Stolen from an african land
Chased out with a knife
With a face like Bob Marley
And a mouth like a motor bike
Oh well the bars are always open
And the time is always right
And if God's good word goes unspoken
Well the music goes all night
(And it goes...)
If I was Bob Marley I said could you be loved
If I was Half Pint I'd ball the lord up above
If I was Mike Tyson I'd look for a fight
If I was a BoomtownRats I would be stayin up all night
If I was the king Ad-Rock i would get stupid dumb
If rythmes were valiums I'd be comfortably numb
If I had a shotgun, know what I'd do
I'd point that shit straight up at the sky
And shoot heaven on down to you
Oh well the bars are always open
And the time is always right
And if God's good word goes unspoken
Well the music goes all night
I want a lover but I can't find the time
I want a reason but I can't find the rythme
And I want to start some static but I can't afford
To hit the ground like I fell off my skateboard
Now a days as clear as you please
Strap with protection or strap with disease
Laughter, it's free
Any time just call me
439-0116
When your down with Sublime you get
Funky fresh lyrics, you get nothin
Stolen from an african land
Got chased out of the bar
I saw my best friend tonight so
Don't push me too far
I gonna run come down with the new lyrics
Get hit get hip you knuckle heads
Racism is scism on a serious tip
You don't believe me I go and bust your lip
I hear the moutain, it hard to climb
Rougher the rythm, then it must be Sublime
Listen yellow lover you got it right on time
We got cricket with the quickness and we got the bassline
Go and raid the sound and tell people the news oh, hey
Tell them regaee music is on the loose
Here i am from the place where the sun shine down in a unique fashion
Good good vibes that keep on playin, playin
People gonna come and try tell me smokin crack cocaine better than sensi
You're pumpin' that shit and I'm sick of it
Tweekin' every weekend we just can't take it
Whoawhoawhoawhoawhoa and we don't want no plastic
Aya!
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Album: 40 oz. to Freedom
Year: 1992
While Get Out! has been referred to as "Sublime's stylistic calling card," it may be more true of Don't Push. This song manages to cram more styles into five minutes of sound than most bands could do with an entire album. Sublime mixes in reggae, rap, hip-hop, and dub sounds on this, and manages to make the result sound better than any one style on it's own.
This song has also had four different incarnations, all of which have been released over the course of Sublime's 7 studio albums.
Numerous references are made within the song, all of which are explained below:
Bob Marley | Reggae artist
Half Pint | Reggae artist
Mike Tyson | Boxer
Boomtown Rats | An old ska band
Ad-Rock | Member of the Beastie Boys
439-0116 | Brad's old phone number
The song also contains a small lyric from the Pink Floyd song, Comfortably Numb.
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