Lord have ya seen Johnny Aberdeen

dis man's really amazin'

in three piece suit or jeans

he's in I magazine, on every tele screen

goin' whey no man no man has been

behind da scene oh behind da scene!

Ah wish dat I could be as righteous as Johnny

don't care 'bout di money, di gals or di glory

mi know de time will tell

if Johnny gone a hell or if Johnny's singin' wid angels!

Breddas and sistas do you remember

Aberdeen's last letter, him died of strong fever

di month was decemberbut who know di hour?

goin' whey no man no man has been

behind da scene oh behind da scene!

Ah wish dat I could see a good man like Johnny

don't care 'bout di money, di gals or di glory

Johnny never grow old, he had di heart of gold!

I laugh though dem take I for a fool

so I turn meself to di golden rule

like me dear old mama used to say

"don't worry just live you life day by day

keep on laughin' and sing likkle boy

life is a game we all must enjoy"

don't care about di passin' of time

evry second I live is divine,

like me dear old papa used to say

"dis world's an illusion come and play!"

keep on laughin' and sing likkle boy

life is a game we all must enjoy"

I runaway yeah runaway
coz I don't like de game you play
I runaway tryin' to find another way
I runaway yeah runaway
you made of iron and I made of clay
I runaway Jackie go your own way!

I don't know what to say when I see Jackie play, I don't know what to say
Oh Jackie you're no good, yes I'd go if I could I'd kill you if I could!

I runaway yeah runaway Jackie it's more dan I can pay
I runaway you broke my heart dat day!
I runaway yeah runaway there'll be no more us nor we
I runaway Jackie why you did dat to me?

I runaway yeah runaway
now you're just a memory
I runaway but di virus 's still in me!

I don't know what to say when I see Jackie play, I don't know what to say
I fell fe all your tricks just like a ton of bricks I fell fe all your tricks!!

Mi come wid Garlic
to drop some lyrics
an fi play some tricks
we optimistic
got big lickin stick
call us atomic
bionic ironic
electric
mi teach Lord Comic!

So me di group and mi troop gonna try to move your feet
to dis old swingin' beat!
mi got home afta de party
tuesdee nite 1.30
mi found di doctor like a dog inna heat and mi darlin' talkin' sweet:
"flip mi ova and bone mi doctor, push wood inna di fiya!"

Doctor! where's you manners? you no mo' mi fella
so mi ran to mi gun an' shoot dem dung inna di cella!!

darlin' darlin never mi wid you
roses are red and violets are blue
darlin darlin mi no bagaboo
darlin mi nah clean your shoe
darlin darlin don't play dis song
cya mi come first and you second
38 or 45 whatever di size
and bye bye bye!

a likkle afta comin' from afar
a rumble in di yard growin loud and loud
mi run a di door mi open di door
good gracious a yellow ting like a flyin' scooter
mi decide fi meself to hopon
and tell di driver
"quick bredda quick black maria afta I!"
but you know him turn to mi
whatchaman di one and only Garlic Hooper!
you know di trumpeter!!

funny lyrics and music is all I bring inna mi tree piece suit and ting!
rememba me once inna di klubah made you sing and swing wid mi old darlin' ting!
all ah got fi dat: 3 long years inna custody
inna jail called "mercury"
me keepa was a portugee
him treated mi like a santapee
and him lied like a pharisee
but ah ain't got no fear
di allmighty guide I down there
I man smarter
Skalipsoul is di highway robba
I back on earth wid 15000 dollas!

Why don't you leave me alone

when I just wanna stay at home

and lemme listen to "do I worry"

Derrick sings marvelously well

all of my dreams dem locked in dis room

I'm gonna be a star very soon

but lemme listen to "I worry"

Derrick sings for I only

lemme listen to "I worry"

Derrick sings for me only

lemme listen to "do I worry"

leave us alone Derrick and me

shut de door stop following me

leave us alone Derrick and me!

I lef mi mooma and A lef mi papa inna Sokodé
I lef mi bredda and a lef mi sista fi di land of plenty
I ran to di river di Kara river and A wash mi body deh
I asked sweet Dora from Bassila "Gimme Illa glacé"

I'm from far lalalalala
ah selema tumbé mama selema selema selema selema selema tumbe I am from far
meyi afemé!

Ah miss mi fufu mi bredda Fofo and mi can o' Milo
Samsamé Mango Bafilo Aneho di pickney sey "yovo!"
ah miss Fafavi, princess Mawussi, Karin o memba me...
nights in Togoville and days pon de hill,
evryting cook and curry!

ah lef mi mooma and ah miss mi papa, mi hometown Sokodé
ah lef mi bredda dear ol' sista oh carry mi deh
run tell di river di Kara river I know mi go die deh
mi cowry shell choker, I man joker, bro Yema pray for me

yes mi crown fell on di ground mi son
but now I know I understand
dat what goes up one day will come dung
king one day begger next morn'...

life is no long quiet river/burn your soul like fiya!
some say life is quiet river/who sey so is liar!
life is such a long way to go/words bun dung like fiya!x2

yes mi crown fell on di ground mi son
but now I know I understand
dat what goes up one day will come dung
king one day begger next morn'...

gimme justice for di king is back

man beware it's me last attack

mi head's like a book dat is well compact

mi tongue like a gun dat never yet snap

run man run if ya see me come

monkey see monkey do go home!

don't care you face look innocent

you're like a monkey you're insolent!

delirious mule you're so arrogant!

oh laws me bawlin' fi punishment!

imitators now me know a lot!

don't ya know di only sureshot?

just in time put you in di fryin' pan

and ah let ya in man til di end of time!

you played wid di fiya when ya steal mi banner!

no you ain't got no honour better run fi cover!!

court in session Buster presidin'

him sentence ya three thousands years inna jail

man if ya goin a Zion high

go tell I and I you sinner man

you cyan't copy I musical ting

cos' you know noting bout I singin' machine

I've passed through de mill Lors I know de pain

open your eyes look who's back again

ah should have known by dis look in your eyes

dat you was a devil in disguise

right on time mi back on de scene

right on time di lord crown I king!

just in time put you in di fryin' pan

and ah let ya in man til di end of time!

you played wid di fiya when ya steal mi banner!

no you ain't got no honour better run fi cover!!

So one more day, another night
One more year without you
God I'm so blue, honey I miss you
So one more day, another night
One more year without you
God I'm so blue, don't know how old are you...

I mus' say if I had de money
I could show you a better day
but tings dem not so easy today
ain't no fun inna di city
from bad to worse everyday
God I polish shoes, man I beg fi money
tings dem so hard pon me!


ten years I livin' on de streets
still don't know how to make ends meet
tell me what do you learn at school
do your new daddy tink I'm a fool?
I'm dyin' to hear from you
I still polish shoes and still beg fi money
tings dem so hard pon me!

I'd like to know oh I'd like to know
why do people judge others?
why do people judge others?
mama lemme know ooh mama lemme know
why do people judge others?
love your neighbour as your brother

who knows de pain and who knows de load
dem carry someweh deep down in their souls
lemme know..mama lemme know!

I'd like to know oh I'd like to know
what am I to make of my life?
what am I to make of my life?
mama lemme know, why dem worry 'bout tomorrow?
don't borrow from tomorrow or you'll live in constant sorrow!

put Jah first move from worry to faith
Jah knows de need better than you know your face
lemme know..mama lemme know!

I'd like to know why man's plan often go wrong?
Oh I wish I'd go, yes man go and sin no mo'
mama lemme know oh mama lemme know
why people call it injustice?
who can ever reminisce?

who understands Jah's secret plan
inna di land of de sinking sand?
lemme know oh mama lemme know.....

Margarita
Margarita
Margarita
Margarita

Rushden road Margarita danced
"blow Don D blow" she said like inna trance
she was de queen of de rumba beat
he was de troubled man of de ska beat.
On new year's eve inna Johnsontown
de Skatalites played from dusk till dawn
wrong medication plus depression
blood on de floor whappened troubled Don?

Margarita
Margarita
Margarita
Margarita


Stabbed in di chest convicted murderer
she met her death when she met her lover
"open di door fi me open Junie!"
di clock stroke four...end of di story.
Inna Bellevue, home of lunatics,
di doctor kicked Don Cosmic so sick
di musical prophet sowed de seeds
a precious sound's now rulin' de streets

I and di mafia
we're bak in Africa
fi meet di Emperor
of sounds in Ethiopia
back to awi roots now
we set up a new era
dragons on mi finga
sing "united Africa"!

Go tell di black messiah
I and di mafia
we learn di whole chapter
Kebranagast
in Addis Ababa
we found out di scorcha
remember Lumumba
di mystical warrior

I and di mafia
we riddim conqueror
we fightin' for freedom
yes we shall overcome
stop di war and gun ting
listen Africa sings
di old time melody
African unity!

oh Dapango wha mek you galang so?

yeah now Dapango...Dapango gone a Babylon
wha mek you gwan so?
Dapango...come back yahso....Dapango...

Oh Dapango ya sey mi haffi know
wha you fi galang so

oh Dapango ah sey mi haffi know!!

spellbound, yes I'm still around
spellbound after all dis time

spellbound yes I'm still around
spellbound way back beyond
spellbound to di oldest time of man
spellbound...my mind is a clown...

spellbound way back beyond to di oldest time of man!
spellbound yes I'm still around
my mind is a clown!

spellbound yes I'm still around my mind is a clown
spellbound after all dis time no I never frown…

Dans un seul grain de sable
il y a le Sahara
Et dans une simple goutte
il y a tout l'océan
Dans une feuille d'érable
il y a le Canada

L'infiniment petit
c'est l'infiniment grand

Dans un petit glaçon
il y a tout l'Antartique
Et dans un courant d'air
il y a les ouragans
Dans un quart de soupir
il y a toute la musique

L'infiniment petit
c'est l'infiniment grand

C'est comme ça

c'est la vie
à travers un microscope
ou à travers un téléscope
c'est du pareil au même
des boules tournent
autour de boules
qui tournent
de boules qui tournent

Dans un seul petit mot
il y a toutes les histoires
Dans un éclat de rire
il y a tout les enfants
Dans un le regard d'un homme
il y a tout les espoirs

L'infiniment petit
c'est l'infiniment grand
L'infiniment petit
c'est l'infiniment grand

I love you
(I love you)
(I love you)
I love you
And you know it's true
(I love you)
(I love you)
(I love you)
I love you
And you know it's true
(I love you)
(I love you)
(I love you)
I love you
And you know it's true
(I love you)
(I love you)
(I love you)
I love you
And you know it's true

(And the ladies say)

And the ladies say
"Oh
My"
(And the fellas say)
And the fellas say
"Oo-yeah!"
And the ladies say
"Oh
My"
(And the fellas say)
And the fellas say
"Oo-yeah!"

Hot night
No sound
Take care
Drums pound

She move
I stare
One glaze
So round

Dark eyes
Low ground
She knows
I’m bound

Slow step
Wet hair
Deep bass
Warm sound
(Back vocal : you know that I’m back for more)

[Refrain – doublé]
Funky in a jungle wonder
(Jungle wonder)
Funky in a jungle wonder
(Jungle wonder)
[Verse 2]
Do you, do you,
Do you want to dance with me ?
Do you, do you,
Do you want to dance with me ?

[Bridge – x2]
I need you
I need you
I need you
I need you

[Refrain – final]
Funky in a jungle wonder
(Jungle wonder)
Funky in a jungle wonder
(Jungle wonder)