When you hear the beat Move your feet in time Make a step or two Movin' to the bassline I didn't get the groove So I check the front line (front line) Lookin' for my roots Lookin' for a lifeline (lifeline) And if you go down there They gonna mess you up again And if you go down there They gonna mess you up again Mama used to say Don't check for the front line But she didn't know I was lookin' for a lifeline (lifeline) What she didn't know I was caught up in a race line (race line) But I didn't care Reggae would be mine 'Cause if you go down there They gonna mess you up again And if you go down there They gonna mess you up again Lookin' for a clue Gettin' in a state of mind See the way man thinks I belong out on the front line (front line) 'Cause reggae is my thing And reggae will be mine (be mine) No matter if you're black Or if you have a white mind 'Cause if you go down there They gonna mess you up again And if you go down there They gonna mess you up again When you hear the beat Move your feet in time Make a step or two Movin' to the bassline I didn't get the groove So I check the front line (front line) Lookin' for my roots Lookin' for a lifeline (lifeline) 'Cause if you go down there They gonna mess you up again And if you go down there They gonna mess you up again