| Mhm
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| Yo
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| Hoii, mon!
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| Yush!
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| Shinehead again… well me nah show you, man?
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| Back to back we a deal with it, enuh brother
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| For real, enuh
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| New York crew, we haffi big unuh up, see it?
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| We have just… step up inna life and gwan strive said way, you hear?
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| Yes!
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| Don’t drink coffee, I drink roots, my dear
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| And I love my morning ride
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| You can see it in my motions when I walk
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| I’m a Jamaican in New York
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| See me walking down Church Avenue
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| With my hat leaned to one side
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| You can see it when I walk
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| I’m a Jamaican in New York
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| I’m an alien, I’m a legal alien
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| I’m a Jamaican in New York
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| I’m an alien, I’m a legal alien
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| I’m a Jamaican in New York
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| Roughness maketh man, as someone said
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| He is the rude boy of the day
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| Takes a man to make a stand, sometimes get wild
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| Be yourself, no matter what they say
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| I’m an alien, I’m a legal alien
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| I’m a Jamaican in New York
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| I’m an alien, I’m a legal alien
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| I’m a Jamaican in New York
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| Nicing up a party can lead to notoriety
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| Pretty soon they’ll know you as the Don
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| Because we live so hearty, Babylon don’t like we
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| Still we’re gonna party 'til the sun
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| And you don’t stop, you proceed
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| And this is the riddim and rhyme you need
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| Shinehead’s gonna take the lead
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| Me nah show no man
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| Settle unuh self
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| All yard man, put up your hand
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| And let the world know that you have ambition
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| All yardie man, put up your hand
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| And let the world know that you have ambition
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| Well a we, well a we a yardie
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| A weh we deh? |
| We de a New York City
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| A weh se come yah fa?
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| No to make some money
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| We have to do that to feed we family
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| Chucking badness does not make a man
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| And we’re not the only ones with guns
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| Confront your enemies, outsmart them if you can
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| But if all else fails, you better run
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| Roughness maketh man, as someone said
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| He is the rude boy of the day
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| Takes a man to make a stand, sometimes get wild
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| Be yourself, no matter what they say
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| I’m an alien, I’m a legal alien
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| I’m a Jamaican in New York
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| I’m an alien, I’m a legal alien
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| I’m a Jamaican in New York
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| I’m an alien
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| I’m a Jamaican in New York
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| I’m an alien
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| I’m a Jamaican in New York
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| Yeah mon, a so we love give it to dem, man… back to back
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| And even if you anuh Jamaican, I waan you step up inna life sameway
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| You hear?!
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| This is still a family affair, man…
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| On the strip of reality
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| Anyway, all crew and all massive…
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| Just gwan strive, you hear sah
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| Yes! |