What a life, what a life, what a life, what a life.
Now all I'm hearing is tic tock, tick tock,
Ticky tock, tic tock.

A brother just pass me and ticking,
A said he's much better off not working,
And then the mad man on the corner start ticking,
Can't get no overnight scraping.

So dem a walking time bomb,
And ready to explode.

Now dem a walking time bomb,
Can't take the overload.

The organizers check say them clicking,
So them palaving and drinking.
Not realizing the boat is leaking,
And any minute now it will be sinking.

'Cause we a walking time bomb,
We're ready to explode.
Sey we a walking time bomb,
The circuit overload.

Ooh, jealousy must go on,
As long as you think it's you alone.
To eat off the pies and tell all your lies,
But what a big surprise.
When all the people start gathering,
Communicating and saying the same thing.
Too late before you realizing,
That hadn't been for the reggae rhythm.

Whole a wey a walking time bomb oh ya,
We're ready to explode.
And we a walking time bomb,
Can't take the overload.
Say we a walking time bomb,
We're ready to explode anytime.
And we a walking time bomb,
The circuit overload.

I hearing is a tic tock, a tic tock,
A tickety tock tick tock again,
Tick tock tick tock,
Tick a tick tock again, tick tock.

I said a brother just past me and ticking,
Nothing na gwaan ina de juggling.
Him turn a walking time bomb,
Can't take the overload no no.
I wonder what the government thinking,
When them palaving and drinking.
Not realizing the boat is leaking,
And any minute now it will be sinking.

'Cause we a walking time bomb,
We're ready to explode now.
And we a walking time bomb,
The circuit overload.

Jealousy must go on,
As long as you think it's you alone.
Eat off the pies,
And tell all you lies.
But what a big surprise.
When everyone start gathering,
Communicating and saying the same thing.
Too late before you realizing,
That hadn't been for the reggae rhythm.

The whole a we a walking time bomb,
We're ready to explode.
And we a walking time bomb,
The circuit overload now.

All I'm hearing is tick tock, tick tock..