Powder No Man

Hear dis

One likkle guy weh a come a people dance a pose up

Like unnu a puppy or unnu a some likkle young baby

Want want man powder unnu an pet unnu

Unnu gweh yah man

Find someweh guh hitch up yah man

Phenomenal one

Yah hear mi

Unnu listen to di don

Mek mi tell unnu sum'n

Yuh know him sayin' it would be better

If wud dis yah competition ova

But it's too late for me

Some guy a gwine juk yuh like a poison dawt

I can't say goodbye to you, until I know yuh dead tonight

Hmm, I can't say goodbye to you, until I sure yuh lose yuh life

Dats why mi look pon unnu an tell unnu seh mi nah

Powder no man, powder no man

Mi seh guh tell dem sound guy mi nah guh powder no

Mi tell unnu

Powder no man, powder no man

Mi seh warn di wol a dem, mi nah powder no man

Yuh know unnu, come inna dance a talk bout seh unnu a don

Unnu neva know seh we a di teacha fi all a di don

We even pass di stage of Don Gargon

An have 32 stripe an call we self Don Badman

Unnu know seh we deh yah long time an unnu mus undastan

Wen we come firs, sound bwoy unnu come second

Suh we nah guh

Powder no man, powder no man

Mi seh listen mi carefully why we nah guh powder

Mi tell unnu

Powder no man, powder no man

Mi waan unnu listen to me good, mi nah guh powder no man

Yuh know yuh come a gwaan like yuh is a lady yute man

And just a walk an a walk up an dung an a wheel yuh bottom

An a move up yuhself like yuh is a young woman

Yuh betta guh back from yah suh wid yuh destruction

Yuh, if yuh is a faggot, me a guh warn yuh yute man

You shall neva see di face of di Almighty One

And yuh see if yuh is a dog an piss pon di walls of Bablyon

Yuh can neva escape di judgement yuh nuh man

Suh tell unnu

Powder no man, powder no man

Mi waan yuh listen me carefully, mi nah guh po' but see yah

I cud see, yuh disappointed, sound bwoy

By di way dat yuh look at we

And yuh sorry, we're not di dibby-dibby sound dat

Yuh wud a tink dis sound wud be

But mi seh let me tell yuh dis

Dat we both know where we stand

Dis yah Don Gargon, suh unnu wrap up fi kill

Nut'n weh sound like seh it a drum pan

Mek me ask yuh a question

A mussi fineral unnu come, fineral unnu come

Yuh nuh see seh yuh sound dead boy

A mussi fineral unnu come

Unnu dress up inna black and white an red an blue yah now

Purple an all kind a colour unnu come yah a bring dung

Wen di sound a play, di people dem a jump up an dung

And yuh know seh wen yuh sound a play, is like everybody lie dung

Mi tell unnu

Fineral unnu come, fineral unnu come

Unnu nuh see unnu dead, me-mek me me

Mi tell unnu

Fineral unnu come, fineral unnu come

Unnu dead sound bwoy, an unnu days it dun

Yuh eva see wen bus lick dung dog yah now

An straight pon di street, di dog long out him tongue

Can you imagine?

A suh a sound bwoy look now

Fly swarm him, him dead and done

Mi tell unnu

Fineral unnu come, fineral unnu come

Tell di wol a dem seh dat a mhm

Mi tell unnu

Fineral unnu come, fineral unnu come

Mi seh a warn di wol a dem seh dat a fineral dem come

Is wah, weeping an wailing an gnashing of tongue

Who nah no teet dem cud a nyam off dem gum

An who nah no tongue, dem cud a start call dem dumb

All dem yah sinting yah me cyaan undastan

Now can yuh eva hear man talk wid out any tongue?

A run up him mouth an beat it up wid him so-so gum

If a bwoy chuck badness pon mi, mi bax it dung

Cah him do di talking an mi do di killing yah now

An if him git up an seh dat him a walk wid di gun

Wen di shot fi buss an mi han inna di chigga ya now

Suh tell unnu

Fineral unnu come, fineral unnu come

Mi seh nuh ramp wid dis yah sound

Caz is a fineral unnu come

Mi tell unnu

Fineral unnu come, fineral unnu come

Unnu a big up unnu chest, but unnu days it done

Unnu say it wud be better

If dis competition start over

But it's too late