Lyrics of 'Blackheart Man' by Bunny Wailer

Tikya the Blackheart Man, children
I say, don't go near him
Tikya the Blackheart Man, children
For even lions fear him

Tikya the Blackheart Man, little children
I say, don't go near him
Tikya the Blackheart Man, children
For even lions fear him

Growing in a neighbourhood for such along time
That is filled with fear
I can't go here, can't go there
And I ain't supposed to go anywhere, anywhere at all

When I ask my Mom if she could let me go out and play
Like little children do
She said: Be careful of the stranger
Giving candies to children
And then take them away

He lives in the gullies of the city
He's the Blackheart Man, y'all, the Blackheart Man
Even in the lonely parts of the country
You'll find the Blackheart Man, y'all, the Blackheart Man

He ain't got no friend, no home, no family
He's the Blackheart Man, y'all, that's The Blackheart Man
He is famed to live just like the gypsy
He's the Blackheart Man, yeah

Growing and learning and gathering
For myself a little more experience jumping over the fence
Curiousity has brought me, yes, it's brought me, a little common-sense
Trodding the road of life, I've come to this one conclusion
That everything is equal under the Sun, all that is created by Jah mighty hand

And he said: Knock and it shall be opened
Seek and Ye shall find that wisdom is found in the simplest of places, in the nick of time
Knock and it shall be opened
Seek and ye shall find that wisdom is found in the simplest of places, in the nick of time

Now I trod the same road of aflictions
Just like the Blackheart Man, just like the Blackheart Man
Getting my share of humiliation
Just like the Blackheart Man, y'all, the Blackheart Man

You'll find me even in the prison of the dungeons
Just like the Blackheart Man, yes, the Blackheart Man
I even get blamed without a reason
Just like the Blackheart Man
Just like the Blackheart Man, y'all

No cross, no crown, no sorrow, no trial and crosses In a I-way
But the hotter the battle is the sweeter Jah-Jah victory
Ancient children use to say if you want good your nose got to run run run
How could the world go free, and let Jah bear the cross alone
And them that drink of the old wine have no place for the new
For the new
And the stones that are head of the corner are the same ones that the builders refused

Hear me when I say, now

Now, it's the Blackheart Man, children
Who've become the wonder of the city