No Touch the Style - Joseph Cotton

But see yah Miss Meera, a wah dat mi smell a yuh kitchen deh bun suh man?

(Mi some fried dumpling mi have in deh pon di fire, Sah.)

Some fried dumpling?

Well, I used to love the fried dumpling a lot too,

you know, but since I have the problem with the um… the self-raising flower,

I don’t socialize with it no more

Weh mi call it?

No touch the style

Don’t touch the style, tell yuh friend dem

No touch the style

Don’t touch the style, uh-uh

No touch the style

Do not touch the style, tell yuh friend dem

No touch the style

Don’t touch the style

Mi feel some rice and peas and some broad bean stew

So mi buy one coconut with one bungle a callaloo

(One bungle a callaloo?)

Mm-hmm, one bungle a callaloo

Carry it a mi yard guh give mi woman named Sue

When I see weh she do, mi haffi stew

(Then yuh mean she dweet so bad yuh haffi stew?)

Mm-hmm, stew, mi haffi stew

She bun up di rice and drown di callaloo

(Drown di callaloo?)

Mm-hmm, drown di callaloo

What am I doing with a woman like Sue?

(A woman like who?)

A woman like Sue

Fi gi mi carrot juice mixed with special brew

(So she gi yuh carrot juice mixed with special brew?)

Uh-huh, gi mi carrot juice mixed with special brew

Den she git up fram morning nuh gi mi no tea

Den she lock up mi house, throw away mi key

Mash up mi an mi one tv

(Yuh mean di color tv weh yuh guh trust pon HP?)

Mm-hmm, di color tv weh mi guh tek pon HP

Lawd ‘ave mercy, what is dis pon mi?

I soon tek it to heart an guh drown inna sea

(Den yuh mean you woulda tek yuhself guh drown inna sea?)

Uh-huh, drown inna sea, mi haffi drown inna sea

Weh mi call it?

No touch the style

Don’t touch the style, yes!

No touch the style

Mi seh do not touch it

Mi haffi think positive, mi cyaan think negative

Now I love off di woman truu she attractive

(Den a which part she live?)

Nuh dung a Stone Bridge

Over two year now mi a send her a college

And di woman cyaan boil likkle cornmeal porridge

Every day she a git up an a mek pure sausage

Yes!

No touch the style

Don’t touch the style, yes!

No touch the style

Mi seh do not touch it

Feel fi some rice and peas and some broad bean stew

So mi buy one coconut with one bungle a callaloo

(One bungle a callaloo?)

Mm-hmm, one bungle a callaloo

Carry it a mi yard guh give mi woman named Sue

When I see weh she do, mi haffi stew

(Then yuh mean she dweet so bad yuh haffi stew?)

Mm-hmm, stew, mi haffi stew

She bun up di rice and drown di callaloo

(Drown di callaloo?)

Mm-hmm, drown di callaloo

What am I doing with a woman like Sue?

(A woman like who?)

A woman like Sue

Fi gi mi carrot juice mixed with special brew

(So she gi yuh carrot juice mixed with special brew?)

Uh-huh, gi mi carrot juice mixed with special brew

Den she git up fram morning nuh gi mi no tea

Den she lock up mi house, throw away mi key

Mash up mi an mi one tv

(Yuh mean di color tv weh yuh guh trust pon HP?)

Mm-hmm, di color tv weh mi guh tek pon HP

Lawd ‘ave mercy, what is dis pon mi?

I soon tek it to heart an guh drown inna sea

(Den yuh mean you woulda tek yuhself guh drown inna sea?)

Uh-huh, drown inna sea, I woulda drown inna sea

Weh mi call it?

No touch the style

Don’t touch the style, tell yuh friend dem

No touch the style

Don’t touch the style, uh-uh

No touch the style

Do not touch the style, tell yuh friend dem

No touch the style

Don’t touch the style, yes!

No touch the style

Don’t touch the style, uh-uh!

No touch the style

Do not touch the style, tell yuh friend dem

No touch the style

Don’t touch the style, tell yuh friend dem

No touch the style

Do not touch the style, chuh!