Spanish Town Blues - Sly & Robbie

Di ting called the Spanish Town blues

I’m doing dis one ya jus 4 u

Sing or die if you choose

Sly an Robbie seh mi affi pay mi dues

Mi she ting called di Spanish Town blues come tek a likkle walk inna mi shoes

Sing or di if you choose Sly an Robbie mi seh rispek due

Born as a discipline child

An mi neva kno mi woulda get so wile

Dem used to tease me up an she mi gwaan like she mi shy

An now mi a go buss it inna diffarent style

Well mi used to go a school a Catholic

Church whe mi go it name Phillipo Baptist

An every Thursday night mi go a choir practise

Dem seh to mi Diana man yuh soun so cris

I got so many things to remember

I was born on the 8th of November

Big up, big up to all di crew inna mi area

Long, long time dem a call me dem singa

Caw mi a drap it inna rub-a-dub stylie

Bet yuh neva kno a so mi wikid an willie

Gimme any riddim an yuh know mi a go ride ee

Yuh cyaa tes me, yuh cyaa tes me

Ting called di Spanish Town blues

Come tek a likkle walk inna mi shoes

Sing or die if you choose

Sly an Robbie mi seh rispek due again

Ting called di Spanish Town blues

I’m doing dis one ya jus 4 u

Sing or die if you choose

Sly an Robbie mi seh rispek due

Well a Muma Nancy, Sista Carol was di craze

An mi used to wish sey dat a me deh pan di stage

Mi used to listen Charlie Chaplin ana Josey Whales

Do nuh badda gwaan like she yuh waan fi guess mi age

Well a nuff likkle tings did a gwaan inna mi area

Got to get away cause mi couldn’t teck di pressure

Run wey fram mi yaad an a so mi tun a singa

A me di adda girls dem a falla dem

Seh gal a mek yuh bad

So wha mek yuh bad yuh

Got we jus a rock so we jus a rock so

Gal a mek yuh bad so

Wha mek yuh bad so

You got we jus a rock so

We jus a rock so

Caw mi a drop it inna rub-a-dup stylie

Yuh cyaa tess me, yuh cyaa tes me

So many things to remember

Ting called di Spanish Town blues

I’m doing dis one yah jus for you

Sing or die if you choose

Sly an Robbie mi seh rispek due well

Mi cousin used to pick mi up a town

An him woulda tek mi fi go sing pan a soun

I was the only girlie female aroun

So mi did affi gwaan like seh mi grown

Well mi mumma woulda kill me if she kno

An a so me keep it pan di down an pan di low

A nuff, nuff people neva kno a so mi flow

Ketch di res ina mi auto bio

I got so many things to remember

I was born on the 8th of November

Big up, big up to all di crew inna mi area

Long, long time dem a call me dem singa

Gal a mek yuh bad so

Wha mek yuh bad yuh

Got we jus a rock so

We jus a rock so

Gal a mek yuh bad so

Wha mek yuh bad so

You got we jus a rock so

We jus a rock so

Ting called the Spanish Town blues

I’m doing dis one yah jus for you

Sing or die if you choose

Sly an Robbie seh mi affi pay mi dues

Ting called di Spanish Town blues