| Bwoy to the amount a fire weh a bun
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| Storm build up all inna di sea
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| Yuh nuh see weh a gwaan a bere rain nearly
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| Wash we out but a good ting wi God bless eenuh because yuh hear weh a gwaan nuh
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| Chorus: yuh si di fire burn a words without works
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| Fire burn up di obeah man shirt
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| Fire burn oonu better learn
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| A nuh everything out di yuh fi burn
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| Verse 1: imagine, yuh dress up inna di latest wear
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| Out on yuh versace cause a tight pants deh wear
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| Yuh come out yuh hear a rasta man seh bun down a queer
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| Yuh feel like yuh waan disappear
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| Imagine big dance a keep down inna di square
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| Woman inna moschino and di tallest hair
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| She come out she hear a rasta man seh jah jah bun a false hair
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| She ask har self if she hard ears
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| Imagine yuh come from sav-la-mar
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| See a rasta man tired yuh know seh him a walk from far
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| Yuh nuh si seh rasta bun up all car
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| Verse 2: youth yuh want get a rasta man vex
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| Inna him turban and him robe and him dont got no cess
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| Him come out him hear bald head seh bun dung a dress
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| Den yuh woulda know who jah bless
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| Just inna weh day a rasta crash up pon a hill
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| Him go a hospital and doctor take care a him
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| Dem give him a prescription and him go deh fi a fill
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| The pharmacist sey, «sir, bun dung a pill»
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| Just inna weh day inna pablos mi walk
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| Di rata dem buy dung to curtain cloth
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| Him come out, some little youth naah tek no talk
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| Seh bun dung a tie head and laugh
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| Verse 3: nuff a den bun up but dem soon ketch a fire
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| Nuff a bun foreign dem a frequent flyer
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| Nuff a dem a fight and die fi a dollar
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| Nuff a dem a bun waste fire
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| Well, from yuh bun di dragon den yuh mussn go a japan
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| And if yuh bun di eagle den nuh go uncle sam
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| Weh yuh a do wid di queen money inna yuh hand
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| Try leggo dat, rasta man |