Things Ain’t Like They Used To Be lyrics
Tomorrow I'll be coming home Verse 1
I hope to find you all alone
With open arms to greet me at the door.
You cried as I was led away
It seems like only yesterday
But after all these years I can't be sure
While I've been dreaming dreams of you Chorus
Not knowing what your going through
I prayed that you'd remember me
But I know life goes on you see
I broke your heart the day I broke the law
The man you know don't hurt no more Verse 2
My tears were shed behind locked door
I've told myself your gone ten thousand times.
Still when it got to much too bear
I'd run my fingers through your hair
Your kissing lips were always on my mind.
(Repeat Chorus)
So yesterday they set me free Verse 3
They gave me back my liberty
They gave me something else I can't ignore,
The chance to go back where I'm from
The chance to even call upon
My friends but they don't live here anymore...
(Repeat Chorus
Hey hotshot, your're a one man band
The Don on the block with a glock in your hand
With the girl and the ride, you dont't wanna hear
Think you're getting respect, all you've found is fear
The one damn thing you're sure to find
Is another gun, where you gonna hide?
Said you'd never never run, I guess you lied
You're the fool in the crew that died
Your mother cried
Hold your fire, cool your temper
Young guns ever too bold
Hold your fire, just remember
Young guns never grow old
Hey hotshot, you're a one man band
The Don on the block with a glock in your hand
With the girl and the ride, you dont't wanna hear
Think you're getting respect all you find is fear
The one damn thing you're sure to find
Is a bigger gun to blow away your pride
Your young blood running in the roadside
And in the crossfire, innocents died
We all cried
Hold your fire, cool your temper
Young guns ever too bold
Hold your fire, just remember
Young guns never grow old.
Hey hotshot, you're a one man band
The don on the block with a glock in your hand
With the girl and the ride, you dont't wanna hear
Think your getting respect, all you've found is fear
Hold your fire, cool your temper
Young guns ever to bold
Hold your fire, just remember
Young guns never grow old
Hold your fire, cool your temper
Young guns ever too bold
Hold your fire, just remember
Young guns never grow old
Young guns never grow old
Young guns never grow old
Many rivers to cross
But I can't seem to find my way over
Wandering I am lost as I travel along
The white cliffs of Dover
Many rivers to cross and it's only my will
That keeps me alive
I've been riped, washed up for years and,
I merely survive because of my pride.
And this loneliness won't leave me alone
It's such a drag to be on your own
My woman left and she didn't say why
Well I guess, I gotta try.
Many rivers to cross but where to begin,
I'm playing for time
There'll be times when I find myself thinking
Of committing some dreadful crime.
I've got many rivers to cross
But I can't seem to find my way over
Wandering I am lost as I travel along
The white cliffs of Dover
Many rivers to cross and it's only my will
That keeps me alive
I've been licked, washed up for years and,
I merely survive because of my pride
Well Jerry at de mike come fe Demonstrate
Yes, Jerry at de mike me come fe Demonstrate
Me come fe show de crowd a people dat great is great
Right ya now Mr Jerry at go set tings straight
No MC test Jerry in a ATE
So listen dem ya styles I man originate
First of all me wan you know me na exaggerate
All pirate in de dance me would a evacuate
Is a whole leap a space I man accomodate
An a whole leap a gal I accumulate
Round de mile Jerry don't need no associate
Me chat by meself me no combinate
Me study very hard because me want graduate
Up de MC ladder I man Essulate
To be a boss MC I'm a chief candidate
True me fascinate nor irritate and me originate
Round de classic Micro-centre dat is where me locate
Me no select no tune an Jerry don't operate
Fe see me lift speaker - box you must fortunate
Cause asdedance down me gone home me gone go hibernate
Going home de other night me can't remember de date
De early hours of de morning before people a wake
Bopsing down de road it was me worst mistake
Police come draw down pon me an a investigate
Him say "Hey son where you coming from don't you know that it's late
I've heard about you niggers and the trouble you create"
I said "I'm coming from a party and me going home straight
Me just stop a de shop to buy some cigarette an chocolate"
When me explain de situation him stop interrogate
Turn around jump in a im panda car an say "See you mate!"
Is a good ting me never cheeky or be obstinate
Or me could a end up visiting de damn magistrate
De house way me live in you know it must decorate
An de girl way me love ave to affectionate
Nem ya linda lyrics you must penetrate
So listen every word I man and quotate
True me talking very clear you no need fe translate
Cause when me riding pon de riddim me no mek no mistake
Gasst contagious disease I man vaccinate
An true me no wan catch a dose me no fornicate
De lyrics way me chat dem must varinte
Some time me chat itslow sometime me accelerate
Dem ya kinds style you must appreciate
Nuff gal come to me a congratulate
Dem say "Jerry your so good looking can I have you portrait"
I say "Yes of course my darling but you know you have to wait"
Well dais a something I man have to state
A trollop is a woman with a whole heap a weight
Don't tell her to her face cause she will aggrovate
And if she sit down pon you you will suffocate
At de mile is nuff excitement I Jerry create
And you know that its not hard for me to exterminate
Any boy way come a dance an a duplicate
A style him get off a Saxon or a old yard tape
I say de lyrics way me chat dem must variate
An nuff people dem a say don't me impertinate
Any gal way me like we must be intimate
But me only make love when me in private
Talking about the reel the reel the reel....
(echo: talking about the reel the reel the reel.... in reverse!)
Dubmobile
Now Im the main man at the microphone stand
I chat two words just to make you understand
Im the main man at the microphone stand
I chat two words just to make you understand
I see a set of wheels and I like the touch an feel
Me love it even better when me sit behind the wheel
I got ambition an den me find ignition
Then the dealer ask me if I like electric transmission
The dealer asks if me like plenty of vision,
Yes me boss I want no collision
No collision
Now Im the main man at the microphone stand
I chat two words just to make you understand
Im the main man at the microphone stand
I chat two words just to make you understand
So I take a test drive and eat everything alive
When I clock the needle move, I couldnt believe me eyes
It touched 140 to my suprise
Then I stop an think this car is for me
When me come back him wan talk bout money
Me wan buy the car on h.p.
Long term credit and interest free, five year warranty, guarantee.
The dealer asks me like a power steering
Dealer asks me like overdrive thing. yes me boss but what is
That thing? that me boss a de turbo sintin
Oi me boss you have a deal and at long last I find my dubmobile.
Dubmobile.
Everywhere I go, just rockin and swing, just rockin and swing
Now Im the main man at the microphone stand
I chat two words just to make you understand
Im the main man at the microphone stand
I chat two words just to make you understand
Me put in cassette and equalizer
Anywhere me go me can listen reggae star
Now me just cruise to party and thing
Everywhere me go its just rockin and swing
Rockin and swing
Everywhere I go, just rockin and swing, just rockin and swing
Everywhere I go, just rockin and swing, just rockin and swing
The dealer asks me like power steering
Dealer asks me like overdrive thing. yes me boss but what is
That thing? that me boss a de turbo sintin
Oi me boss you have a deal and at long last I find my dubmobile
Me put in cassette and equalizer
Anywhere me go me can listen reggae star
Now me just cruise to party and thing
Everywhere me go its just rockin and swing
Rockin and swing
Everywhere I go, just rockin and swing, just rockin and swing (repeat till end)
Let me know, what I got to do
Make it so, I can get it through to you (Chorus)
Blow by blow accounts in black and blue
Make it so, let it go, make it so.............
Any other time we would welcome you
Right now there's something else we got to do Verse 1
We commiserate but were running late
Hurry up and wait.
(Repeat chorus)
Have we met before, can't remember you
Now tell us what it is you wanted us to do Verse 2
Book a future date to negotiate
Hurry up and wait.
(Repeat chorus)
The problem is fundamentally
Over the horizon where we can't see Verse 3
We can't relate so we segregate
Hurry up and wait.
(Repeat chorus
He used to think that it was neat
When he hung out on the street
Now that its his daily beat, hes not so sure
Cause hes come to depend
On a street with a dead end
And hell sell you his best friend, so he can score
(chorus
Boys and girls come out to play
The junk mans on the streets to say
Hell make your dreams feel real today
And steal your minds tomorrow
Now his thoughts dont seem so clear
His whole life is filled with fear
His habit cost him dear in every way
His girl cant take the heat
But his friends all cross the street
Still the needle keeps him sweet
If he can pay for one more day
His bones have got no meat
Hes unsteady on his feet
And he doesnt get to eat, not every day
What started out for kicks
Has become a daily fix
And his girlfriends turning tricks to pay his way
(chorus)
Boys and girls come out to play
The junk mans on the streets to say
Hell make your dreams feel real today
And steal your minds tomorrow
(chorus)
Lord I gotta keep on moving.
Lord I gotta get on down.
Lord I gotta keep on moving.
Where I can`t be found
Law is coming after me.
I`ve been accused of a killing
Lord knows I didn`t do
For hanging me they are willing yeh
That`s why I gotta get on through.
Law is coming after me.
(chorus)
Lord I gotta.....etc
I`ve got two boys and a woman
They`re just gonna suffer now.
Lord forgive me for not going back
But i`ll be there anyhow,
I`ll be there anyhow.
(chorus)
Lord I gotta.....etc
Now maybe someday i`ll find a piece of land
Somewhere not by or near anyone.
Then i`ll send for my love, love, love sweet woman.
And my two grown up son`s,
My two grown up sons.
(chorus)
Lord I gotta.....etc
There are murders that we must account for
Bloody deeds have been done in my name
Criminal acts we must pay for
And our children will shoulder the blame
(chorus)
I`m a british subject, not proud of it
While I carry the burden of shame (repeat)
As a nation we`re following blindly
No-one stops to question why
Our money`s supporting an army
And a boy in soweto dies
(chorus)
I`m a british subject, not proud of it
While I carry the burden of shame (repeat)
Must we go on ignoring forever
The cries of an african son
There`s a soldier`s hand on the trigger
But it`s we who are pointing the gun
(chorus)
I`m a british subject, not proud of it
While I carry the burden of shame (repeat)
I`ve been listening to what you said
And wondering if it could be true
If it`s as bad as you say out there
I`ll leave the going out to you
Statistics prove its not too bright
To walk the darker streets at night
Or to talk to people you don`t know
My worlds become a horror show
There`s a murder in my living room
My child is watching avidly
Should I venture out to-night
Tomorrow he`ll be watching me
You pay your money take your choice
But every channel plays the same
The audience hears his master`s voice
Keeps him scared and keeps him tame
(chorus)
I`m not believing all I see
Fabrications on t.v.
Distort the news, feed us your views
I`m not fooled so easily
To all the entertainers in the world I man show nuff respect
Nuff respect, cause every entertainer is select
And right ya now me a go show you how to do the king step
(Chorus)
Me a go show you how to do the king step left right,
Me a go show you how to do the king step left right,
As soon as me operator puts the music on the deck
Is pure exciting, educating, fascinating, pirate chanting
Culture preaching, perfect timing lyrics you a go get
The whistlers blow their whistle, big women say "Kiss me neck"
Some bark "Forward", some barl "Rewind" and some shout out "eject"
While the pirates press record pon fe dem pocket size cassettes
The MCs that chat slack fret till dem armpit wet with sweat
Because they know that slackness is a thing I man do not respect
That`s why me have to show dem how fe do the King Step Left Right.
(Chorus)
Well before me start to go down in a dais yak subject
Me have to praise you Jab cause you never fail I yet
Even when satan captured me and bring me close to death
You offered me the truth and right and I had to accept
But now me find you Jab me na go keep it secret
That`s why the conscious lyrics are my favourite subject
Me chat dem in the blues party, pub, club and discotheque
Me chat dem in the bookie shop while man a put on bet
And also in the gambling house when man ready fe set
And even to bad man who a walk wid dem ratchet
Me chat dem a UB40 Studio in digbeth
And when dem want more culture dem a barl out "Dep, Dep, Dep"
But me tell them, hold on lads you ain`t heard nothing yet
"Cause now I`m gonna show ya how to do the King Step" Left Right
(Chorus)
Left right its time to walk in the light of Jab not darkness
Left right who Jab bless no man curse, who jab curse no man bless
Left right eternal life for the man that tries his very best
Left right do bad and you`ll go down in the pit that`s bottomless
Left right Pato Banton has now come to preach the right
Left right left right me no partial if your black or if your white
Left right well now me know how fe do the king step
Me just can not keep it a secret
So right ya now you a get
THE KING STEP THE KING STEP THE KING STEP
Step 1, we all should know that there`s one god and only one
Step 2, Is give him praises for this whole creation
Step 3, Is love your brother man cause you and him is one
Step 4, Is not to make the same mistake as Soloman
Step 5, Is to repent and beg forgiveness for your wrongs
Cause the wroth of Jab is clear to see in Revelation
So make up mind if you want to go to Heaven or Hell
Step 6, Oh yes there`s more the King Step carries on
It carries on and on, and on, and on, and on, and on
Step 6, is once you know the truth to pass the message on
And do the King Step daily as you trod upon Jab land
So when the right time comes for Babylon`s destruction
You`ll be among the few to march towards mount Zion
Left-Right, Left-Right, Left-Right, Left-Right
Well the man Like General Slinger
So live the life you love and love the life you live
Cause what is in my heart is design to give
But special request is to all back stabber should be stuck in asieve
When I and I smoke sensiman give thanks and praise to the full causes whot
Chorus
The buzz feeling Lord
Well have you ever had the buzz feeling my sisthren
Have You ever had the Buzz Feeling my brethren
Have you ever had the buzz feeling.
You take out you rizla
You start rolling seh three or five sheet me
Seh what you deeling with you take piece of cigarette
Start breaching open up you ganja bag you start
Sprinkling you stick out you tongue and you start fe licking
You lean against a speaker box take you matches lighting
Seh man have you ever had the Buzz Feeling
Chorus
When your head is spinning you knees wobbling you belly rolling
And your eyes shutting fe you head would of blow off
Like a car engine most people in the dance dem start laughing
Some of them cannot explain mysterious feeling so you sit on deh stairs
Gaze pon de ceiling you hand pon you belly
You start fe rubbing a little after that you a little vomiting
So you run down the stairs like a streak of lightening you move
Through the crowd like you hustling you brethren
Shout you start reasoning about thing and time and the flat
Him move in the operater play a tune them start bubbling
It make it even harder fe you passing as you reach out side start
Slow breathing you sit pon de wall and start thinking, say never again
would I get that feeling, dread!
Chorus
Well you head stop spinning you knees stop wobbling you belly stop roll
Start crave fe dumpling
Chorus
You I'dren shout you roll up a splif
Me I'dren temptation it is great but
Remember that funny feeling
Chorus
Chorus
Come back darling
Give me another try
I'll make you satisfied
Don't you know, I need you badly
And I'll give my poor heart gladly
I need your love like roses need the rain
Don't let me cry in pain
Come back darling
Give me another try
I'll make you satisfied
Can't you see the love still burning
Please return, relieve my yearning
A day without you is like a year of emptiness
Please return and bring me happiness
Come back darling
Give me another try
I'll make you satisfied
Im sitting here praying that you werent just saying
Leaving tomorrow was what you had planned
No point in pretending, I know that its ending
I just want to know where the ending began
(chorus)
Where did I go wrong to make it like this
No warmth in your body, no touch in your kiss
Holding you now, hurts more than it should
If I let you go, girl, youll be gone for good
I thought you had saved me, the love that you gave me
The sweetest loving in all of the land
But youve taken my heart, and youve torn it apart
And its crumbled to dust in the palm of your hand
(chorus)
Where did I go wrong.......(etc)
Theres nothin worth sayin, I know youre not staying
Might as well face it, its out of my hand
No point in pretending, I know that its ending
I just want to know where the ending began
(chorus)
Where did I go wrong........(etc)
There`s no-one coming with that freedom train.
There`s nowhere you can go where you feel no pain.
Take the blinkers off you eye`s,
The power`s in your hand;
Stop waiting for your ticket to the promised land.
There ain`t no heaven and there ain`t no hell.
Except the one we`re in, and you know to well
There`s no-one waiting on,
Waiting on a higher high;
Don`t let the only world you`re ever gonna live in
Pass you by.
I said, the train is coming baby
I said, the train is comin now
I said, the train is coming baby
I said, the train is comin now
So long Ive been waiting
Waiting for you, oh yeah
Now the time has come
And its between me and you, oh lord
I said, the train is coming baby
The train is comin now, now, now, now
I said, the train is coming baby
And I am leaving on that train, lord
Everyday I pray
For this little hour
Now the time has come
And I want you to stand by me
Because the train is comin baby
And we are leaving on that train
And we will roam this land
Where we all will be free, lord
(chorus)
If it happens again i`m leaving
I`ll pack my things and go
If it happens again
There`ll be no looking back
I won`t say I told you som
You did what you were told
And you took the strain
Been left out in the cold
Got yourself to blame
But believe me,
If it happens again i`m leaving
If it stays the same i`m gone
When you`re stabbed in the back
And there`s salt in the wound
The it`s time to move along
(chorus)
If it happens .....
No more spanners in the works,
All the works been done
Had your face rubbed in the dirt
On show for every one
But believe me
If it happens again i`m leaving
If it stays the same i`m gone
When compromise is the song you sing
It`s been going on to long
(chorus)
If it happens .....
We dont need to make excuses
Together we are free
To throw away the rule book
And start with ABC
We can go to all the places
We always wanted to be
It takes a bad girl like you
To love someone like me
If you're looking for a daddy
You won't get that from me
There are things I want to do to you
That he should never see
You will never scare me baby
You can try anything with me
It takes a bad girl like you
To love someone like me
Don't need no little woman
A wallflower's not for me
The only way I want you girl
Is independently
Wont't lock you up in prison
And throw away the key
It takes a bad girl like you
To love someone like me
Not looking for redemption
It's much too late for me
The two of us together girl
Can set each other free
Children need a mother
Buts it's not the same for me
It takes a bad girl like you
To love someone like me
[Chorus:]
Hey, you, hurry come up
See how fast you come down
You run up your mouth
You run out of luck
You're running out of town
Hurry come up now you're all alone
You had to kick dirt on your stepping stone
You lost your way across the land
Foundations crumble built on shifting sand
[Chorus]
Hurry come up in the blink of an eye
You crowned yourself king of the castle high
You'll never get to heaven if you tell a lie
There's a hole in your bucket and your well's run dry
[Chorus]
Hurry come up we've got nothing to say
We sit back and watch you give yourself away
Where's all the power now they've pulled the plug
You're up to your neck in the hole you dug
[Chorus]
Hurry come up your edges are rough
We need a little love ain't life tough enough
There's no coming back your ticket's one way
Your journey don't start till judgement day
[Chorus]
Hurry come up just a fast as you can
Time's running out for your master plan
Cards on the table enough is enough
They hold the aces now they call your bluff
[Chorus]
Hurry come up when you turn off the light
How do you sleep in your bed at night
It's all a bad dream but no-one can hear
You only have yourself to fear
[Chorus]
If youre feeling lonely
Cause your one and only
Boy has found a girl
And gone away
Just you reach for the phone
Ill be there at home
My name is fix it
And Ill be there
If your hearts been shattered
The pieces are scattered
All across the ground
Of loneliness
Just you reach for the phone
Ill be there at home
My name is fix it
And Ill be there
Love is not a bed of roses
And life is not a game, it seems
If youre being mistreated by your lover
Then darlin, come see me
And if youre feeling lonely
Cause your one and only
Boy has found a girl
And gone away
Just you reach for the phone
Ill be there at home
My name is fix it
And Ill be there
Ill be there
I'm your key to set you free
You can come to me anytime for cover
Don't play shy, let me try
It's you I really want & not another.
CHORUS
Baby, don't you fight
Or get your little self uptight, you know
Baby after tonight.
You're alive but they could die
Won't you swim to me a little bit closer
I can read what you mean
It's you oh baby you, I'm looking after
CHORUS
Baby, baby I said, I need your love
Baby, baby you're the one I'm dreaming of
Baby, baby I said, I need your love
Baby, baby you're the one I'm dreaming of
CHORUS
In a little while Verse One
I'll be on my way
Got no words to express
What I need to say
Every time I think about the first time Chorus
We said hello
You know when you know
You never let go
It's just not my style Verse Two
Something I can't do
After all this time
I'm scared of losing you
(Repeat chorus)
Is there anything Verse Three
You could let me know
Surely you could find me
A reason not to go
(Repeat chorus)
After everything Verse Four
We've been going through
I'm so up and down
So dizzy and blue
(Repeat chorus)
Let me one more time Verse Five
Look into your eyes
I remember when
There were no goodbyes
(Repeat chorus
You got a smile so bright
You know you could have been a candle
I`m holding you so tight
You know you could have been a handle
The way you swept me off my feet
You know you could`ve been a broom
And babe you smell so sweet
You know you could`ve been some perfume
(chorus)
Well you could of been anything that you wanted to
I can tell
The way you do the things you do
As pretty as you are
You know you could`ve been a flower
If good looks were minutes
You know you could have been an hour
The way you stole my heart
You know you could have been a crook
And baby your so smart
You know you could have been a school book
(chorus)
Well you could of been .......(etc)
You make my life so rich
You know you could`ve been some money
And baby you`re so sweet
You know you could have been some honey
(chorus)
Well you could of been .......(etc)
As pretty as you are
You know you could`ve been a flower
If good looks were minutes
You know you could have been an hour
The way you stole my heart
You know you could have been a crook
And baby your so smart
You know you could have been a school book
(chorus)
Well you could of been .......(etc)
Red, red wine
Go to my head
Make me forget that i
Still need her so
Red, red wine
It`s up to you
All I can do, i`ve done
But mem`ries won`t go
No, mem`ries won`t go
I`d have thought
That with time
Thoughts of her
Would leave my head
I was wrong
And I find
Just one thing makes me forget
Red, red wine
Stay close to me
Don`t let me be alone
It`s tearin` apart
My blue, blue heart
---red red wine rap section---
Red red wine you make me feel so fine
You keep me rocking all of the time
Red red wine you make me feel so grand
I feel a million dollars when your just in my hand
Red red wine you make me feel so sad
Any time I see you go it makes me feel bad
Red red wine you make me feel so fine
Monkey pack him rizla pon the sweet dep line
Red red wine you give me whole heap of zing
Whole heap of zing mek me do me own thing
Redred wine you really know how fi love
Your kind of loving like a blessing from above
Red red wine I love you right from the start
Right from the start with all of my heart
Red red wine in a 80`s style
Red red wine in a modern beat style, yeah
(chorus)
Give me little time, help me clear up me mind
Give me little time, help me clear up me mind
Give me red wine because it make me feel fine
Mek me feel fine all of the time
Red red wine you make me feel so fine
Monkey pack him rizla on the sweet dep line
The line broke, the monkey get choke
Burn bad rizla pon him little rowing boat
Red red wine i`m gonna hold to you
Hold on to you cause I know you love true
Red red wine i`m gonna love you till I die
Love you till I die and that`s no lie
Red red wine can`t get you out my mind
Where ever you maybe i`ll surely find
I`ll surely find make no fuss jus` stick with us.
(chorus)
Red red wine you really know how fi love
Your kind of loving like a blessing from above
Red red wine I love you right from the start
Right from the start with all of my heart
Red red wine you really know how fi love
Your kind of loving like a blessing from above
Red red wine you give me whole heap of zing
Whole heap of zing mek me do me own thing
Red red wine in a 80`s style
Red red wine in a modern beat style, yeah.
I love you like I want you
And I kiss you like I need you
Every night
Ill draw you close to me
Ill tell you words of comfort
Its my delight
Darling Ive grown to love you
More every day
And Ive got a song to sing
Each lonely night, oh yeah, oh yeah
Stronger than the north winds
Higher than the mountains
Thats my love for you
And I will never hurt you
Nor will I forsake you
Darling be true
Its only a matter of time, oh yeah
Then all of my dreams will come true
In every way, oh yeah oh yeah
Stronger than the north winds
Higher than the mountains
Thats my love for you
And I will never hurt you
Nor will I forsake you
Darling be true
Its only a matter of time, oh yeah
Then all of my dreams will come true
In every way, oh yeah oh yeah
Well certain thing you dont act man
And you cant take it back
You understand me a say,
But certain things you have to look on an other thing,
Hm..... , me cant understand what I say
Me nah understand what we a say,
Me not understand what we are chat about,
Well this is what we chat about
.....what me a talk bout....
Baby girl, waw waw waw want you back inna me life
Like a police sirene come fast stichie cry
Waw waw waw want you back inna me life
You can hear me a shout it out ten thousend times
Waw waw waw want you back inna me life
Like a police sirene come fast stichie cry
Waw waw waw want you back inna me life
You can hear me a shout it out ten thousend times
She caught me red handed and feel offended
Gal a pose up in a me car (Im sorry)
Me and suel book room in a hotel and she catch
Me when me hand in a deh jar (Im sorry)
No she cant take this, catch me with at the office
And drink from one glass inna varn
She said me character dirty, when she hold me
With shirley, and she still a never warn (oh dear)
She vex when she see me inna the bed with yvette
And susan a pose up like style (what a thing)
Peachess, princess, put on her dress,
And she decide we have to stay far, anyway
Waw waw waw want you back inna me life
Like a police sirene come fast stichie cry
Waw waw waw want you back inna me life
You can hear me a shout it out ten thousend times
Waw waw waw want you back inna me life
Like a police sirene come fast stichie cry
Waw waw waw want you back inna me life
Can you hear me a shout it out ten thousend times
This a me sincere apology, straight from me heart
And off me pickney (yes baby)
It going out to my number one lady,
Like don sliver far line, water run daily
Sorry, I do it, cant buy soldier lorry, cant sleep at night,
Never do it for sight, I am sorry, hush, but the car by rush,
Your little teeny weeny have me never need to crush.
Waw waw waw, waw waw waw waw
Waw waw waw, waw waw waw waw
Waw waw waw want you back inna me life
Like a police sirene come fast stichie cry
Waw waw waw want you back inna me life
Can you hear me a shout it out ten thousend times
Waw waw waw want you back inna me life
Like a police sirene come fast stichie cry
Waw waw waw want you back inna me life
Can you hear me a shout it out ten thousend times
Find me guilty, punish me for the crime (true)
But you have me a serve over time
Woman why do you have to treat me so cruel,
Full time, you put me on parole (true)
Its like you put me on the condemn block (true),
Over alcatraz pon the rock (true)
And a me try everyday, stichie saying, oh sorry,
This me have to cry
Stick by me and i`ll stick by you
Stick by me and i`ll stick by you
My life here on earth would be useless can`t you see
If I didn`t have you to stick by me
I love you darling and that`s no lie
Stick by me and i`ll stick by you
When you cry I cry too
Stick by me and i`ll stick by you
Friends may try to hurt us
Scandalise our name
But no one (no-one) can tear us apart
You have a place in my heart
I love you darling and thats no lie
Stick by me and i`ll stick by you
Remember my heart and love belongs to you
Stick by me and i`ll stick by you
When you cry i`ll cry too
Stick by me and i`ll stick by you
Repeat from friends may try to hurt us ...
Sing out
It's so destructive
Counter productive
How we gonna make it
When we do not know where love lives [2x]
I'm not seeing what you're saying
All the games that you are playing
Look like tactics for delaying
While we're on our knees and praying
Making and breaking
Sitting and debating
The art of speculating
Then accumulating
I'm not buying what you're selling
All your shouting and a yelling
And the lies that you are telling
Don't strike me as compelling
Picking and choosing
Winning and losing
Cutting and bruising
Using and abusing
I'm not taking what you're giving
The elections you are rigging
From your penthouse living
The deals that you are fixing
Creeping and crawling
Running and falling
Stopping and stalling
Crying and bawling
I know, and you know it true that
This love is really really true and
I know, and you know it true that
This love is really really true and
I want tell your friends, no other kinda way
Theres one thing you should know, you are just another girl
Just another girl, thats what you are
You are just another girl, bigger eyes but you are not that small
I love you but remember that you are just another girl, girl.eh..irl
Oh oh.... oh (8 times)
(repeated 4 times)
I know, and you know it true that
This love is really really true and
I know, and you know it true that
This love is really really true and
I want tell your friends, no other kinda way
Theres one thing you should know, your just another girl
Just another girl, thats what you are
You are just another girl, bigger eyes but you are not that small
I love you but remember that your just another girl, girl.eh..irl
I know, and you know it true that
This love is really really true and
I know, and you know it true that
This love is really really true and
I want tell your friends, no other kinda way
Theres one thing you should know, your just another girl
Just another girl, thats what you are
You are just another girl, bigger eyes but you are not that small
I love you but remember that your just another girl, girl.eh..irl
Just another girl, thats what you are
You are just another girl, bigger eyes but you are not that small
I love you but remember that your just another girl, girl.eh..irl
Oh oh.... oh (till end)
You and me, me and you
Lots and lots for us to do
Lots and lots for us to see
You and me, me and you
* theme tune from the childrens program you and me. *
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry he home
I looked over Jordan and what did I see
Coming for to carry he home
A band of angels coming after me
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
If you get there before I do
Coming for to carry me home
Tell all my friends I'm coming too
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Chorus
Can you dig it, alright I can dig it
Cause I'm your hip hop lyrical robot and a real cool cat
Yes I'm your hip hop lyrical robot and a real cool cat
I want the girls to hear me rap
Cause this mc has got the nack
I'm your body-popping shell shocking
Girls hocking eye popping lick me all over like a lollipop
I'm your juicy fruit
Alright, alright, alright
I said hey white man, indian or black
I'm your number 1 MC and that's a fact
I'm a goodlooking, girl hooking outstanding
Mike chatting lyrical shock attack
All MCs freeze there on the spot
One false move and you must get drop
I'm always devastating, fascinating
Vibemaking, painstaking, watch it man I'm hot
Chorus
Its a struggle in life when your skin is black
The system is designed to hold you back
how sya do shake hands on the shoulder a pat
One love to my face then a stab in the back
Seven points in snooker when you put down the black
But I still thank God for the little I got
Chorus
I don't stop rapping to the musical beat
And I'm in the mood to turn you on
In the groove thats so complete
Wind you hips, shake your body
Or clap you hands even stamp your feet
Just like a bed thats just been spread
You know I'm neat, neat, neat
Just like a tap that's running hot
Man can't you feel the heat
Not just now but every minute every hour Everyday and every week
I don't give a hoot for loot and shoot
Or prostitutes in skin tight suits
Standing on the corner
They call their beat
I'm not a pimp drug pusher
Gambler or even thief
To the teachers I will preach
And to the teachers I will teach
Cause I'm a hip hop lyrical robot
That is why so unique
Well police and theives are playing
The game of hide and seek
When an imformer gives imformation
Then its called a leak
I jail your a number ruled by govenor
Screws keep you under, wanna see you blunder
When they say "Sit" just take a seat
And when they say "food" it's time to eat
If a screw says "Nigger" I don't answer
"Yes Sir, no Sir three bags full Sir"
Sometimes inmates would even call me a growler
Me a growler, I'm no growler
Chorus
Well I'm a hip hop lyrical robot
I don't stop rapping to the musical beat
Well I'm a hip hop lyrical robot and a real cool cat
(chorus)
I jus` a tell it like it is, yeah
I jus` a tell it like it is, oh yeah
I`ve got to be blatant in this time
Jus` like I know 1 + 1 no make 9 (repeat)
Now what was I saying about being blatant
You got to be blatant in an argument
You got to make sure your feelings are felt
Perfect example for you from me
Watch lying politicians me seh on me t.v.
Pay big big money for the licence fee
(at the same time them a try fi fool we) (repeat)
(chorus)
I jus` tell it like it is, yeah
I jus` tell it like it is, oh yeah
I`ve got ....
I`ve got to be blatant in this time
Now let me tell me more about being blantant
You got to be blatant me seh
With product you invent
If you don`t patent it
You nah see a cent
You have no money fi go pay up your rent
If you crash fi your car
Or you in an accident
If it`s not your fault you be blatant
(chorus)
I jus` tell it like it is, yeah
I jus` tell it like it is, oh yeah
I`ve got ....
Now I get serious about being blatant
Police come and mess with me pon the pavement
They say oi` where you going, what you doing here?
I just leave mi house fi go buy a tin of beer
Another example of being blatant
South africa police a kill the innocent
Fire live ammunition me seh into a crowd
If that`s not blatant murder
Then murder can`t be found (repeat)
(repeat chorus)
I've been listening to what you said
And wondering if it could be true
If it's as bad as you say out there
I'll leave the going out to you
Statistics prove its not too bright
To walk the darker streets at night
Or to talk to people you don't know
My worlds become a horror show
There's a murder in my living room
My child is watching avidly
Should I venture out tonight
Tomorrow he'll be watching me
You pay your money take your choice
But every channel plays the same
The audience hears his master's voice
Keeps him scared and keeps him tame
I'm not believing all I see
Fabrications on T.V.
Distort the news, feed us your views
I'm not fooled so easily
I can take the pressure here
I don't walk the streets in fear
I'm taller than I was last year
'cause I've got mine
What ya want? I've got mine!
What ya want? I've got mine!
No-one is gonna take from me
Frame me or my family
'cause if they do it's plain to see
that they'll get waste
What ya want? I've got mine!
What ya want? I've got mine!
So if you want the same as me
a feeling of security
Then I've got something you should see
You can get one
What ya want? I've got mine!
What ya want? I've got mine!
What ya want? I've got mine!
(repeat 'till end
Well the man like general slinger
Sa live the life you love and love the life you live
Cause what is in my hart is design to give
But special request is to all back stabber should be stuck in asieve
When I and I smoke senisman give thanks and praise to the full causes whot
(chorus)
The buzz feeling lord
Well have you ever had the buzz feeling my sisthren
Have you ever had the buzz feeling
My brethren
Have you ever had the buzz feeling you take out you rizla
You start rolling seh three or five sheet me
Seh what you deeling with you take piece of cigarette
Start breaching open up you giangi bag you start
Sprinkling you stick out you tongue and you start fe licking
You lean against a speaker box take you matches lighting
Seh man have you ever had the buzz feeling
(chorus)
When your head is spinning you knees wobbling you belly rolling
And your eyes shutting fe you head would of blow off
Like a car engine most people in the dance dem start laughing
Some of them cannot explain mysterious feeling so you sit on de stair
Gaze pon de ceiling you hand pon you belly
You start fe rubbing a little after that you a little vomiting
So you run down the stairs like a streak of lightening you move
Through the crowd like you hustling you brethen
Shout you start reasoning about thing and time and the flat
Him move in the operatir play a tune them start bubbling
It make it even harder fe you passing as you reach out side start
Slow breathing you sit pon de wall and start thinking never again
Would I get that feeling dread
(chorus)
Well you head stop spinning you knees stop wobbling you belly stop roll
Start crave fe dumpling
(chorus)
You I dren shout you roll up a splif
Me I dren temptation it is graet but
Remember that funny feeling
(chorus)
But wen me seh you shouldn`t rump with the general
Shouldn`t rump with the general
Me seh don`t rump with general
Don`t play with the general
Don`t fool with the general
Don`t walk with the general
Don`t talk with the general
Don`t eat eith the general
(chorus)
A smile for every passing car
And when they stop with door ajar
She shrugs and whispers que sera
And turns her thoughts to the pillow
Her face is etched with memories
She finds now joy amid the sleaze
It`s hard when you`ve been paid to please
So she turns her thoughts to the pillow
(chorus)
Daylight comes she rests her head
The beauty of an empty bed
She dreams of happy days instead
Of brooding on to-morrow
She swapped her dreams of shining knights
For pushers, bars and money fights
For nameless faces in red light
So she turns her head to the pillow
Those black eyes don`t hurt any more
She`s heard the jokes and jibes before
She`s felt the long arm of the law
So she turns her head to the pillow
(chorus)
Daylight comes .....
Takeing drugs was not for fun
It made her feel like going on
But now she hurts when its all gone
And she turns her head to the pillow
She take a blade and breaks her skin
Sweet life force flows from within
The white clouds in her head grow dim
And she turns her head to the pillow
(chorus)
Sunlight creeps across her head
Pale beauty in a crimson bed
No dreams of happy days ahead
She`ll have no more tomorrows
Im a rebel, soul rebel
Im a capturer, soul adventurer
See the morning sun, on the hillside
Not living good, yeah
You better travel wide
You better travel wide
Said Im a living man
Ive got work to do
If youre not happy, children
Then you must be blue
I said, you must be blue
Im a rebel, soul rebel
Im a capturer, soul adventurer
Im a rebel, rebel in the morning time
Soul rebel
Im a capturer
Soul adventurer
See the morning sun, on the hillside
Not living good, yeah
You better travel wide
You better travel wide
Said Im a living man
Ive got work to do
If youre not happy, children
Then you must be blue
I said, you must be blue
Im a rebel, rebel in the morning time
Soul rebel
Im a capturer
Soul adventurer
Im a rebel, soul rebel
Im a capturer, soul adventurer
I'm a one woman man after all these years
I've sailed with the tide on a sea of tears
Any port in a storm, I'd make my home
Any arms that were warm, when I was alone
CHORUS
When the moon was high, I would drift away
Into the night, until another day
When the sun comes up, I just wanna see
The woman that I love, lying next to me
I'm a one woman man I've got to say
You know that it hasn't always been this way
But that's all changed, I can say at last
I've waved goodbye to my chequered past
CHORUS
I'm a one woman man & that's no lie
I've got no use for no alibi
Ain't got no time, cause time can fly
And when I'm not with her, then I can't get high
CHORUS
We`ll raise the price of parking fines
A boost for the economy
If that don`t work we close the mines
And starve the poor of industry
We proved again we rule the waves
A blow for white democracy
That britains never shall be slaves
So long as they agree with me
We`ll close the roads, divide the land
Put out the rage that burns within
Break the link of dirty hands
At any cost we`ll always win
Keep them poor and wanting more
Deprive them of their basic rights
The hunger banging at their door
Will take away their will to fight
(chorus - answer)
As always you were wrong again
To us a little seems a lot
Don`t turn your back on desperate men
Cause we can see how much you`ve got
(chorus)
Intellgent we chat intellgent
Intellgent we chat intellgent
Intellgent we chat intellgent
Intellgent we chat intellgent
Jackpot is when you win plenty at money
Jail is a place I don`t want to go
January the first month of the year
Jealose is when five women fancy
But john is the proper name fe a english man
Jockey is a profisnel horse rider
Me sah june is the sixth mounth of the year
(chorus)
An jam is when you caint move in a party
Mi say england is a place that covered in snow
Man we drink the ribeana wi don`t no like drink beer
But jelly fish jahman mi say them swim in a the sea
Unless you born an bread as a jamican
The pirate them a gather round the jolly roger
Wi wackad as single but wi deadly as a pair
(chorus)
No fe treatment go a hospital
I man pay de rent every tuesday I man
You a student if you a go to college
Dat a nuff argoument mi say gunny an pablo
Cause a two in a one jab man a two in a one
Two in a one jab man a two in a one
Two in a one jab man a two in a one
Two in a one jab man a two in a one
A say to move from the window
When you come a fiwi dance
But a babylon picl mi up
And a think to myself
Cause i`m going to jail
Man is what a going to tell me girl jab know I man was
So I had to get reckless
Because a two in a one jab
Man a two in a one
Two in a one jab man a two in a one
Two in a one jab man a two in a one
Two in a one jab man a two in a one
Two in a one jab man a two in a one
Seh daddy pablo a long with gunslinger
Seh duw to the circumstances pirate setah in the area
Listen to the style an when we throw down
Because a murder it name
Intelligent we chat intelligent
Intelligent we chat intelligent
To all the entertainers in the world I man show nuff respect
Nuff respect, cause every entertainer is select
And right ya now me a go show you how to do the king step
(chorus)
Me a go show you how to do the king step left right,
Me a go show you how to do the king step left right,
As soon as me operator puts the music on the deck
Is pure exciting, educating, fascinating, pirate chanting
Culture preaching, perfect timing lyrics you a go get
The whistlers blow their whistle, big women say kiss me neck
Some bark forward, some barl rewind and some shout out eject
While the pirates press record pon fe dem pocket size cassettes
The mcs that chat slack fret till dem armpit wet with sweat
Because they know that slackness is a thing I man do not respect
That`s why me have to show dem how fe do the king step left right.
(chorus)
Well before me start to go down in a dais yak subject
Me have to praise you jab cause you never fail I yet
Even when satan captured me and bring me close to death
You offered me the truth and right and I had to accept
But now me find you jab me na go keep it secret
That`s why the conscious lyrics are my favourite subject
Me chat dem in the blues party, pub, club and discotheque
Me chat dem in the bookie shop while man a put on bet
And also in the gambling house when man ready fe set
And even to bad man who a walk wid dem ratchet
Me chat dem a ub40 studio in digbeth
And when dem want more culture dem a barl out dep, dep, dep
But me tell them, hold on lads you ain`t heard nothing yet
Cause now i`m gonna show ya how to do the king step left right
(chorus)
Left right its time to walk in the light of jab not darkness
Left right who jab bless no man curse, who jab curse no man bless
Left right eternal life for the man that tries his very best
Left right do bad and you`ll go down in the pit that`s bottomless
Left right pato banton has now come to preach the right
Left right left right me no partial if your black or if your white
Left right well now me know how fe do the king step
Me just can not keep it a secret
So right ya now you a get
The king step the king step the king step
Step 1, we all should know that there`s one God and only one
Step 2, is give him praises for this whole creation
Step 3, is love your brother man cause you and him is one
Step 4, is not to make the same mistake as soloman
Step 5, is to repent and beg forgiveness for your wrongs
Cause the wroth of jab is clear to see in revelation
So make up mind if you want to go to heaven or hell
Step 6, oh yes there`s more the king step carries on
It carries on and on, and on, and on, and on, and on
Step 6, is once you know the truth to pass the message on
And do the king step daily as you trod upon jab land
So when the right time comes for babylon`s destruction
You`ll be among the few to march towards mount zion
Left-right, left-right, left-right, left-right
All the sorrow and the pain
All the sacrifice in vain
I was much too blind to see
You make a loser out of me
You put me down for oh so long
While you sang your serpents song
(chorus)
The rest is history
You can do no more to me
Ive been down so low
Had nowhere left to go
I could see it in your eyes
All your promises were lies
Promises and lies
Your cut was quick and deep
But then you thought youd never need a friend
But all things change, and tides must turn
And you let all your bridges burn
Too many fatal wounds to heal
(chorus)
The rest is history
You can do no more to me
Ive been down so low
Had nowhere left to go
I could see it in your eyes
All your promises were lies
Promises and lies
Now and then
I must admit I wonder if I had the chance
To vanquish foes with nothing more than just a glance
How perfect every single day would be
To never wait in driving rain
For the bus that never came
Not to be the one to blame
For anybody elses misery
Now and then
I contemplate a different way around this day
With nothing more than simple words, so I can say
Im quite content and happy being me
Walking tall with peace of mind
To leave no childhood dreams behind
Arriving home to always find
Things just as I know they ought to be
Now and then
I must admit I wonder if I had the chance
To vanquish foes with nothing more than just a glance
How perfect every single day would be
To never wait in driving rain
For the bus that never came
Not to be the one to blame
For anybody elses misery
Now and then
I wake up, when it hits me like a ton of bricks
I realise its me who has to take the licks
No angels up there looking after me
No rainbow with a pot of gold
No cloak to shield me from the cold
No pill to stop me growing old
Dreams fading into stark reality
(chorus)
Can you dig it, alright I can dig it
Cause i`m your hip hop lyrical robot and a red cool cat
Yes i`m your hip hop lyrical robot and a red cool cat
I want the girls to hear me rap
Cause this mc has got the nack
I`m your body-popping shell shocking
Girls hocking eye popping lick me all over like a lollipop
I`m your juicy fruit
Alright, alright, alright
I said hey white man, indian or black
I`m your number 1 mc and that`s a fact
I`m a goodloocking, girl hooking outstanding
Mile chatting lyrical shock attack
All mcs freeze there on the spot
One false move and you must get drop
I`m always devastating, fascinating
Videmaking, pinstaking, watch it man i`m hot
(chorus)
Its a struggle in life when your skin is black
The system is designed to hold you back
How s`ya do shle hands on the shoulder a pat
One love to my face then a stab in the back
Seven points in snooker when you put down the black
But I still thank God for the little I got
(chorus)
I don`t stop rapping to the musical beat
And i`m in the mood to turn you on
In the groove thats so complete
Wind you hips, shake your body
Or clap you hands even stamp your feet
Just like a bed thats just been spread
You know i`m neat, neat, neat
Just like a tap that`s running hot
Man can`t you feel the heat
Not just now but every minute every hour
Everyday and every week
I don`t give a hoot for loot and shoot
Or prostitutes in skin tight suits
Standing on the corner
They call their beat
I`m not a pimp drug pusher
Gambler or even theif
To the teachers I will preach
And to the teachers I will teach
Cause i`m a hip hop lyrical robot
That is why so unique
Well police and theives are playing
The game of hide and seek
When an imformer gives imformation
Then its called a leak
I jail your a number ruled by govenor
Screws keep you under, wanna see you blunder
When they say sit just take a seat
And when they say food it`s time to eat
If a screw says nigger I don`t answer
Yes sir, no sir three bags full sir
Sometimes inmates would even call me a growler
Me a growler, i`m no growler
(chorus)
Well i`m a hip hop lyrical robot
I don`t stop rapping to the musical beat
Well i`m a hip hop lyrical robot and a red cool cat
Queen & Country, freedom cry
God & Glory, Do or Die
Propaganda, Spin and Lie
Who are you fighting for.
CHORUS
You do the shooting - they do the looting
You do the killing - they do the drilling
You do the dying - they do the lying
All the way to the Bank
You can hear them crying
Sell the arms, suppress the truth
Create the fear, invent the proof
Wave the flag - don't tell the youth
Who they are fighting for
CHORUS
Weapon dealing, profiteering
Country stealing, ethnic clearing
Assett stripping, oil dripping
Architects of War.
CHORUS
I thought I knew you well, your right and wrong
Thought I could steal your secrets and put them in a song
I thought that youd be waiting patiently for me
That only I could see
You build me up and tell me lies
You hold my hand, say close your eyes
(chorus)
Youre always pulling me down
You make me lower my expectations
Youre always pulling me down
Why do you complicate situations
Youre always pulling me down
I dont know what else to do
Im still in love with you
I wish that I could see things through your eyes
I want to lift the veil and penetrate your lies
I want to take your truth and hold it in my hand
Maybe then Ill understand
You contradict in a thousand ways
You call the tune and guess who pays
Blood, blood, blood; blood and fire
Blood, blood, blood; blood and fire
There is no more water to out the fire
There is no more water to out the fire
Let it burn, let it burn
Let it burn, burn burn
Blood, blood, blood; blood and fire
Blood, blood, blood; blood and fire
Judgement has come and mercy has gone (mercy come and gone)
Ooh, weak hearts shall lick up and spit up (weakheart must get lick up)
Judgement has come and mercy has gone (judgement time is here)
Ooh, weak hearts shall lick up and spit up (weakheart must get sick up)
Let it burn, let it burn
Let it burn, burn burn (mercy gone)
Blood, blood, blood; blood and fire
Rasta Hail!
Blessed is the weed, the healing of all nations in every corner of the earth
Blessed are the fields of sensimillia that enlighten and erich our soul
Blood and fire mek it burn bredren
All weak hearts shall lick up and spit up
And all righteous shall stand
Hail, Rasta hail and wail (rastafari)
Hail Rasta don't quail (we not quail)
Let it burn, burn burn
Let it burn, burn burn
1st verse
Somebody said what are you doin down there
Trying to make me a living
All I want is to get my fair share
Im pleading but nobodys giving
Maybe Im wrong, and I dont see things clear
But I know how I feel after all the these years
Ill keep fighting the pain and the heartache and tears
Chorus
Then Ill push it, going to work it
Keep right on till I hit it
Im going to push it, going to work it
Keep right on till I hit it
Push it, going to work it
Keep right on till I hit it
Im going to push it, going to work it
Keep right on till I hit it
2nd verse
Looking up cause Ive got time to spare
Today the sun aint shining
Im still searching everywhere
For my cloud with the silver lining
People say that enough is enough
Turn my back on this thing put it down to bad luck
But the day I do that, then my life will be up
Chorus
So Ill push it, going to work it
Keep right on till I hit it
Im going to push it, going to work it
Keep right on till I hit it
Push it, going to work it
Keep right on till I hit it
Im going to push it, going to work it
Keep right on till I hit it
When me reach me yard
Me got one thing on me mind,
To hold me little woman
And fe make her feel iree.
Be play album, dub plate, and forty-five
For dats the kind of riddim that keeps me alive.
Me turn on fe me radio
Some a chat bout dat
But I know more than d.j.
So I nah play you dat.
(chorus)
Me tek a d and a u
An a b - not e
That thing there
Is special to me.
Me listen in the morning
Also in the night
For dat form of music
Is outasight.
The newest form of music
Is easy to see
It start with a d
And end with a b
Dub in a de morning
And dub in a de night
Mek the whole neighbourhood
Feel alright, feel alright
When me reach me yard
Me got one thing on me mind,
To hold me little woman
And fe mek her fell iree.
When me reach me yard
Me got one thing on me mind,
To hold me little woman
And fe mek her fell iree.
Me tek a d and a u
An a b - not e
That thing there
Is special to me.
Me listen in the morning
Also in the night
For dat form of music
Is outasight.
The newest form of music
Is easy to see
It start with a d
And end with a b
Dub in a de morning
And dub in a de night
Mek the whole neighbourhood
Feel alright, feel alright
Rock in a de dance
Me seh fe give dub a chance,
Rock in de blues
You know you jus cant lose.
A dub me a defend
On dub I can depend
Check out dis yah music
And run tell yo friend.
We dont want rock n roll
And we got enough soul,
We dont want rock n roll
And we got enough soul.
Bass is beutiful
If its clean,
But dis yah dub music
Man, it well mean.
No bother follow friend
And ignore dub again.
Its simple, but effective
Cant you see?
A lot of people catch on in eight-three.
Now is eighty-four
And you must know the score,
Anything me chat, you know
The people bawl more.
Me jump pon de graphics
Dont get vex
All me have
A total concept
To make you feel
Iree.
To make you feel
Iree.
Hey! fly away with me to extacy
Fly away with me to extacy
Love can drive away your sorrows, yeah
Love can drive away your fears
Now let me take you somewhere where tranquillity is the key
You and I alone baby making sweet love, you know
Take a ride upon my magic carpet
Fly away with me with perfect secret
Let me show you things never seen before
To distant stars we float amongs the cosmo
Fun and laughter, watch your pretty glow
Thats my treat and baby thats my show, oh yeah
Girl I love you more than words can tell
You are in heaven, why should I give you any?
Girl I love you more and more each day
Pinchers promise, tell me you will stay
cause love can drive away your sorrows
Love can drive away your fears
In you I see my bride tomorrow
I know love is here to stay
While we float upon our magic carpet
Galactic winds are blowing underneath it
And it will take us anywhere we wanna go, yeah
I stop at mars to rock over to venus
And in your hear a sprinkle gold and stardust
Braise for love I am gonna give you instant love
cause love can drive away your sorrows, yeah
Love can drive away your fears, yeah
In you I see my bride tomorrow
I know love is here to stay
I love it when your dancing on top of my feet to the rhythm of our heartbeat
I love it when your dancing on top of my feet to the rhythm of our heartbeat
Fly away with me to extacy
Fly away with me to extacy
You know, love can drive away your sorrows
Love can drive away your fears, my fears, your fears
In you I see my bride tomorrow
I know love is here to stay
The rhythm we are giving is the rhythm of our home
I got to know this woman shes a bone of my bone
And dancin on top of my feet to the rhythm of our heartbeat
Fly away with me to extacy
Fly away with me to extacy
I told you that tranquillity would be the key...(fading)
You might believe, and still you feel
The chase has just begun;
That you must reach that horizon before
The setting of the sun.
You chase the light in front of you,
Nightfall close behind;
If you stop to catch your breath,
You know what you will find.
(chorus)
Don`t slow down don`t touch the ground,
You know what you will find;
That old grey man in tattered clothes
Following behind.
No time to stop, don`t go to sleep,
Prepare to pay the cost.
The hours and minutes are passing by,
Another day is lost.
Impatience is a virtue,
Catch me if you can.
The seconds have been ticking by
Since your life began.
Holidays are comin'
The kids are getting fat
Put another penny in the corporation hat
There's computer consolation now
For every boy and girl
Coz the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rules the world
Sony in the nursery, no need to turn the page
The cartoon generation are soon to come of age
Virtual relationships untouched by human hands
Laying their foundation in the ever shifting sand
If politics is just for fools, equality a dream
Then you'd better wear protection so you never hear them scream
Animated babysitters always there to play
Will keep the undesirables a million miles away
Everything is changing but the song remains the same
Asylum has been locked away, the seekers has been framed
Seven on a monday morning.
And it`s a sunny day.
It`s just too hot to be working
But you`ve got to pay your way.
(chorus)
So here I am sitting at the bus stop
Wishing I was somewhere else
Where I didn`t have to work my rocks off
Wishing I could please myself.
Ten hours a day i`m grafting
Under the bosses eye,
Earn just enough to keep going,
Making cars i`ll never buy.
(chorus)
So here I am sitting ...........
Five days a week i`m giving,
My time is clocking on.
Just two days left for living,
Wondering where my life has gone.
(chorus)
So here I am sitting ...........
Don`t do the crime,
If you can`t do the time
It`s said that it just don`t pay.
But what good`s working hard
When all they give you is your cards
And you know there`s not much you can say.
So you take what they give
You`ve no money to live
And your family don`t understand.
After all these years
They will end up in tears
With a mountain of bills in their hands.
(chorus)
Now your lesson is learned
There`s nowhere to turn
And it`s no use pleading for help.
When you`re left on the heap
When you`re left on the heap
There is nothing to keep you
From going and helping yourself
From going and helping yourself.
The dilemma you`ve found
Is you`re morally bound
Now your morally bound
Now your moral code needs a review
So what do you care
You know life isn`t fair
And for years they`ve been stealing from you.
Oh doctor help me please
I`m dying, crippled with disease
My body`s aching limb to limb
My bones are glowing through my skin
When i look up into black skies
Mushrooms grow before my eyes
Doctor save me if you can
I`m a desperate man (repeat)
As he lay thinking he was dead
A burning pain short through his head
He looked into those tired old eyes
Heard forty years of anguished cries
And this doctor said
Your eyes were open
But you shut them with your mouth
You always heard
But you weren`t doing the screaming
You`d only just woken
But already, you`d forgotten,
What you were dreaming
Such a sad case
The failure of a human race
Oracabessa moonshine
Is washing over me
The jacaranda tree
And bathing in the sea
Oracabessa sun up
Will chase the night away
Across the lada bay
And back to yesterday
A warm blue mountain raincloud, welcomed by the land
Made the morning cooler, left a rainbow in the sand
Sweet hibiscus lingers in my own backyard
With a million different colours of a hummingbird
Orocabessa sunshine
Is washing over me
The jacaranda tree
And bathing in the sea
Oracabessa sun up
Will chase the night away
Across the lada bay
And back to yesterday
The fireflys romance ignites the evening shade
Makes the twilight dance a moonlight serenade
The smoke sends out a signal above the golden sea
Another day in ladda bay is waiting there for me
Oracabessa moonshine
Is washing over me
The jacaranda tree
And bathing in the sea
Oracabessa sun up
Will chase the night away
Across the lada bay
And back to yesterday
Now here comes a musical shack attack
Really on truly design to make you rock
Whether you white or black
In a pants or frock
Round a front or back
Down an bottom or on top
Is pablo ranks round the microphone a chat
On the musical shack attack seen (dreadlocks)
Here them style ya now star
Ca me say if a don`t patton then a style
A me say is a don`t patton them a style (smile)
A mi say if a don`t patton them a style (wicked on wile)
Say if a don`t patton them a style
Mi young a say strong jab know mi well virile
True mi eant everything them a say that spwile
Man mi run way left mi yard them a say that mi wile
Say mi lock the education but mi versatile, true mi
Sell the callie weel on them mi collect the kile
Babylon want fi hold mi it is just for a while
Say mi break out a jail a man use a file
Say mi head in a the mountain - under low profile
Mi say if a don`t patton them a style (right)
A me say if a don`t patton them a style (flashitta)
Ca me say if a don`t patton then a style (bubble)
A mi say if a don`t patton then a style
But a true say pablo cool pablo wasn`t hostile
Mi rub down fi mi skin yes in a coconut oil
Me rap ip fi mi weed in a bacofile
Mi chat the rub a dub fi make the girls them smile
The blood in a them body (man) me want it fi boil
With swet a run them back like a engine oil
With the lyrics them a fire like any missile
Pablo ranks around the mic as your disciplin child
Well mi fire fi mi lyrics for a million mile
All the girls them in the dance say him dea under profile
Ca me say if a don`t patton them a style
A me say if a don`t patton them astyle (wicked and wile)
Say if a don`t patton then a style (qwane)
Ca me say if a don`t them a style
You know say pablo ranks him a you cullicked yard child
A tell you that patton that a patton
Me say style a style
But a snake on a lizard on a crocodile
But a them dea creature me say call reptile
But anywhere you go, you know those a pure style
But a pablo rankin dea ya cause him wicked and wile
Come fi run down the rubadub in a yard style
Make the girls them in the dance hall feel fi smile
Make the blood in a them body (just) starte fi boil
Make the swet a run them back like a engine oil
Ca mi fire them ya lyric fire them not like missile
Me say if a don`t patton them a style
A me say if a don`t patton them a style (wicked on wile)
Say if a don`t patton then a style
Cause me say if a don`t patton then a style
I`m young i`m strong jab know mi well verile
True mi want everything them a say that mispwile
But run a left mi yard them a say that mi wile
Say mi lack the education but me versitile
Cause me sell the callie weed on then collect kile
Babylon them want fi hold me it is just for a while
Say me break out a jail an 9 man use a file
Say me head into the mountain under low profile
True say 9 man did cool 9 was never hostile
9 man rub down my skin in coconut oil
On rap up my weed in bacofoil
And 9 chat the rubadub fi make the girls them smile
Cause the blood their body`s - 9 want it to boil
An the swet should run their backs like engine oil
Me say if it`s not fashion then it`s style
A me say if a don`t patton them a style
A me say if a don`t patton them a style (wile)
A mi say if a don`t patton them a style
A fire them ya lyrics like a God dam missile
A fire them hot for one million miles
On true them never know me was disaplin child
Me go to the stadium an pass through the turnstile
But if 9 feel to walk 9 walk about five miles
Ca me say if a don`t patton then a style (right)
A me say if a don`t patton them a style (gwane)
A me say if a don`t patton them a style (kick up)
A me say if a don`t patton it`s style
Shadows grow so long before my eyes
And theyre moving across the page
Suddenly the day turns into night
Far away from the city
Well, dont hesitate, cause your love wont wait...
Ooo, baby, I love your way, everyday
Gonna tell you I love your way, everyday
Wanna be with you night and day
Moon appears to shine and light the skies
With the help of some firefly
Wonder how they have the power to shine
I can see them under the pine
But dont hesitate, cause your love wont wait...
Ooo, baby, I love your way, everyday
Gonna tell you I love your way, everyday
Wanna be with you night and day
(solo - on verse) but dont hesitate, cause your love wont wait...
I can see the sunset in your eyes
Brown and grey, blue besides
Clouds are stalking islands in the sun
Wish I could buy one out of season
But dont hesitate, cause your love wont wait...
Ooo, baby, I love your way, everyday
Gonna tell you I love your way, everyday
Wanna be with you night and day
Chorus
Hey, you, hurry come up
See how fast you come down
You run up your mouth
You run out of luck
Youre running out of town
Verse one
Hurry come up now youre all alone
You had to kick dirt on your stepping stone
You lost your way across the land
Foundations crumble built on shifting sand
Repeat chorus
Verse two
Hurry come up in the blink of an eye
You crowned yourself king of the castle high
Youll never get to heaven if you tell a lie
Theres a hole in your bucket and your wells run dry
Repeat chorus
Verse three
Hurry come up weve got nothing to say
We sit back and watch you give yourself away
Wheres all the power now theyve pulled the plug
Youre up to your neck in the hole you dug
Repeat chorus
Verse four
Hurry come up your edges are rough
We need a little love aint life tough enough
Theres no coming back your tickets one way
Your journey dont start till judgement day
Repeat chorus
Verse five
Hurry come up just a fast as you can
Times running out for your master plan
Cards on the table enough is enough
They hold the aces now they call your bluff
Repeat chorus
Verse six
Hurry come up when you turn off the light
How do you sleep in your bed at night
Its all a bad dream but no-one can hear
You only have yourself to fear
Repeat chorus
I can feel those thrill`s walking over
When you hold me tight
Now I feel those pains aching over
When you say goodnight
(chorus)
Oh what sweet sensation
Lord what strange devotion
You`ve got love and devotion
And I won`t forget your charm
Now there`s nothing left for me to say girl
But stay in your world
You`ve got so much soul deep inside girl
And love thats richer than gold
(chorus to fade)
They say we`re young and we don`t know
Won`t find out till we grow
Well I don`t babay that`s true
Cause you got me and baby I got you
(chorus)
Babe, I got you babe, I got you, babe.
They say our love won`t pay the rent
Before it`s earn`d our money`s always spent
I guess that`s so, we don`t have a lot
But at least i`m sure of all the things we got
(chorus)
Babe, I got you babe, I got you, babe.
I got flowers in the spring
I got you, to wear my ring
And when i`m sad, you`re a clown
And when I get scared you`re always around
So let them say your hair`s too long
I don`t care, with you I can`t do wrong
And put your little hand in mine
There ain`t no hill or mountain we can`t climb
(chorus)
Babe, I got you babe, I got you, babe.
I got you to hold my hand
I got you to understand
I got you to walk with me
I got you to talk with me
I got you to kiss goodnight
I got you to hold me tight
I got you I won`t let go
I got you to love me so
I got you, babe
You make me reckless, reckless everyday
You make me reckless
Standin by the disco floor
Spot this girl
My heart jump and move
Yeah, yeah
Walk over said to her
Lovely things
She said I was a fool
Oh no
She said
This is not the right time baby
I came here to groove
Hmmmmmmm
And recklessly
I took my time
When I look back
The girls had made a move
Yeah, yeah
The music played on, played on
Why didnt you make your move
Somebody came on, came on
And stole the girl from you
Its the groove
That makes you move
So come on and get down
To this funky sound
Do what you please
You are entitled to flaunt
Get wild and reckless
If you want
cause the sound we deliver
Will take you higher
Most definately with
Desire, desire, de si si si sire
You make me reckless, reckless everyday
You make me reckless
You make me reckless, reckless everyday
You make me reckless
You make me reckless, reckless everyday
You make me reckless
You make me reckless, reckless everyday
You make me reckless
So as the music play
I had to find a way
To catch her eye
Yeah, yeah
The partner she was with
He did not know how to gig
Said i
Oh no
She said
Mister get away from me
I need a man
That knows how to move
Yeah, yeah
We start to dance
Suddenly a quick romance
Ooooo yeah, yeah
The music played on, played on
Why didnt you make your move
Somebody came on, came on
And stole the girl from you
This is a message
That you should discover
You cant trust a girl
Or judge them by the cover
They can lead you on
And keep you in a daze
Keep you head over heels
And keep you amazed
Its up to you
Whether you fall in the trap
Just remember when you push up
To have a strong rap
Cos now-a-days
Things are real funny
You can bet more than all she wants
Is your money
So listen to what I say
With or without
Yo, the girls is ok
Girls are the same everywhere
You can bet all they want from you
Is what they can get
And when they finish
You can bet that youve tried her
Theyll leave you penniless
With desire
You make me reckless
You make me reckless, reckless everyday
You make me reckless
Chorus
I really cant say
How I feel right now
I would if I could
But I dont know how
Just give me some time
And Ill come around
Ill pick myself up
Ill dust myself down
Verse one
Lets leave it at that
I dont want to fight
Dont say anything that you may regret
In fact, its the last thing I need tonight
Your words in my head are hard to forget
Repeat chorus
Verse two
Lets leave it for now
Lets call it a day
We dont have to talk about this anymore
That look on you face gave it all away
Weve travelled these roads many times before
Repeat chorus
Verse three
Lets leave it alone
Before its too late
Give it a rest for a moment or two
We can pick it back up at a later date
If you feel thats what you have to do
Repeat chorus four times
CHORUS
Bling,bling...yeah..aweh mi simting,
Bling,bling...emerald cut ring
Bling,bling...yeah..aweh mi simting,
Bling,bling chapparit and ting
Fifty men dead for this golden chain
Each link forged by a poor man's pain
mined from below with sweat & fear
Brought to a shine with a widow's tear
CHORUS
Fifty men dead for this diamond ring
dat takes the shine off the cheap bling thing
Kind a mek you think it no bonafide
Fi wear souvenirs from the men that died
CHORUS
If you really love me then don't buy me a ring
Diamonds & pearls they don't mean anything
All that I want is already here
Sitting by my side, you got nothing to fear
CHORUS
Fifty men dead for this golden band
Underground with a pick in their hand
Cutting dirt where the sun nuh shine
Digging to survive in the man's goldmine
How many dead for this royal crown
This holy shrine we gather round
Worship the dollar, pon your hands & knee
Humbled in the presence of your jewellery
CHORUS
If you really love me then don't buy me a ring
Diamonds & pearls they don't mean anything
All that I want is already here
Sitting by my side, you got nothing to fear
CHORUS.
Give me all you have (come over)
All you got to give (come over)
Save your guilt till tomorrow (come over)
Wont be that hard to live with
Satisfy my need (come over)
Wont be that easy (come over)
You gonna have to try a little harder baby (come over)
A little harder please me
Why tell me no (come over)
When what you mean is yeh yeh (come over)
Youll have to tell me what you want to do cos (come over)
You cant expect me to guess
Last verse repeats
My way of thinking
I know I stand in line, until you think you have the time
To spend an evening with me
And if we go someplace to dance, I know that theres a chance
You wont be leaving with me
And afterwards we drop into a quiet little place
And have a drink or two
And then I go and spoil it all, by saying something stupid
Like: I love you
I can see it in your eyes, that you despise the same old lies
You heard the night before
And though its just a line to you, for me its true
It never seemed so right before
I practice every day to find some clever lines to say
To make the meaning come through
But then I think Ill wait until the evening gets late
And Im alone with you
The time is right your perfume fills my head, the stars get red
And oh the nights so blue
And then I go and spoil it all, by saying something stupid
Like: I love you
(I love you, I love you,...)
WRITE OFF THE DEBT (Chorus)
ME SAY WRITE OFF THE DEBT
ME SAY WRITE OFF THE DEBT
AND STOP THE THIRD WORLD A FRET
I SAY THE IMF PUT ON TOO MUCH INTEREST
CERTAIN MAN PON THE STREETS CAN'T EVEN BUY A LITTLE VEST
I SAID THE EAST AND THE WEST THEM JUST A BUILD UP DEM CHEST
CERTAIN MAN IN THE THIRD WORLD CAN'T EVEN DIGEST, A LITTLE FOOD
BUT NO BOTHER TAKE THEM MAN DEH AS NO FOOL
COS' YOU KNOW SAY DEM TEACH AND GO A GOOD SCHOOL
ME SAY LORD A GOD A MERCY DEM LEARN UP ALL THE RULES
SO NO BOTHER PATRONISE DEM COS ALL DEM NEED IS THE TOOLS
ME SAY OVER THE MILLENNIUM ME SAY WHAT A BOMB
ME SAY A WHOLE HEAP OF RIGHT
ME SAY A WHOLE HEAP OF WRONG
I SAY IT'S TIME TO COME TOGETHER AND SING WE OWN SONG
AND MAKE THE SHOOTING AND ALL THE KILLING AND THE FIGHTING
HAVE FE DONE
I SAY THE IMF WIPE OFF THE LUMP SUM
YOU KNOW SAY ME BREDREN THAT WOULD A HANDSOME
SO COME ON FE ME POSSE LETS REHEARSE UP THIS SONG
AND HOPE SAY DEM MAN YAH DON'T TAKE TOO LONG
ME SAY WRITE OFF THE DEBT (Chorus)
ME SAY WRITE OFF THE DEBT
AND STOP THE THIRD WORLD A FRET
PICTURE A WORLD WITH NO MORE HURT AND PAIN
PICUTURE A WORLD WHERE WE ARE ALL THE SAME
MAYBE NOT IN MIND BUT IN SPIRIT
MUST DO THE RIGHT THING TO EASE THE PAIN
YES ME BREDEN THAT WOULD A WICKED
Everything is better now
Better than is was before
Sunshine on a golden bough
Darkness locked behind closed door
Now I found a better place
Somewhere I can lay my head
Clean fresh air and open space
Safe upon my feather bed
I've been a mistake maker
For all of my days
And a law breaker
But crime never pays
An overtaker
On lifes highways
A serial faker
Making getaways
I've been a mover and a groover
In the halls of power
A real bad loser
In my darkest hour
A high seas cruiser
Searching tropical flowers
A pick and chooser
In an ivory tower
Now I'm a man of peace
With a hungry soul
For I found release
In a lost loophole
I'm the materpiece
Who just scored the goal
Let the love increase
Now I'm in control
(Chorus)
Version Girl, what`s your name?
Oh you come and you go,
Version Girl, what`s your name?
Just like the morning sun.
It`s so hard to find a personality with charms
like yours for me.
oo-ee oo-ee oo-ee
Version girl, what`s your name?
Don`t you know I long to say.
Version Girl, what`s your name?
It`s so hard to find a personality
with charms like yours for me
oo-ee oo-ee oo-ee
I sit in the sun waiting for you to come along
So my heart will be satisfied
So please let me be your number one
Under the moon, under the stars and under the sun.
(Chorus)
Version girl, whats`s you name?
Oh you come ......etc
oo-ee oo-ee oo-ee
(Talking)
Version girl, whats`s you name?
Oh you come .......
oo-ee oo-ee oo-ee
I sit in the sun waiting for you to come along
So my heart will be satisfied
So please let me be your number one
Under the moon, under the stars and under the sun.
Chorus
I can`t believe that it`s real
The way that you make me feel
A burning deep down inside
A love that i cannot hide
I know it`s you and me babe
That makes the world go round
Ah keeping you in love with me baby
Laying all my troubles down
(chorus)
Here i am babe, come and take me
Here i am babe, wont ya come and take me
Take me by the hand, ooh show me
Here i am babe, oooooaaah
It always ends up this way
Me begging you every day
A love that i cannot have
You broke my heart in two halves
Ooh i know it`s you and me babe
That makes the world go round
Ah keeping you in love with me baby
Laying all my troubles down
(chorus)
Here i am babe, come and take me
Here i am babe, wont ya come and take me
Take me by the hand, ooh show me
Here i am babe, oooooaaah
Repeat chorus
(chorus)
I don`t like the work but true I need the money
My life is like a joke but to me is isn`t funny
Peolpe all around, telling me what to do
And all I want to do is stay at home with you
Time after time I say to myself
Working all my life isn`t good for my health
Get old, get tired, get put on the shelf
I do all the work, someone else gets all the wealth
Wish I was on an island in the sun
Where I woouldn`t have to worry how to get things done
(chorus)
I don`t like the work but true I need the money
My life is like a joke but to me is isn`t funny
Peolpe all around, telling me what to do
And all I want to do is stay at home with you
Day after day becomes more of a grind
Bills pile up, moneys harder to find
Trying to get ahead money`s harder to find
If I don`t give it up i`m gonna lose my mind
Wish I was on an island in the sun
Where I wouldn`t have to worry how to get things done
(chorus)
I don`t like the work but true I need the money
My life is like a joke but to me is isn`t funny
Peolpe all around, telling me what to do
And all I want to do is stay at home with you
You tell me theres no darkness
While the sun shines down on you
And just because your life is peaceful
Theres no fighting left to do
For every cup that runneth over
Many more are filled with pain
You talk to me of sunshine
When its pouring down with rain
Just because you cant see it
Doesnt mean it isnt there
Just because it cant touch you
Doesnt mean you shouldnt care
For every life thats lit with love
Many more are racked with pain
You talk to me of sunshine
When its pouring down with rain
(chorus)
Its a long black night, good people
Descended on our land
Share your light
Make a flower grow
In the desert sand
Now and then
I must admit I wonder if I had the chance
To vanquish foes with nothing more than just a glance
How perfect every single day would be
To never wait in driving rain
For the bus that never came
Not to be the one to blame
For anybody else's misery
Now and then
I contemplate a different way around this day
With nothing more than simple words, so I can say
I'm quite content and happy being me
Walking tall with peace of mind
To leave no childhood dreams behind
Arriving home to always find
Things just as I know they ought to be
Now And Then
I must admit I wonder if I had the chance
To vanquish foes with nothing more than just a glance
How perfect every single day would be
To never wait in driving rain
For the bus that never came
Not to be the one to blame
For anybody else's misery
Now and then
I wake up, when it hits me like a ton of bricks
I realise it's me who has to take the licks
No angels up there looking after me
No rainbow with a pot of gold
No cloak to shield me from the cold
No pill to stop me growing old
Dreams fading into stark reality
I said we friendship come first, the band did come second
And thats why I decided to put it in a song
So listen crowd of people and throw up unnu hands
If you love dem their style and you love dem pattern
(chorus)
Reggae music cant refuse it
So give us what we want and mek we gwan
I said yes crowd of people we come back again
I man thriller e. and all me best best friends
I know most of dem from age eleven
And some of dem even before then
We travel the whole world, think it could never end
But dont get me wrong it a no big problem
cos reggae what we love and thats what we defend
And that there love that could a never end
(chorus)
Reggae music cant refuse it
So give us what we want and mek we gwan.
So let me get back to the subject of me friends
cos me respect and love love the whole of them.
And that there love that could a never end.
And now it is time to hail the whole of them
Me love me mickey v. him in a category.
Robin on guitar him just a nice up every bar.
Me love me astro because him deh pon de go
Me love me norman cos him a don gorgon
Me love me ali c. with his golden voicee
Him nice up every dance nice up every party.
Me love me brian t. pon the saxophonee
Buttons pon the bone, patrick him a hit the high c
Them bad pon their own or in a section of three
And that only leaves me and jimmy
Jimmy a the drummer me a the bassee
And that is the whole of ub40
(chorus)
Reggae music cant refuse it
So give us what we want and mek we gwan.
Drop on by when the sun goes down
We can talk or just hang around
Shoot the breeze, tell me what you found
On your search for some common ground
Think of me when the moon is high
Counting stars in the clear night sky
Think of me when the moon is blue
Sitting here just thinking of you
I've been here and I've been there
It's the same most everywhere
We're all trying to get away
Live to fight another day
In my dreams I will follow you
Any place that you want me to
Tomorrow waits on the other side
Patiently for the sun to rise
Don't go now can't you stay a while
Light my night with your loving smile
Once you were gone but now your home
I couldn't bear being all alone
I've been here and I've been there
It's the same most everywhere
I've been here and I've been there
It's the same most everywhere
We're all trying to get away
Live to fight another day [2x]
I couldn't really put it any better than this
The love that I feel, in your tender kiss.
And something about your body girl I can't resist
It don't get no better, no better than this.
You know I love you - with all my heart and soul
You put me in a spell - and you have total control.
The feeling that I have
You know I can't explain
But it's something that I want
Again and again and again
Stay with me forever
For me you are the one
Stay with me forever
The fun has just begun
I really couldn't put it any better than this
The loving that I'm feeling in your tender kiss
Somethin' 'bout your body that i can't resist
Gotta tell you honey, don't get better than this
I really couldn't tell you any better than this
The loving that you give me I won't contest
Wrap me up in loving that is simply the best
Gotta tell you baby you're the best in any test
The feeling that I have
You know I can't explain
But it's something that I want
Again and again and again
Stay with me forever
For me you are the one
Stay with me forever
The fun has just begun
So girl to me you know you are the sun and stars
Surely I would follow you, to Venus or Mars
Girl to me you know you make my whole world bright
'cause everything you do by me, you know is alright.
You know I love you - with all my heart and soul
You put me in a spell - and you got total control.
The feeling that I have
You know I can't explain
But it's something that I want
Again and again and again
Stay with me forever
For me you are the one
Stay with me forever
The fun has just begun
(repeat x 3
A human statue made of living stone
A paradox etched in human bone
If you could look behind his thin disguise
There`s a hidden glint of madness in his eyes.
Many men are fooled by his smile
His superficial grace his charm his style
Sardonicus is everybody`s friend
Sardonicus keeps smiling to the end.
(chorus)
I won`t close my eyes
To the sufferers plight.
In a world full of sadness
I won`t turn off my light.
Our cries for justice are shots in the dark
But our strength`s in our bite
And not in our bark
It`s time to stand
And shout it out loud
And the louder we scream
The sweeter the sound.
(chorus)
I won`t close my eyes
When i know that i`m right
When i`m drowning in tears
I won`t turn off my light.
We`re shown no respect
But that can`t break our pride,
When our backs to the wall
We won`t run and we won`t hide
It`s time to stand, face the oncoming crowd
And the louder we scream
The sweeter the sound.
(chorus)
I wont`t close my eyes
When the future don`t look bright
Though the road seems too long
I won`t turn off my light
In a world full of darkness,
I won`t turn off my light