No footstool

Alright,
I'm just playing it cool
Watching men trying to use I as their tool
But I don't wanna be another man footstool
So a whole lotta dem no like me in Babylon
Jah know
An' me no want them come wheel and turn me in dis ya land
Alright

In everything that I try, I don' know why
Big fish want, dey got me high
So I'll just stay a shallow
Be careful what I swallow
Cos a whole lotta dem no like me in Babylon
Jah know
Me no want dem come wheel and turn me in dis ya land, alright, oh yeah

In everything that I try, I don' know why
Big fish want, dey got me high
So I'll just stay a shallow
Be careful what I swallow
Cos a whole lotta dem no like me in Babylon, oh yeah
A whole lotta dem, whole lotta dem, alright
A whole lotta dem, whole lotta dem, oh yeah, alright

I'm careful in my doing
Even though I do
Because I know that a whole lotta dem