| Dat me like
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| Dat me like
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| Dat me like when you read and write
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| Dat me like
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| Dat me like
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| Dat me like when you read and write
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| Ay Youthman, ay youthman, ay youthman, beg you gwan a school
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| 'Cause when your mommy daddy send you to school he’s gon' gone to de pool
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| And when your days of school are over
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| Be no plastic fool
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| Everybody come a ride upon your back like donkey, horse, or mule
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| Bagdiddledang
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| I tell you say, dat
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| Dat me like
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| Dat me like
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| Dat me like when you read and write
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| Dat me like
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| Dat me like
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| Dat me like when you read and write
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| You get an exercise booklet, pencil, and a twelve-inch rule
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| You gon' go take your seat on a bench maybe, or chair, or a four-foot stool
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| Lawd to mi God, Youthman a you fi gwan a school
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| Hail jah man you fi gwan a school
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| Turn up me ting ya look we, learn fi read and write
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| You must can write a love letter tonight
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| I tell you seh fi learn fi count and spell, hey
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| Nobody ride upon your back like no Jezebel
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| Dem bite like a scorpion and dem bad nuh hell
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| Say, teeth and tongue, said it must haffi tell
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| A whole heap of people a go end up inna hell
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| Ay Youthman, ay youthman, ay youthman
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| Tell me say
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| Dat me like
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| Dat me like
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| Dat me like when you read and write
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| Dat me like when you read and write
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| Dat me like when you count and spell
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| Dem ride upon your back like a Jezebel
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| Dem bite like a scorpion and dem bad nuh hell
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| But me have dem inna A and have dem inna B
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| And all a dem haffi come see me
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| One, a two, also three
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| I want every youthman to listen to me
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| Beg you gwan a school
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| Hail jah man, I beg you gwan a school
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| After your mommy and your daddy sent to school he’s gon' gone to de pool
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| After your days of school are over, be no plastic fool
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| And everybody come and ride upon your back like donkey, horse or mule
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| Say Youthman, Youthman, you’d better gwan a school
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| Hail jah man, you’d better gwan a school
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| Bagdiddledang
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| Me say
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| Dat me like
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| Dat me like
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| Dat me like in a Jah Jah sight!
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| All of the, the youthman know fi read and write
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| The youthman nowadays a dem a read and write
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| But you gwan a school
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| Bagdiddledang
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| But you gwan a school
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| Hail jah man, now me say
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| Dat me like
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| Dat me like
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| Dat me like up in in Jah Jah sight!
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| Dat me like when you read and write
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| Dat me like when you read and write
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| Children, you gwan a school
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| Hail jah man you fi gwan a school |