| Some bwoy a look fame
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| A talk ‘bout dem wild an' cyaan tame
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| A shot dung people pon di main
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| An' now informer nuh stop call up dem name
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| Bwoy a talk ‘bout dem nuh response
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| An' inna broad daylight dem a dig up six pants
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| A shot dung people now informer spot dem out from a distance
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| An' dem pick up big life sentence
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| Eh eh!
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| Spragga Benz deh pon di endz again
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| Yeah! |
| Yeah!
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| Dat’s why mi tell dem seh mi advice, mi brethren
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| Cah' rude bwoy living a no fun ting
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| Yuh n’ave no time fi a laugh an' a grin
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| Yuh haffi serious fram yuh a deal inna gun ting
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| Mek up yuh mind fi bun bwoy skin, mi brethren
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| Rude bwoy living a nuh bed a rose
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| Gun is not fi show off or to pose
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| After twelve, wi nah guh hide gun onda clothes
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| A fram yuh deh pon di road, brethren
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| Yuh haffi fit, cah' wen gunshot a lick
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| Yuh cyaan mek yuhself be standing target
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| Yuh haffi, because tings wi ‘apm fast
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| An' a one shot alone yuh get fi squeeze off
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| Yuh haffi cold, ‘ave tings onda control
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| Fi look out fi police an' rat patrol
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| Yuh haffi smart, an' haffi born without heart
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| Fi murder people without second thought, cah'
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| It nuh mek nuh sense fi waste lead
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| Yuh a fyah gunshot an' nobody nah dead
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| Yuh neva kill a fly, an' yet still yuh run red
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| A better if nighttime, yuh gwaan a yuh bed, 'cause
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| Rude bwoy living a no fun ting
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| Yuh n’ave no time fi a skin up an' a grin
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| Yuh haffi serious wen yuh a deal inna gun ting
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| Mek up yuh mind fi bun bwoy skin, mi brethren
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| Rude bwoy living a nuh bed a rose
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| Gun is not fi show off or to pose
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| After twelve, wi nuh hide gun onda clothes
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| A fram yuh deh pon di road, brethren
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| Yuh haffi always alert, expect anyting
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| Cah' wi living inna rotten Babylon system
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| Weh informer sell yuh out fi five shilling
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| An' mek yuh wake up inna curfew tomorrow morning, so
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| More time wen yuh gwaan wid a ting
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| Try move onda cover, don’t be brawling
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| Always humble, dat’s di key to living
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| ‘Cause smart gunman nuh mek police know ‘im
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| 'Cause
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| Rude bwoy living a no fun ting
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| Yuh n’ave no time fi a skin up an' a grin
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| Yuh haffi serious fram yuh a deal inna gun ting
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| Mek up yuh mind fi bun bwoy skin, mi brethren
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| Rude bwoy living a nuh bed a rose
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| Gun is not fi show off or to pose
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| After twelve, wi nah guh hide gun onda clothes
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| A wen yuh deh pon di road, brethren
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| Yuh haffi mean, cah' wen gunshot a glean
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| Yuh haffi can tek fence wid yuh fourteen
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| Yuh haffi wise, an' yuh haffi open yuh eyes
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| Cah' yuh cyaan mek nobody tek yuh by surprise
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| Yuh haffi rough, an' yuh haffi live like a cruff
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| Fi bleach di whole night until sun come up
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| Yuh haffi tough, ‘cause if police back yuh up
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| An' dem a kill yuh wid lick, yuh still nah guh bus' an'
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| It nuh wise fi a walk pon street jus' a brandish yuh gun
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| An' mek informer see it
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| If yuh waan model wid a legal piece
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| Gwaan guh tek test an' try tun police ‘cause
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| Rude bwoy living a no fun ting
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| Yuh n’ave no time fi a laugh an' a grin
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| Yuh fi serious fram yuh a deal inna gun ting
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| Mek up yuh mind fi bun bwoy skin, mi brethren
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| Rude bwoy living a nuh bed a rose
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| Gun is not fi show off or to pose |