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LYRICS
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Unu* ah gwan* like ah* me make unu no make no money
Worries again Mr. Bailey?
Cho* man, take your time now man
Follow me!
Me ah God pickney*, say me ah God pickney
So all you ah do me say you can’t stop me…hu-hey!
God pickney, say me ah God pickney
So all you ah do me say you can’t stop me
Just take your mind off of me, take your mind off of me
Ah no me make you no make no money
No bother watch me, no bother chat me
No bother watch me style and criticize me
Just take your mind off of me, take your mind off of me
Take your mind off of me, just take your mind off of me
No me make you no make no money
No bother walk up and criticize me
Me ah God pickney, say me ah God pickney
No bother watch me style and criticize me
Cah* all you ah do me say you can’t stop me
Ask weh* me name Lord ah Mr. Bailey
Coulda travel over the ocean, over the sea
All you ah do me say you can’t stop me
You gang up everyday and ah criticize me
You chat 'pon corner and ah discuss me
All you ah do me say you can’t stop me
You ah talk about horse dead and even cow fat*
But, look ‘pon me bank book, how it fat
Just gwan Mr. Bailey you are the cream fi the crop
So take your mind off of me, take your mind off of…hu-hey!
Mind off of…..he-he-hey-hey-hu-hey-he-hey!
Mind off of me, take your mind off of me
Cause all you ah do me say you can’t stop me
Yes me ah God pickney, say me ah God pickney
All you ah do me say you can’t stop me
Ah no me make you no make no money
No bother watch me style and criticize me
Just take your mind off of me, take your mind off of me
Take your mind off of me, and no bother watch me
Cause Cornwall*, Middlesex* and down to Surrey*
Everybody inna Jamaica them love Bailey
Them love to see the Bailey inna fine stylee
And all them ah do me say them can’t stop me
Everywhere me go man is fine stylee
New York and even down ah New Jersey
Take your mind off of me, take your mind off of me
Ah no me make you no make no money
Take your mind off of me, take your mind off of me
Ah no me make you no make no money
Me say no bother watch me, no bother chat me
No bother watch me style and criticize me
Cause all you ah do me say you can’t stop me
In case you never know me ah God pickney
Say me ah God pickney, say me ah God pickney
All you ah do me say you can’t stop me…hu-hey!
God pickney, say me ah God pickney
And all you ah do me say you can’t stop me
You walk up everyday and ah chat up your mouth
Walk from East and you walk from South
Gwan Mr. Bailey cause you big and you stout
‘pon the riddim you know what you talking about
Take your mind off of me, take your mind off of me
Ah no me make you no make no money…hu-hey!
Mind off of me, take your mind off of me
Ah no me make you no make no money
Me say no bother watch me and no bother grudge me
No bother watch me style and criticize me
Cah me ah God pickney, me ah God pickney
And all you ah do me say you can’t stop me
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Unu = Y’all
Gwan = Go on
Ah = This word is present in almost all sentences of the Jamaican Patois. Generic term for nearly everything and can mean am/is/of/to/are/in etc depending on context.
Cho = Damn
Pickney = Child
Cah = Cause
Weh = What
Talk about "Horse dead and even cow fat" = Expression which means Talk about "irrelevant things" or beating about the bush
Cornwall, Middlesex & Surrey = these are counties in Jamaica
4 апр 2021
