Lyrics Police Get More Pay - Mighty Sparrow

Police Get More Pay

Them policeman mad, mad
Ah say they wild here in Trinidad
Them policeman mad, mad
Well they wild here in Trinidad
The government raise on they salary
Still they unhappy
With this raise people know they get
They don’t want to pay they debts
They used to get a shilling here, collect a shilling there
Now all of that stop
If they only say they broke, people say they making joke
They pay gone up
I hear the whole force in misery
No more loans and credit you see
I hear they planning to lock up Lee for raising they salary
(Anytime you see) they lock up Lee for raising they salary
In the police canteen
They used to walk in
Just full up they bosom
With all kinds of foodstuff, all kind of rum
Since this raise in salary gone around
The canteen close down
So when you check it together and you weigh the score
Well they suffering worse than before
They used to get a shilling here, collect a shilling there
Now all of that stop
If they only say they broke, people say they making joke
They pay gone up
I hear the whole force in misery
No more loans and credit you see
They planning to lock up Lee for raising they salary
(Anytime you see) they lock up Lee for raising they salary
They used to live cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap
And life was so sweet
Riding people taxi — free!
Or just walk in on the movie
You give a dance or a christening
Policeman walk in, is whiskey he drinking
And know when he leaving the christening as man
You got to put something in he hand
Plus they used to get a shilling here, collect a shilling there
Now all of that stop
If they only say they broke, people say they making joke
I hear they pay gone up
So the whole force in misery
No more loans and credit you see
I hear they planning to lock up Lee for raising they salary
(Anytime you see) they lock up Lee for raising they salary
What getting them blue, blue, blue, blue, blue
The couple dollars they get, so few
It can’t even buy bread
And everybody out for they head
Mr. Lee, oh!
Mr. Lee
You better drive carefully
Every traffic policeman got you on his mind
And ah hear Johnson raised the fine
They used to get a shilling here, collect a shilling there
Now all of that stop
If they only say they broke, people say they making joke
Man, I hear they pay gone up
I hear the whole force in misery
No more loans and credit you see
They planning to lock up Lee for raising they salary
(Anytime you see) they lock up Lee for raising they salary