Lyrics Diana King – Spanish Town Blues

Di ting called the Spanish Town blues
I’m doing dis one ya jus for u
Sing or die if you choose
Sly an Robbie seh mi affi pay mi dues

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

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