| Sweet Jamaica is now on the move
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| Help me with my song and let the people dem come sing along
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| Tek up yu cutlass, yu shovel and yu hoe
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| Tek up yu boots dem, people let us go
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| Call out the youth-man, rallo let us show
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| Sweet Jamaica we really want to grow
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| If dem a dreadlock, run dem mek them come
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| If dem a baldhead, run dem mek them come
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| If dem a screwface, run dem mek them come
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| Run dem, run dem, run dem mek them come
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| Rain a fall but the dut be tough
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| Pull up yu sleeve man, nuh tell mi 'bout no hard luck
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| Come on fatty just leave Daddy,
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| Let the man come dig grung with me
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| Today we sow, tomorrow we reap
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| Then everything will be sweet sweet sweet
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| Corn and yam, banana too
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| And our livestock won’t be few
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| If dem a dreadlock, run dem mek dem come
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| If dem a baldhead, run dem mek dem come
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| If dem a screwface, run dem mek dem come
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| Run dem, run dem, run dem mek dem come
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| Run Miss Millie don’t act silly,
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| Go call yu son, the one name Willie
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| We want to work a little faster
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| We gonna dance all about little later
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| Stripes and all, and high boots too
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| Don’t worry Granny I’ve got one for you
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| Grandpa Joseph steam run come,
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| Here is you high boots go on have some fun
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| This ya hard time cant last long
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| Dance be merry, the work is done
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| If dem a dreadlock, run dem mek dem come
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| If dem a baldhead, run dem mek dem come
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| If dem a screwface, run dem mek dem come
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| Run dem, run dem, run dem mek dem come
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| If dem a dreadlock, run dem mek dem come
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| If dem a baldhead, run dem mek dem come
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| If dem a screwface, run dem mek dem come
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| Run dem, run dem, run dem mek dem come
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| If dem a dreadlock, run dem mek dem come
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| If dem a baldhead, run dem mek dem come
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| If dem a screwface, run dem mek dem come
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| Run dem, run dem, run dem mek dem come |