| Survival is the game down in Jamaica especially when you live in a ghetto
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| Sufferation, see?
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| Tribulate them
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| You know a rude boy
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| Mi say, you know a rude boy by di way he turn his cap
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| Mi say, you know a rude boy by di way he even walk
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| Mi say, you know di rude boy by di way he even talk (Flash it!)
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| 'Cause, a when him go a dance, him no drink Schweppes
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| Him a drink Heineken
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| A murderer (Flash it!)
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| They said him trouble with a big gun pon him hand
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| Sometime them stiff an' them said him dead
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| Him go for enjoyment with him gun
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| Him go for a gunning spree
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| Him a murderer (Him a murderer)
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| Mi said, down in Jamaica when you read di Gleaner an' di Star
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| Mi said, di bad boy shot dead an' di rude gang at war (Fever)
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| Is a gun fever (Di gun fever)
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| Unwanted young man give up
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| Give up your crime an' robbery
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| Give up your crime an' robbery
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| Come in, come in to my
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| Seven spider think can fly
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| Mi say, you know a rude boy by di way he walk
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| You know di rude boy by di way he talk
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| You know di rude boy by di way he laugh
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| Him a murderer (Murderer)
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| Him a murderer
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| So, when you see him car light shine a night
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| Boy, you don’t know if a police or
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| Say, dem jump over di fence an' tear him leg
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| Dem tear him
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| Him said, him tear him
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| Cah, when him see car light him no know if a police or soldier man
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| Some time a
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| Him a murderer (Pow-pow-pow)
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| Him a murderer (Murderer)
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| Engineer, engineer, no bother have no fare
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| Stop being like a young
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| Mi say, mi drive mi car an' mi have fi push in a gear
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| Mi a go leave it there
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| A boy, mi a go leave it there (Maggie)
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| Mi say, you know a rude boy by di way he turn his cap
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| Mi say, you know a rude boy by di way he walk
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| You know a rude boy by di way he talk
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| You know a rude boy when him go in a dance
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| Him a drink Heineken
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| A boy say him don’t drink Schweppes
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| Mi said, a every time mi read di Gleaner an' di Star
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| Bad boy shot dead an' di rude boy a war
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| Him a murderer
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| Him a murderer
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| Unwanted young man becomes haunted
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| No justice on the street for you
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| No justice on the street for you, rude boy
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| Shot an' dead, you’ll found yourself in hell
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| You gonna ruff it an' tuff it down there
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| You gonna ruff it an' tuff it down-
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| Mi say, you know a rude boy by di way he turn his cap
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| I say, you know a rude boy by di way he even walk
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| Say, you know a rude boy by di way he even talk
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| Him a murderer
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| Down in Jamaica when you read di Gleaner an' di Star
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| Bad boy shot dead an' di rude gang at war
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| Him a murderer
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| Him a murderer
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| Mi say, you know a rude boy by di way he turn his cap
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| Mi say, you know a rude boy by di way he even walk
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| Say, you know a rude boy when him go in a dance
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| Him no drink Schweppes; | 
| Him a drink Heineken
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| Him a murderer
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| Him a murderer (Bee-bow!)
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| Say, you know a rude boy by di way he even walk
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| You know a rude boy by di way he even talk
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| Say, you know a bad boy by di way he walk
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| You know a rude boy by di way he talk
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| Every time you read di Gleaner an' di Star
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| Bad boy shot dead an' rude gang at war
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| Him a murderer (Di gun fever)
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| Down in Jamaica ghetto living is rough, survival is the game
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| Survival is the game, survival is the game |