| One more time, that’s more like it
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| Swing it out, boys
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| Well they drop a hydrogen bomb in B. G
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| Lord have mercy
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| They drop a hydrogen bomb in B. G
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| Lord have mercy
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| Riot in town, mama
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| Ah hear the whole place on fire
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| From Kitty to the waterfront all that
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| Burn down flat, flat, flat
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| I ain’t care if all of B.G. |
| burn down
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| I ain’t care if the whole of Bookers burn down
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| But if they be putting me out meh way
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| If they tackle Tiger Bay
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| And burn down the hotel
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| Where all meh wahbeens does stay
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| They lock up over a thousand peopl
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| Well that was trouble
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| They snd for policemen in the country
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| To bring unity
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| But police and all afraid
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| Stand up and they watching stores get raid
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| Walk in the store take everything
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| And when you done set fire to the building
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| But I ain’t care if the whole of B.G. |
| burn down
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| I ain’t care if all of Bookers burn down
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| But they will be putting me out meh way
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| If they tackle Tiger Bay
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| And burn down meh hotel
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| Where all meh wahbeens does stay
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| A woman walk in a store on main street
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| Slippers on she feet
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| Dirty petticoat, long time straw hat
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| And she smelling worse than that
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| But she walk out like a lady
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| High heels, glasses, jewelry
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| The straw hat she had on wearing before
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| She take matches and she burn it inside the store
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| I ain’t care if the whole of B.G. |
| burn down
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| I ain’t care if all of Bookers burn down
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| But they will be putting me out meh way
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| If they tackle Tiger Bay
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| And burn down meh hotel
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| Where all meh wahbeens does stay
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| Sweet sax, Basso!
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| Let’s go, let’s go daddy!
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| They send for soldiers quite up in England
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| With big confusion
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| They bring down warships with cannon like peas
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| To shoot Guyanese
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| But Burnham said all right now
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| I’m the only man to stop this row
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| He give we the signal and that’s the case
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| Now we have peace and quiet in the place
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| But I ain’t care if the whole of B.G. |
| burn down
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| I ain’t care if all of Bookers burn down
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| They’ll be putting me out meh way
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| Only if they tackle Tiger Bay
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| And burn down meh hotel
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| Where all meh wahbeens does stay |