Informer (1992)

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Informer, you no say daddy, me Snow me, I'll go blame,

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a licky boom boom down.

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Detective mon said, daddy me Snow, me stab someone down the lane,

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a licky boom boom down.

+ repeat CHORUS (2x)

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1. Police them come an' now they blow down me door,

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one him come crawl through through my window.

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So then they put me in the back the car at the station,

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from that point on me reach my destination.

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When the destination reached, it was the east detention,

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where them whipped down me pants, looked up me bottom, so.

+ CHORUS (2x)

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2. Bigger they are, they think they have more power,

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they're on the phone me say that on every hour.

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Me for want to use it once an' now me call me lover,

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lover who I'll be callin is the one Tammy.

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An' me love her in me heart down to my belly,

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Yes, me daddy, me Snow me, I feel cool an' deadly.

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As the one MC Shan an' the one daddy Snow,

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together we-a love 'em as a Tor-Na-Do.

+ CHORUS (2x)

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3. Listen for me, you better listen for me now,

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Listen for me, you better listen for me now,

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when me rockin' the microphone, me rock it steady,

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yes sir, daddy me Snow me, are the article don,

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but in the in an' the out of a dance them they say where you come from.

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People them say you come from Jamaica,

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but me born an' raised in the ghetto, that's the one I want you to know.

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Pure black people mon, that's all I mon know,

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yeah, me shoes are tear up an' me toes used to show,

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where me born in on the one Toronto, so.

+ CHORUS (2x)

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4. Come with a nice young lady,

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intelligent, yes, she's gentle an' irie.

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Everywhere me go, me never left her at all,

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yes, it’s daddy Snow me are the roam dance mon,

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roam between a dancin' in a in a nation-a,

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you never know say, daddy me Snow me, are the Boom Shakata.

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Me never lay-a down flat in that one cardboard box,

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yes, say me, Daddy me Snow me, I'll go reachin' at the top so.

+ CHORUS (2x)

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Why would he ? Why would he ?

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5. Me sittin' 'round cool with my dibbie dibbie girl,

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police knock my door, lick up my pal,

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rough me up an' I can't do a thing,

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pick up my line when my telephone ring.

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Take me to the station, black up my hands,

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trail me down 'cuz I'm hangin' with the Snowman.

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What I'm gonna do, I'm backed an' I'm trapped,

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slap me in the face an' took all o' my gap,

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they have no clues an' they wanna get warmer,

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but Shan won't turn informer.

+ CHORUS (2x) ….

(orig. = capo 1st) (Snow)