Beenie Man

[fox69]

"Progress"

"Progress"


[Verse 1:]
Alright no true mi simple yuh a take man fi fool
No true mi simple yuh a take man fi fool
Yo want a ride go check a donkey or a move yo hey

Yo think mi no know dem no like mi from when
From now until then a own money mi a spend
The gyal dem sugar, the gyal dem anthem
Meck mi si the hands a the Beenie fans dem

Hypocrite mi seh mi know yuh no like mi at all
Mi career a shine an mi money tall tall
So how mi fi fall the King of the Dancehall
Everywhere mi go mi hear the gyal dem a ball

[Chorus:]
So mi tell dem, oh lord hi lord
Mi producer waan mi drive mi Audy hard
Work hard so wi reap reward, reward
Tell badmine an hypocrite seh dem cyaa stop Beenie progress

Mi lord, mi lord, hypocrites no waan mi drive mi Audy hard
Work hard so wi reap reward, reward
Tell badmine an hypocrite seh dem cyaa stop Beenie progress

[Verse 2:]
Mi left dem in a everyday stress
Dem naw si doctor ever shop a pay less
First evil dem try after yuh mi careless
Father God with mi an plus mi fearless
Over drive mi in a cause no gear left
Wi a go the right way dem bwoy deh stay left
Beenie a go always be the gyal dem bff
Me posses whole heap a talent mi ever bless

[Chorus]

[Verse 1]

[Chorus]

[Verse 2]

 

[fox69]

"Protect Me"

"Protect Me"


Rasta a move like men and people, eno
All dem get up and do a fight dem one another
Bobo a fight gainst shanty and di bingie I dem
A fight gainst di twelve tribe
But hear mi nuh

A nuh one a we, a nuh two a we, a nuh
Three a nuh four a nuh five a nuh six a we,
No no no, a nuh seven a we, a nuh eight a
We, a di whole a we deh inna selassie
Family, but jah

[Chorus:]
Protect mi from mi enemy caah
Mi nuh love how men a penny me
Like dem nuh waah mi reach mi destiny
But a king selassie I a carry me and mi family (repeat)

Mi did know when di bobo money low
Now dem get hype dem nuh waah do nuh show
A whoo only selassie I know seh
Dem get astonish how mi lyrics dem a flourish
Dj just hide and whole heap just vanish
If dem waah refurbish mi a go draw fi mi polish
Gone back to mi days of all mi right and mi ribbit
But selassie I mi haffi ask you this right now

[Repeat chorus]

Everyone waah fi know what is my formula
Dem a ask if mi a old time author
But a just di weed weh mi rap up inna mi wrizzla
Round a mi yard mi go listen two sizzla
King priest and prophet rasta man wi a nuh pastor
One psalm a day a so wi slew di vampire
Draw fi all sword and beast get tun over
Listen weh di dj a utter

[Repeat chorus]

Di odda day dem shot di sheriff and di deputy go run
A who fuss come bout come tell man bout gun
Yet still dem a gwaan like dem waah dance fi done
Yuh think yuh can done our fun
Dem a bun fire dem yah natty haffi bun me
Caah mi naah dash weh dem yah classie versace
Naah go walk barefoot and mek nuh bottle cut me
Naah go sell mi car and go ride nuh donkey
Yuh mad !!

 

[fox69]

"Pure Pretty Girl"

"Pure Pretty Girl"


Watch unu, snatch unu, catch unu when me a flash unu
Match unu, latch unu, trash unu when me dispatch unu
Need unu, lead unu, seed unu, when me just feed unu
Read unu, greed unu, breed unu when me mislead unu
Wok unu, bruk unu, fuck unu when me de open unu
Puck unu, pluck unu, chuck unu, unu suck unu mukkunu
Duck unu Bumbastar

One, two, tree, four gal a watch me
Five, six, seven, eight wan' fi snatch me
Nine, ten, eleven, twelve try fi catch me
Thirteen, fourteen gal in a mi factory
It's simple a no every gal match me
But it no simple when them all wan' fi latch me
Some hold me down fi dem friends dispatch me
Some man a tell me how much them love fi match me
Mi friend a ask if I win, me win lottery
A di first him see gal a run battery
Gal de all over mi house since a Mackrey
Drink me like a strawberry daquiri

[Chorus:]
[Notch:]
It go so den
Whoa, a pure pretty gal we need
No bother ask why, a just de lifestyle we lead
Whoa, a pure pretty gal we want
You shoulda know by de style weh you hear a chant
Whoa, a pure pretty gal we need
No bother ask why, a just de lifestyle we lead
Whoa, a pure pretty gal we want
You shoulda know by de style weh you hear a chant

[Beenie Man:]
From a pretty gal, she know say me need her
Straight to de promised land me a go lead her
Me only intention is fi seed her
That is after she shower and me feed her
She never know a long time me a read her
The way me handle de work me supercede her
All over de room me stampede her
The way she love it she a beg me fi breed her
Hope me one night stand no impede her
Cause if a husband she a look me mislead her
One ting I can guarantee her
Later on it won't be her

[Chorus:]
[Notch:]
It go so den
Whoa, a pure pretty gal we need
No bother ask why, a just de lifestyle we lead
Whoa, a pure pretty gal we want
You shoulda know by de style weh you hear a chant
Whoa, a pure pretty gal we need
No bother ask why, a just de lifestyle we lead
Whoa, a pure pretty gal we want
You shoulda know by de style weh you hear a chant

[Beenie Man:]
Well every next gal a ask whe me up to
Wonder if them can up to whe me up to
Wan' fi know what kind a music me wo'k to
And if a only slow jam de doctor bruk to
Cool, a me Ditty wan' say what's up to
Cause she say a fi mi music she fuck to
Carlahope a she me pass de puck to
Cause she bring a sweet 16 fi me pluck to
Shipment, gal a who you send the truck to
Dis a de glue whe the whole a dem stuck to
'Pon the de bed or pon de floor, dem in a di muck too
All Ochi wi buck too

[Chorus:]
[Notch:]
It go so den
Whoa, a pure pretty gal we need
No bother ask why, a just de lifestyle we lead
Whoa, a pure pretty gal we want
You shoulda know by de style weh you hear a chant
Whoa, a pure pretty gal we need
No bother ask why, a just de lifestyle we lead
Whoa, a pure pretty gal we want
You shoulda know by de style weh you hear a chant

[Beenie Man:]
Bad man wan'
Watch unu, snatch unu, catch unu when me a flash unu
Match unu, latch unu, trash unu when me dispatch unu
Need unu, lead unu, seed unu, when me just feed unu
Read unu, breed unu, breathe unu when me mislead unu
Wok unu, bruk unu, fuck unu when me de open unu
Puck unu, pluck unu, chuck unu, unu suck unu mukkunu
Duck unu
Zagga za

[Chorus:]
[Notch:]
It go so den
Whoa, a pure pretty gal we need
No bother ask why, a just de lifestyle we lead
Whoa, a pure pretty gal we want
You shoulda know by de style weh you hear a chant
Whoa, a pure pretty gal we need
No bother ask why, a just de lifestyle we lead
Whoa, a pure pretty gal we want
You shoulda know by de style weh you hear a chant

 

[fox69]

"Ready Fi It"

"Ready Fi It"


[Intro:]
Well I was only 15
When hi man first kiss Kristen
Wi one love
But we was too young we said no

But anyway shi migrate and come back wa day
Fi holiday down a Ibero wi a stay
In a di ramping shop weh di two a wi a play
The gyal would a kill mi every day

[Chorus:]
Now anything at all shi ready fi
Tear down are wall shi ready fi
Thump are till shi ball shi ready fi
And as di banana cut shi ready fi it

And shi seh anything at all shi ready fi
Tear down are wall shi ready fi
Thump are till shi ball shi ready fi
And as di food done cook shi ready fi it

[Verse 1:]
Hey this yah gyal yah mussi miss me karate kick
Gymnastic sign so no pause flip
Go pon are head top pon a bum flick
Wa this a mussi yards town yuh have mi one scliff
In a di middle a di club shi a lift up and shift
And a sing jingle bell an a ask mi fi gift
And have di heart a ask mi if mi gear stick shift
This gyal know di Tokyo drift

[Chorus]

[Verse 2:]
Yo know seh mi si yuh as a nice girl weh softy softy
But mi notice yuh is a gyal wa no talkie talkie
When shi pop off mi white shirt and mi karkie
Pants that is that alone alarm mi
So mi draw fi mi whole security dog barkey
Shi draw fi di walkie and start to talkie
Brown a pretty out side but inside shi darkie
Mi chocolate fudge shi a sharkie

[Chorus x2]

[Intro]

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Real Gangsta"
(feat. J1)

"Real Gangsta"
(feat. J1)



[INTRO:]
KEEP IT GANGSTA (HIGH, HIGH), KEEP IT GANGSTA (HIGH, HIGH),
KEEP IT GANGSTA (HIGH, HIGH), ALL DI GANGSTA FROM JAMAICA (HIGH, HIGH),
KEEP IT GANGSTA (HIGH, HIGH), AND AMERICAN GANGSTA (HIGH, HIGH),
KEEP IT GANGSTER (HIGH, HIGH).

[VERSE 1:]
YO, MI JUST GANGSTA MOVE WITH THE GANGSTA GROOVE (AND)
GANGSTA WIN, GANGSTA DON'T LOSE (AND)
REAL GANGSTA GOT NUTHIN TO PROVE (AND)
GANGSTA WISE, GANGSTA NUH CONFUSE (I'M A)
GANGSTA YOUTH, WITH SOME GANGSTA TRUTH (AND)
A GANGSTA SUIT, IN MY GANGSTA BOOT (AND)
I GOT MY GANGSTA GIRL, SHE IS GANGSTA CUTE
IN DI GANGSTA WAY, MAN PICK HER FRUIT.

[CHORUS:]
REAL GANGSTA DON'T PLAY
J1 SING AND BEENIE MAN DJ
REAL GANGSTA DON'T PLAY
SO YA BETTA WATCH WHAT YOU SAY
REAL GANGSTA DON'T PLAY
J1 SING AND BEENIE MAN DJ
REAL GANGSTA DON'T PLAY
SO YA BETTA WATCH WHAT YOU SAY

[VERSE 2:]
I GOT MY GANGSTA FLEX, IN MY GANGSTA RIDE
WITH MY GANGSTA WAYS AND MY GANGSTA PRIDE
NO GANGSTA WAR, NO GANGSTA STRIVE
JUST GANGSTA YOUTHS LIVING GANGSTA LIVES
SO I CATCH A GANGSTA SMILE FROM A GANGSTA CHILD
SO I REST MY GANGSTA LIFE A WHILE
AND PICK UP MY PEN, LYRICS LEF INA POINT
AND IT TURN OUT MI HAFFI WRITE A GANGSTA STYLE NOW

[CHORUS:]
REAL GANGSTA DON'T PLAY
J1 SING AND BEENIE MAN DJ
REAL GANGSTA DON'T PLAY
SO YUH BETTA WATCH WHAT YOU SAY
REAL GANGSTA DON'T PLAY
J1 SING AND BEENIE MAN DJ
REAL GANGSTA DON'T PLAY
SO YUH BETTA WATCH WHAT YOU SAY

[VERSE 3:]
KEEP IT GANGSTA AND KEEP IT REAL
YUH DISOBEY, YOU SHOULD SURELY FEEL
GANGSTA YOUTHS MEK GANGSTA DEAL
WITH A GANGSTA APPROACH AND A BIG MAN APPEAL
GANGSTA LAWS AND GANSTA CALLS
IN DI GANGSTA WORLD, I AM THE GANGSTA LORD (AND)
RESPECT UNTO ALL MY DOGS, WHEN GANGSTA A TALK BOY FI NUH MAD BOSS

[CHORUS:]
REAL GANGSTA DON'T PLAY
J1 SING AND BEENIE MAN DJ
REAL GANGSTA DON'T PLAY
SO YUH BETTA WATCH WHAT YOU SAY
REAL GANGSTA DON'T PLAY
J1 SING AND BEENIE MAN DJ
REAL GANGSTA DON'T PLAY
SO YUH BETTA WATCH WHAT YOU SAY

[VERSE 4:]
[J1]
IN DA WOOD I WAS BORN AND RAISE
I BEEN A GANGSTA FOR ALL MY DAYS
GANGSTA LIFE IS WHAT I PRAISE
CAUSE I WILL SCHOOL YOU IN THE GANGSTA WAY
[BEENIE]
I AM A GANGSTA
JUS HOW WI FLEX AND HOW WI WEAR WI CLOTHES AND HOW WI DRESS
MAN A GANGSTA
HOW WI BORN AND WI BREAD AND SUH WI GROW

[CHORUS: TIL FADE]

 

[fox69]

"Remix Di Chakka"

"Remix Di Chakka"


[Intro:]
Ziggy! Uummm! Alright, Cool.
Mi nuh innna di argument wit dem unno
I jus go an sing a song! Alright. Tell dem seh!
So unno move outta di way!
Gweh man gweh! Chaka chaka chaka. Tek dem on!

[Verse 1:]
John Hype, who dat ah run, who dat ah ball
True yuh put yuh AK ova di wall
Harder dem come ah di harder dem fall
Everybody from yuh know yuh gun dem tall
Do di, Chaka Tall Chaka Tall
Put di Chaka Chaka AK ova di wall
Do di, Chaka Tall Chaka Tall
Put di Chaka Chaka AK ova di wall
Dem ova deh suh keep tings steady
We ova yere suh lock down di city
Memba di dance weh dem call Shelly Belly
We ago remix di dance, everybody watch di
Ay, Chaka Belly Chaka Belly
Have a new dance weh dem call Chaka Belly
Chaka belly Chaka belly
Everybody inna di dance do di Chaka Belly
Dem seh, John ah fan dem off, John ah flag dem off
Dem ah telephone, dem ah fax dem off
John ah call down di rain pon di gal dem
But if ah rain di man call down him bless dem
John ah gangsta, yu ah wanksta
John ah dance, dem ah turn cookie monsta
Chaka chaka gal, Chaka chaka gal, chaka chaka chaka chaka

So unno move outta di way!
Gweh man gweh! Chaka chaka chaka. Ay!

[Verse 2:]
Everybody inna di dance, dem ah do di weddy weddy
Alright, time fi remix weddy weddy
An who cyan do it just sing rock steady
Everybody inna di dance, unno do di chaka weddy
Do di Chaka Weddy, Chaka Weddy
Chaka Weddy weddy weddy weddy weddy weddy weddy
Chaka, Chaka Weddy Chaka Weddy
Chaka Weddy weddy weddy weddy weddy weh di Chaka now
Girl ah when mi down inna bunch
Waan drink mi like fruit punch
Ding Dong originate di Summer Bounce
Everybody mek we remix di bounce
Do di Chaka Bounce Chaka Bounce
Walk wid di bounce an do a chaka tomp
Chaka Bounce Chaka Bounce
Walk wid di bounce an do a chaka OK!
Dis anno no lip service, Ryan new dance name Shankle Dip
Everybody mek we remix di Dip
John livin up di crew an do di Chaka Dip
Do di Chaka Dip Chaka Dip
Run wid yuh foot an do di Chaka Dip
Chaka Dip Chaka Dip
Run wid yuh foot an Sing to me now!

So unno move outta di way!
Gweh man gweh! Chaka chaka chaka. Ay!

John Hype, who dat ah run, who dat ah ball
True yuh put yuh AK ova di wall
Harder dem come ah di harder dem fall
Everybody from yuh know yuh gun dem tall
Do di, Chaka Tall Chaka Tall
Put di Chaka Chaka AK ova di wall
Do di, Chaka Tall Chaka Tall
Put di Chaka Chaka AK ova di wall
Dem ova deh suh keep tings steady
We ova yere suh lock down di city
Memba di dance weh dem call Shelly Belly
We ago remix di dance, everybody watch di
Ay, Chaka Belly Chaka Belly
Have a new dance weh dem call Chaka Belly
Chaka belly Chaka belly
Everybody inna di dance do di Chaka Belly
Dem seh, John ah fan dem off, John ah flag dem off
Dem ah telephone, dem ah fax dem off
John ah call down di rain pon di gal dem
But if ah rain di man call down him bless dem
John ah gangsta, yu ah wanksta
John ah dance, dem ah turn cookie monsta
Chaka chaka gal, Chaka chaka gal, chaka chaka chaka chaka

So unno move outta di way!
Gweh man gweh. Chaka chaka chaka. Ay!

 

[fox69]

"Reverse Di Ting"

"Reverse Di Ting"


[Intro:]
Dong! Hey!
Mi chat give dem di back way talk
Papa San gave dem di sideway talk
Tek out mi key and mi car weh mi start
Put it inna reverse watch yuh wave through glass, cau

[Chorus:]
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Who am I? Di dancehall king (Come on!!!)
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Drop di punchline and diverse di sing

[Verse 1:]
Beenie! King of di dancehall dat a mi
Mi dat dancehall di of King Beenie
Marley son sing a album name Halfway Tree
Halfway Tree name album sing a son a Marley
Free and AJ run leff B.E.T.
B.E.T. leff run wey AJ and Free
Free haffi Jah Cure from penitentiary
Penitentiary therefore Cure Jah haffi free
See!!! Some badmind fassy a try pre
Pre try a fassy badmind some see
Bounty a di leader fi Alliance Party
Party Alliance di fi leader a Bounty
Tony! Keep Rebel Salute a Centy
Centy a Salute Rebel keep Tony
Catty pull up on my ends and mi fi ride har pony
Pony ride a mi pon ends pull up Catty, Hey!!!

[Chorus:]
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Who am I? Di dancehall king (Come on!!!)
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Drop di punchline and diverse di sing

[Verse 2:]
TV inna mi house 50 inch Sony
Sony inch 50 house mi inna TV
CD mi a listen while watchin DVD
DVD watchin while listen mi a CD
Becareful use condom to prevent VD
VD prevent to condom use careful be
Him a dis, Martial arts start a Jet Li
Li Jet a star arts martial be
Tell di world di girls have mi unda dem spell
Spell dem unda have girls di world a tell
Tell dem nuh bodda worry true dem hear wedding bells
Here comes the bride!!!!!
Skettel caan mash up mi have mi Angel
Angel mi have mi caan mash up skettel
Bell mek reservation fi five star hotel
Hotel five star fi reservation mek Bell
Michelle nah sell yuh sitten cau yuh a nuh Jezebel
Jezebel nah sell yuh cau sitten yuh a nuh Michelle
Rafael yuh bite har yuh fi sex off Raquel
Raquel off sex when yuh bite Rafael
Janelle a start show pon blue movie channel
Channel movie blue pon show start Janelle
Chanel mi a wear dem caan buy Gray Fennel
Fennel gray caan buy wear mi Chanel

[Chorus:]
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Who am I? Di dancehall king (Come on!!!)
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Drop di punchline and diverse di sing

[Verse 1:]
Beenie! King of di dancehall dat a mi
Mi dat dancehall di of King Beenie
Marley son sing a album name Halfway Tree
Halfway Tree name album sing a son a Marley
Free and AJ run leff B.E.T.
B.E.T. leff run wey AJ and Free
Free haffi Jah Cure from penitentiary
Penitentiary therefore Cure Jah haffi free
See!!! Some badmind fassy a try pre
Pre try a fassy badmind some see
Bounty a di leader fi Alliance Party
Party Alliance di fi leader a Bounty
Tony! Keep Rebel Salute a Centy
Centy a Salute Rebel keep Tony
Catty pull up on my ends and mi fi ride har pony
Pony ride a mi pon ends pull up Catty, Hey!!!

Mi chat give dem di back way talk
Papa San gave dem di sideway talk
Tek out mi key and mi car weh mi start
Put it inna reverse watch yuh wave through glass, cau

[Chorus:]
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Who am I? Di dancehall king (Come on!!!)
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Reverse di ting mi a go reverse di ting (BRRRRRPPPP!!!!)
Drop di punchline and diverse di sing

 

[fox69]

"Ride Or Die"
(feat. Starface)

"Ride Or Die"
(feat. Starface)



[Verse 1:]
Me bring the supn dem from up a locker
Everybody know mi a the proper locker
Mi have mi own things mi nuh follow back a
Some gyal out a road dem a macka back a
Mi have mi money everything proper
Mi a real top gyal, you a mi big papa
Together me and you a Bonnie and Clyde
If a gyal try tek you weh shi wi get the d**k chop off

[Chorus:]
My girl you a mi ride or die
You a buss my gun long time
Go a prison and go spend some time
Shi a mi ride or die

My girl you a mi ride or die
You a buss my gun long time
Go a prison and go spend some time
Shi a mi ride or die

[Verse 2:]
When mi ride mi naw stop it
Stay by mi side mi got you lock like attache
A meck money weh the bank cyaa hold
Fi build an empire big like Cyaa Gatti
Get everything mi nuh haffi ask or want it
Just get the keys to the brand new Bugatti
Speedometer reach 140 mi a claat hi
Motel book in fi me and you go act naughty

[Chorus]

[Verse 1]

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Right Now"

"Right Now"


[Verse 1:]
Remember when hotter than dem yuh couldn't find
Now the table turn a fi wi time fi shine
Put on yo dark glass mi diamonds dem blind
Bun hypocrite caw wi no badmind

Caw wa mi have now dem usto
Have a house full a clothe an shoes to
Have a catty wa dem call fi go cruse to
But yuh wi lose to

[Chorus:]
But it's not what you usto to do is that yuh doing right now
Yo usto bling, what are yuh blinging right now
Yo usto floss, what are yuh flossing right now
Wave unu glass to success

But it's not what you usto to do is that yuh doing right now
Yo usto hot, but are yuh hot right now
Yo usto floss, what are yuh flossing right now
Wave unu glass to success

[Verse 2:]

No mi no waan no man come tell mi waht dem did before
Mi no live life insecure
Mi dweet already, mi dweet again
And mi still doing it plus Jah Jah a guide
So dem cyaa ruing it
Mi no deal wid past a straight present
Change wid the time so mi ever stay current
Yuh will never ever si my hype inna the trash bin
An never be I as being

[Chorus]

[Verse 3:]
Member Mr Wakky him no deh yah fi defend him self
Nor Willie him no deh yah fi defend him self
But mi sure bout me fi another mi no care
Me still a meck money through the years
Allot here an there an everywhere
An mi never get soft like teddy bear
Me stay fresh like how the water run
You never si mi water done

[Chorus]

[Verse 1]

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"RIP Friends"

"RIP Friends"


Hear we cry
We have lost a lot of friends in the system
Dem do a lot a tings fi turn you inna victim
You, pick up a gun caah a quick ting
Mikey dead because him rob miss chin
Mi nuh pants so nuh boy couldn't press me
Dem do a lotta tings fi try impress me
Nah go stray so dem couldn't mederess me
R.I.P fi mi frens dem weh pass and gone

From yuh knw say yuh fren shoulda deh yah inna di night ya
From yuh miss dem unu put up unu lighter
Although dem gone weh di suit dem whiter
Rest in peace anyway
From yuh knw say yuh fren shoulda deh yah inna di night ya
From yuh miss dem unu put up unu lighter
Although dem gone weh di suit dem whiter
All a who gone rest in peace
(Rest in peace)
Rest in peace
(Rest in peace)

A nuh mi fren alone
Hey, mi miss mi sista and mi bredda dem
Daddy sit dung side a God inna heaven
All a mi fren weh pass gone mi miss di wole a dem
Especially di DJ and di singer dem
One dumplin used to share for di two of us
We get a gal and ova har di two a we kuss
We used to dream bout car when we a hop bus
Now a ash to ash and dust to dust

From yuh fren shoulda deh yah inna di night ya
From yuh miss dem unu put up unu lighter
Although dem gone weh di suit dem whiter
Rest in peace yeah
From yuh fren shoulda deh yah inna di night ya
From yuh miss dem unu put up unu lighter
Although dem gone weh di suit dem whiter
All a who gone rest in peace
(Rest in peace)
Rest in peace
(Rest in peace)

Anyway
A nuh mi alone miss fren (true)
Mi miss mi sista and mi bredda dem (true)
Willie Haggart and Bogle
Di wole roses crew weh pass and gone mi miss dem (yea)
Mi miss mi fadda (yea)
Some man miss dem mama (yea)
Who miss dem son and dem daughter
Sing dah song yah oh nah

From yuh fren shoulda deh yah inna di night ya
From yuh miss dem unu put up unu lighter
Although dem gone weh di suit dem whiter
Rest in peace anyway
From yuh fren shoulda deh yah inna di night ya
From yuh miss dem unu put up unu lighter
Although dem gone weh di suit dem whiter
All a who gone rest in peace
(Rest in peace)
Rest in peace
(Rest in peace)

We have lost a lot of friends in the system
Dem do a lot a tings fi turn you inna victim
You, pick up a gun caah a quick ting
Mikey dead because him rob miss chin
Mi nuh pants so nuh boy couldn't press me
Dem do a lotta tings fi try impress me
Nah go stray so dem couldn't mederess me
R.I.P fi mi frens dem weh pass and gone

From yuh knw say yuh fren shoulda deh yah inna di night ya
From yuh miss dem unu put up unu lighter
Although dem gone weh di suit dem whiter
Rest in peace anyway
From yuh knw say yuh fren shoulda deh yah inna di night ya
From yuh miss dem unu put up unu lighter
Although dem gone weh di suit dem whiter
All a who gone rest in peace
(Rest in peace)
Rest in peace
(Rest in peace)
Rest in peace