Be Careful [Song]

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BE CAREFUL
By Merchant
Arranged by Leston Paul
Album: Rock.. It | Benmac | T&T 1985

It's a hungry world out there
With everybody scrambling to get a share
Wolves in sheep clothing, birds of prey waiting
To swoop down on you
And there's no telling what they'll do.

You got to be careful [Ah ah ah]
You got to be careful [Ah ah ah]
[You got to be careful]
Where you go when you walking
What you say when you talking
You got to be careful [Ah ah ah]
You got to be careful, careful. [Ah ah ah]

I say we have to prepare
To meet the challenges of life without fear
Greed and jealousy, hatred and envy
Man, you have to move with care
In that jungle out there.

You got to be careful [Ah ah ah]
You got to be careful [Ah ah ah]
[You got to be careful]
How you move, when you moving [You got to be careful]
Which direction you going
You got to be careful
You got to be careful, careful.

In your search for happiness,
You got to leave a little room for loneliness
For things could happen all of a sudden
Before you realise, it's only a disguise.

You got to be careful [Ah ah ah]
You got to be careful [Ah ah ah]
[You got to be careful]
With what you do and how you doing it [You got to be careful]
If you do, when you doing it
You got to be careful
You got to be careful, careful.

The cleanliness in life is gone
Is only vice and corruption that going on
Staying alive, trying to survive
That is how it is today
So as you go along your way.

You got to be careful [Ah ah ah]
You got to be careful [Ah ah ah]
[You got to be careful]
Where you go when you walking [You got to be careful]
What you say when you talking
You got to be careful
You got to be careful, careful.

You got to be very careful. Got to be
You got to be very careful. Got to be...

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance!

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A Note From The Gull

Good advice from Merchant. I found the following lines especially important for leaders who must often depend on guidance from others.

"You got to leave a little room for loneliness
For things could happen all of a sudden
Before you realise, it's only a disguise."

"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare