When you take the lead, make sure you can maintain it

Woah gosh

Old Veteran

Sprinter stayer

I am a sprinter stayer, long distant runner

So, boy no bother try test me

Sprinter stayer, long distant runner

So, no bother try test we

I can lead and hold on, or come from the middle of the pack

Or even if I move from the back

Like a champion horse bubbling on the track

I'm giving everything I've got

No make sense you jump around if you can't hold on

Nuff man coming from the back and dem kicking up a storm

Look over your shoulders, the crowd is on your heels

You're running out of stamina, it start to reveal

You shouldn't test the champion and now you're eating dirt

I'm gonna show you up for what you're really worth

Catch the sprinter stayer, long distant runner

So, boy no bother try test we

Say, I'm a sprinter stayer, long distant runner

So, boy no bother try test we

Mi say the sprinter stayer, long distant runner

Can't test me, no way

When you take the lead, make sure you can maintain it

Woah Gosh

Don't be an early deserter (Old veteran)

Or run out of stamina

Hey!

Sometimes I lead, sometimes I run on

All depends on how things a gwan

Some get left inna the gate, so you know dem haffi wait

Fi win this yah race, you can't start too late

If you try anything that looks kinda funny

You know they'll have to have an inquiry

Watch yah man, move out of mi way

When we reach da corner me ago show you how me stay

I'm a sprinter stayer, long distant runner

Boy no bother try test me

I am a sprinter stayer, long distant runner

So, no bother try test we

Boy ago weep when dem watch the replay

The champion runner anuh romp up nor play

If a battery you a use, it just can't work

Bad ride you a bad ride, it just can't work

Dope up you dope up, that can't help you

Just surrender, I would advise you

I'm a sprinter stayer, long distant runner

So, boy no bother try test me

Sprinter stayer, long distant runner

So, boy no bother try test we

I can lead and hold on, or come from the middle of the pack

Or even if I move from the back

Like a champion horse bubbling on the track

I'ma giving everything I've got

I'm a sprinter stayer, long distant runner

So, boy no bother try test me

I am a sprinter stayer, long distant runner

So, no bother try test we

When you take the lead, make sure you can maintain it

Woah gosh

Don't be like no early frontrunners

No, no

And don't you run out of stamina

Gotta be a sprinter stayer

A long distant runner

Woah gosh

Lord have mercy

I am a sprinter stayer, long distant runner

Boy no bother try test me

I am a sprinter stayer, long distant runner

So, boy no bother try test we

No way

You can't test we, no way

Old horse

Hold the lead from with on yah

Lord have mercy