Lyrics Can't Tek Your Man - Bounty Killer

Can't Tek Your Man

Some gyal no understand themselves
A live like some bottle pon shelf
Gyal, go look a man fi yourself!
Anyway!
Girl!
Tell dem!
Dem just can’t take your man, tell dem fi gweh
From you small, a go school, you and the man deh
Can’t take your man, tell dem fi gweh
A gyal a chat, cork your ears, no hear wha' dem a say
Gyal, you better hold on pon your man, no make a gyal take him 'way
You deh with him too long
Mi say!
Gyal, you better hold on pon your man, no make a gyal take him 'way
You better hold on strong
Because…
A gyal no know your man when him inna one stripe
When white squall a lick, and just hungry a bite
Can’t pay fi water rate, much less pay fi light
When the worm dem inna unuh belly just a toss and fight
Unuh make a board house pon a government site
Woman, there is hope, so long so got life
Pray to Father God and make him show you the light
Well now your man buss 'way, a fly as him like
Have big house pon hill and him deposit right
Have big Benz, big truck, and big bike
Well, now gyal a flock him like rep PC rice
The whole of dem flop 'cause a you a the wife
With the ring pon your finger, you hold on —
Dem can’t take your man, tell dem fi gweh
From you likkle and a go school, you and the man deh
Dem can’t take your man, tell dem fi gweh
A gyal a chat, cork your ears, no hear wha' dem a say
Gyal, you better hold on pon your man, no make a gyal take him 'way
You deh with him too long
Mi say!
Gyal, you better hold on pon your man, no make a gyal take him 'way
You have your man too long
Yeah
You have your man from when, from 19-'how long'
A face sufferation and tribulation
When money run short, you couldn’t buy pound of yam
A build form inna the earth, from inna the foundation
To make two ends meet, just to make one
A gyal nuh have no lots and part inna him plan
And all she come a deal with a transaction
She might lose the foot, or she might lose the hand
Might as well the life if she don’t lef' the man
Dem can’t take your man, tell dem fi gweh
From you small, a go school, you and the man deh
Dem can’t take your man, tell dem fi gweh
A gyal a chat, cork your ears, no hear wha' dem a say
Gyal, you better hold on pon your man, no make a gyal take him 'way
You deh with him too long
Mi say!
Gyal, you better hold on pon your man, no make a gyal take him 'way
You deh with him how long
It’s like…
Some gyal nowadays no understand themselves
Some gyal, dem a live like some bottle pon shelf
But you well ambitious, and you well decent
Hand inna the air 'cause you’re intelligent
A you spend the money, but a gyal a get cent
A your own house you have, so you no haffi pay rent
A gyal a live a bush and a gyal a pitch tent
A gyal down trot, no want no upliftment
All a gyal love is careless argument
Sit down pon sidewalk a hold conference
'Bout who get the money, from who no get a cent
'Bout who fa face straight, from who fa face dent
And who a virgin, and who a get the length
But, hand inna the air 'cause you’re well excellent
Gyal, shout it out, and you’re well confident
Dem can’t take your man, tell dem fi gweh
From you small, a go school, you and the man deh
Dem can’t take your man, tell dem fi gweh
A gyal a chat, cork your ears, no hear wha' dem a say
Gyal, you better hold on pon your man, no make a gyal take him 'way
You deh with him too long
Mi say!
Gyal, you better hold on pon your man, no make a gyal take him 'way
You better hold on strong
Because…
A gyal no know your man when him inna one stripe
When white squall a lick, and pure hungry a bite
Can’t pay fi water rate, much less pay fi light
When the worm dem inna unuh belly just a toss and fight
Unuh make a board house pon a government site
Woman, there is hope, so long so got life
Pray to Father God and now him show you the light
Your man buss 'way and a fly as him like
Have big house pon hill and him deposit right
With big Benz, big truck, and big bike
Well, now gyal a flock him like rep PC rice
The whole of dem flop 'cause a you a the wife
With the ring pon your finger, you hold on —
Dem can’t take your man, tell dem fi gweh
From you small, a go school, you and the man deh
Dem can’t…