UB40

Released: November 3, 2003

Songwriter: UB40

Producer: UB40

Just be good to each other, yeah
Donate some peace of mind
Invest in one another, yeah
A love of all mankind

Just be good to each other, yeah
You know we don't get long
It takes so much to recover, yeah
And we can't get it wrong

I'm the meanest, toughest, baddest boy in town
I'm a thief, a liar, one who hunts you down
The final word in justice, and I'll fill you full of hate
So down upon my knees, I am about
To seal you fate

If we're good to each other, yeah
If we just take the time
Treat all men as your brother, yeah
Everything will be fine

When we're good to each other, yeah
You can feel in your heart
The love that all lovers, yeah
When they're apart

I'm the biggest, richest, righteous and strong
Devil plays the tune, I'll make you sing my song
Finger on the button and my eyes are on the prize
In case you had forgotten, I'm a master of disguise

So be good to each other, yeah
And I trust you will find
On the road to discover, yeah
That true love is blind

A reformer coke addict, puppet on a string
My papa gives me credit, so I'm living like a king
Vengeance will be mine, I will collect my dues
I'm a walking Armageddon so the world can
Sing the blues

Just be good to each other, yeah
Donate some peace of mind
Invest in one another, yeah
A love of all mankind

So be good to each other, yeah
And I trust you will find
On the road to discover, yeah
That true love is blind

Yeah

UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham. The band has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart. They have been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album four times, and in 1984 were nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Group. UB40 have sold over 70 million records. The ethnic make-up of the band’s original line-up was diverse, with musicians of English, Irish, Jamaican, Scottish and Yemeni parentage.

Their hit singles include their debut “Food for Thought”, “Red Red Wine” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”. Both of these also topped the UK Singles Chart, as did the band’s version of “I Got You Babe”. Their two most successful albums, Labour of Love (1983) and Promises and Lies (1993), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.

On January 24, 2008, it was announced that Ali Campbell would be leaving the group after 30 years. It was reported by some Birmingham newspapers on 13 March 2008, that Maxi Priest would be the new lead singer of UB40 and had recorded a cover of Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff” with the band.

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