Hey Yo! Can't you see Everybody wanna be Crying to be Dying to be Trying to be Can't you see? You can't be me! Ah! Lord-a-mercy, One time; for the crime; hey..niggaz got to pay the fine
A who? Coulda neva Mista Wanna be Me A guh kill yuh free Mek everybody see A you? People seh dress up fi look like me Me aguh done you too and yuh friend mek three
A who? Coulda neva Mista War not me A guh kill yuh free Mek everybody see A you? People seh dress up fi look like me Me aguh done you too and yuh friend mek three
Unu wanna be me! Weh tek dem insect True mi tek Spring Break, si dem a impress Hear this likkle punk guh sing a battyman concept Seh him hood Deanie, a deh suh mi object And him guh pon Mirage, and guh dis-respect bout dem box man a foreign dem nuh tek nuh bet yet Tell dem if dem do dat World War woulda re-flex Yuh lef' Clarendon and come drop ina wasp nest with Guerilla warfare yuh caught mi interest War mi start dat by reservation and request To kill dis yah fool, to me dat is no stress Murder dem fast just like a Federal Express And mi run wild west
Ask dem a who? Coulda neva Mista Wanna be Me A guh kill yuh free Mek everybody see A you? People seh dress up fi look like me Me aguh done you too and yuh friend mek three
A who? Coulda neva Mista Wanna be Me A guh kill dem free Mek everybody see
A you? People seh dress up fi look like me Me aguh done you too and yuh friend mek three
Unu done know further Talk fact not fiction, that's what yuh heard of 'Fore mi tell yuh seh mi hear yuh nyam fur burger Yuh jus a realize right yah suh yuh get murder A from yuh gal friend lips, mi hear dem word yah Di likkle careless punk, weh dem call name Merva Seh yuh dida guh dung and a sight observer mek haste emerge yah
Hey yow A who? Coulda neva Mista Wanna be Me A guh kill yuh free Mek everybody see A you? People seh dress up fi look like me Me aguh done you too and yuh friend mek three
Unu grudging to be Mista Wannabe Everybody sight that you wanna be me Go as far and plan fi tek all plastic surgery Wah day yuh friend a seh him nah guh run and flee Mi fix him ina Mirage, him run, him neva agree Unu nuh hear bout me Mi nuh want a cent fi kill yuh, mi will kill yuh fi free Send yuh mumma di fee fi mek sure yuh bury When gunshot tek yuh 96 degree Unu fi guh a Spanglers corner or T.G Unu nuh hear bout we?
I ask A who? Coulda neva Mista Wanna be Me A guh kill yuh free Mek everybody see A you? People seh dress up fi look like me Me aguh done you too and yuh friend mek three
A who? Coulda neva Mista Wanna be Me A guh kill yuh free Mek everybody see A you? People seh dress up fi look like me Me aguh done you too and yuh friend mek three

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