This song rebukes the those who exploit the under privileged masses. It seems Tosh took it from an angle were some "big fish" in Jamaican society were trying to be be associated with him for their own ends. He however rejects the whole thing; oppression of the poor and the advances of the oppressors. "I ain't got no time to waste on you, no, no I am a livin' man, I've got work to do, right now".
This song rebukes the those who exploit the under privileged masses. It seems Tosh took it from an angle were some "big fish" in Jamaican society were trying to be be associated with him for their own ends. He however rejects the whole thing; oppression of the poor and the advances of the oppressors. "I ain't got no time to waste on you, no, no I am a livin' man, I've got work to do, right now".