah head brighter and funny, funny (sing song)
neva do nuttn funny, funny (neva)
tek care of mi kids an mi honey, honey (noooooo...)
Jamaica i will neva let yuh down
King of di dancehall an ah unnu gimme crown (yeah)
always beenie man fans gather roun'
ah listen to di hit bouncer (but)
Chorus:
mi heart nuh dutty (oh na na na),
mi heart clean (yeh aah)
clean like di water pon di stream (seen)
mi mind nuh dutty (true)
mi tink clean
I'll neva grudge yuh fi yuh queen (seen)
mi heart nuh dutty
mi heart clean
clean like di water from di stream (wooh)
mi mind nuh dutty (eh na na)
mi tink clean
i'll neva grudge yuh fi yuh queen
Outro:
i seh, neva yuh badmind (oh no no no)
never be grudgeful (yeah)
and neva be envious (yeah yeah)
In God you muss trust (yeah yeah)
believe in yuhself
got to real leff ah badmind anodda one
so anyting ah man ah have
yuh can work fa and it can be yours