Yardie

Yeh man,
A buju banton a talk to dem man cah dem nuh stop call up unu name
Wapn, dem luv call out di yardman name
Wach mi ppl, cah we nuh laf
Wach dis!

Why evryting weh gwaan a foreign, a di yardie get di blame
Ask di queen di yankee dem call love yardie name
Evryting weh gwaan a foreign, di yardman get di blame
Ask di queen di yankee dem call love yardie name

If a bomb get lik dem say di yardie do it
Woman get raped yardie life at stake
If dem find a man dead, a yardie buss him head
Dem seh, yardman deh a foreign a run di place red

Evryting weh gwaan a foreign, a di yardie get di blame
Ask di queen di yankee dem call love yardie name
Evryting weh gwaan a foreign, di yardman get di blame
Ask di queen di yankee dem call love yardie name

Yardman can be cool an we can be awful
Nuh waan get (subali), we lean in our own hole
We will reel an kick jus like a mad bull
We nuh different from nobody who waan reach foreign
Evryman hav a dream fi get rich an ting

But evryting weh gwaan a foreign, a di yardie get di blame
Ask di queen di yankee dem call love yardie name
Evryting weh gwaan a foreign, di yardman get di blame
Ask di queen di yankee dem call love yardie name

Dem must analyse we name an seh we not to mitious
Nuh war genst di yard man yuh get yuh bed buss
Dem seh we ever nervous, never conscious
Do evilous tings b4 we tink first
Dem nuh stop spread we name, an nuh stop b8 we up

Why evryting weh gwaan a foreign, di yardman get di blame
Ask di queen di yankee dem call love yardie name
Evryting weh gwaan a foreign, di yardman get di blame
Ask di queen di yankee dem call love yardie name

Weh we do! Flex militant nuh move like fugitive
Never go to hi skl, neither college
Big up weself cah we nuh cross off unu bridge
Yardman from yard unu big up unu chest
Yardman from foreign unu show up unu chest
No likle wyt skin bwoy caan test

Cah evryting weh gwaan a foreign, a we get di blame
Ask di queen di yankee dem call love yardie name
Evryting weh gwaan a foreign, di yardman get di blame
Ask di queen di yankee dem call love yardie name

Yardman ever ready, an ever well dress
Ever look good inna different siness
Bally pon foot an nuh bwoy caan test
Wi neck tie, yuh know dem a di best
All yardaman unu big up unu chest
I-an dis di program, tell him fi whole a rest

Why evryting weh gwaan a foreign, a di yardie get di blame
Ask di queen di yankee dem call love yardie name
Evryting weh gwaan a foreign, di yardman get di blame
Ask di queen di yankee dem call love yardie name

Weh mi seh! Big up all di yardie from Philadelphia
Cah bad doin tings we nuh involve in now
Big up all di rudeboy from new york
Mek dem know yardman nuh skylock
Come fi mek dollars we nuh skin nor laf
Mek dem know seh yardman nah brag an show off
Big up evry yardman from England
Wer all a di big paper dem come from
Dung in Jamaica weh di pound is strong
Big up evry rudeboy round di carribean
Big up unu chest, big up unu chest
Big up unu chest right around di island

Why evryting weh gwaan a foreign, di yardie get di blame
Ask di queen di yankee dem call love yardie name
Evryting weh gwaan a foreign, di yardman get di blame
Ask di queen di yankee dem call love yardie name
Bomb get lik dem seh di yardie do it
Woman get rape yardie life at stake
Find a man dead, a yardman buss him head
Di yardman deh a foreign a run di place red

Why evryting weh gwaan a foreign, a di yardie get di blame
Ask di queen di yankee dem call love yardie name
Evryting weh gwaan a foreign, di yardman get di blame
Ask di queen di yankee dem call love yardie
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