Clinton Fearon (The Gladiators) - "Rich Man Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief" (Reggae video with information, lyrics, & comments)

Serge Lafitte, June 12, 2013

Concert au Cabaret Sauvage   Paris octobre 2012
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Statistics as of September 14, 2020
Total # of views- 13,888,394
Total # of likes - 73K
Total # of dislikes - 3K
Total # of comments - 1,205

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INFORMATION ABOUT CLINTON FEARON
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Fearon
"Clinton Fearon (born 13 January 1951) is a Jamaican reggae singer and musician. He has lived in Seattle, Washington since 1987.

Clinton Fearon was born near Kingston, and quickly moved to St. Catherine, a rural Jamaican province. Fearon was heavily influenced by the music found at his local Seventh-day Adventist church. He returned to Kingston at age 16, where he founded his first band, The Brothers. Errol Grandison, who first encountered Fearon through his work with The Brothers, quickly offered him a chance to replace David Webber as the third member of The Gladiators.[1] He joined the group in 1969, first as a singer and then as a bass player and background vocalist after the departure of both Grandison and David Webber. He remained with the group until 1987, often appearing as the leader on songs including "Chatty Chatty Mouth," "Rich Man Poor Man," "Get Ready" and "Let Jah Be Praised". During these years, he also worked as a session-man for a range of artists, including Coxsone, Lee Perry, Joe Higgs, Yabby You, Joseph Hookim and Prince Tony Robinson.

By the late 1980s, Fearon began to feel artistically crowded after nearly two decades of playing with the same band. As such, Fearon left the band and settled in Seattle, Washington following the Gladiators' 1987 American tour in order to launch his solo career. His first project in the United States, The Defenders, enjoyed a moderate success with the EP "Rock Your Bones" released in 1989. The group was short-lived, and disbanded in 1992.

 In 1994, Fearon reorganized his musical vision by forming The Boogie Brown Band. The group's debut album, "Disturb the Devil," marks the beginning of Fearon's successful solo career

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 Clinton Fearon splits his time between Seattle and France, and continues to tour with The Boogie Brown Band. His 2012 album Heart And Soul reached number 20 of the World Music Charts Europe in August 2012.[2] In 2016 he released the album This Morning.[3] "

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LYRICS: "RICH MAN POOR MAN BEGGAR MAN, THIEF
The rich man poor man beggar man thief

Everyone claim that them are the chief

The rich man buy the poor man's life

The poor man take away the beggar man's wife

Don't cry my brothers

Don't cry my sisters

Tears won't change the situation

It's just a form, a form of reaction

If you step on fire, fire burn you

If you play with puppy, puppy lick your mouth

So stand up strong, you got to know where you belong,

Say the weak ones now will soon become strong

 

Hey, everything will soon be okay

As soon as the war is over

Jah children will be free to come over

Singing and dancing ready to take over

Have some faith, have a little faith

 

Hey, everything will soon he okay

As soon as the war is over

Jah children will be free to come over

Singing and dancing ready to take over

Have some faith, have a little faith
-Source: discussion thread for the embedded video, posted by Kankalpaga, 2018 and several other commenters (some of these lyrics are given in Spanish or other languages)

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAZx3TxilnQ&ab_channel=SergeLafitte
(Numbers are assigned for referencing purposes only)

2014
1. nikolausi mushi
"UPLIFTING."

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2015
2. MC - ELAS
"Que elegante!!

Saludos desde Perú..."
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Google translate from Spanish to English:
"How elegant!

Greetings from Peru"

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2016

3. Italo Max Vaz
"O REGGAE É REGGAE, show de bola. O meu pensar é  rasta"
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"REGGAE IS REGGAE, ball show. My thinking is rasta"
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“Ball show” here may mean something like “bomb show” (meaning very good show)

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4. Gabriela Sialer
"Este hombre y su banda SIEMPRE suena bien en vivo, es increíble!"
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Google translate from Spanish to English: "This man and his band ALWAYS sound good live, it's amazing"

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2017

5. Crazy Rastaman
"BIG RESPECT!"

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2018
6. Jamaican Roots
"Jah Love Rastafar I"

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7. Lado Gnid
"I listen to this like every day.

I never even know thise bands. They have power message to deliver ."

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8. Rocco Estello
"JAH bless !!!don’t cry everything will be okay !!! Big tune !ONE LOVE"

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9. kespar75017
"pure musical trip, dope music... So good, so roots !!!"

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10. Digital Universe
"Never heard this band before, Absolutely  LOVE them!  This guitar sound is massive"

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2019

11. Paul Regan
"Ireeeeeee"

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12. james adams
"I just spent a couple of years in northern brazil and this tune is huge there, among many other classics..i was impressed."

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13. Anai Rojas
"MEXICO REGGAE👍"

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14. Alex Ander
"Loadsa luv fae a Scot man   ..."

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15. Pink Kush
"Seattle and The Whole World Loves Clinton Fearon"

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16. returnoftheredeye
"Loving the rootsy acoustic vibes."

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17, Wanted: Dread or Alive
"Rasta deh pon top! Roots!"

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18. Aurélien CHIRON
"Comments from so many people all over the world salute this song. That's what music should always be..."

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19. çigdem gelegen
"this is real REGGAE!!!!!

 this is real good vibed!!!!!

 PS: love your song"

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20. Gele
"This brings tears to my eyes. This is real reggae."

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21. Uptwn Dntwn
"How bout dat', conscious lyrics, Jah Rasafaria. 🔥 Salute i n i"

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22. Adams Hope kings
"This is my favourite song this song can be touching your deeper emotion........I do always back to listen to it.......big up form Morocco country North of africa.....good vibes"

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23. Θουκυδιδης Παπαδοπουλος
"This song when i heared first time, it speaks me straight inside my soul, at the midlle of my heart. !!!! Many Bravo to singer !!!"

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2020
24, Chandrashekhar Chakraborty
"অসাধারণ গান গেয়েছেন। কি সুন্দর রিদম।"
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Google translate from Bengali to English
"Sung great songs. What a beautiful rhythm."

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25. Matt Roberson
"this grooves so hard. need that intro on loop. but that voice too. a perfect roots song here"

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26. Sep1914, August 2020
"Latinoamerica contra el covid-19. Peace brothas."
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For future reference, I've decided to include the month that comments about Covid 19 are written.

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27. Rebel Vibe
"OHHHH MY GOSHH!! TUUUUNE!"

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28. Naomi Oké Hughes
"🙏🏿🙏🏾🙏🏽🙏🏼🙏🏻🙏 One Love all unite ❤️♾💃🏽🕺🏾🌻"

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29. fredanderica
"Classic, and beautiful"

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30. Миша Жуков
"Good vibes, yo!"

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31. Jofranka Dos Santos, August 2020
"pandemia 2020 alguien mas ? vamooos con buena musica desde Argentina con buenas vibras"
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Google translate from Spanish to English: “pandemic 2020 anyone else? Let's go with good music from Argentina with good vibes

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32. Luis Khan Of Khans
"You know it’s a good reggae song when it nearly brings tears to your eyes."

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33. Casino Royle
"This song stands up there with the best"

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34. Piotr Sobolak
"Have a little faith my brothers and sisters 🙏💪❤😎"

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