(Mm, yow! Oi mon, yosh!
Shinehead again, me na show you, mon)
(Back to back, we a‐deal
with it , brother
Green, ya know)
(Now all crew we have to
bigga you up ,seen?)
(So just go on, step up in live
And strive same way, you hear? Ehh… Yes)
Don't drink coffee,
I drink roots, my dear
And I love my morning rise
You can see it in my motions when I walk
I'm a Jamaican in New York
See me walking down
Church Avenue, with my hat leaned
to one side
You can see it when I walk
I'm a Jamaican in New York
Oh‐oh, I'm an alien,
I'm a legal alien
I'm a Jamaican in New York
Oh‐oh, I'm an alien,
I'm a legal alien
I'm a Jamaican in New York Ehh… Yes
Roughness maketh man as someone said
He's the rude boy of the day
Takes a man to make a stand,
sometimes get wild
Be yourself, no matter
what they say
Oh‐oh, I'm an alien,
I'm a legal alien
I'm a Jamaican in New York
Oh‐oh, I'm an alien,
I'm a legal alien
I'm a Jamaican in New York
Nicin' up a party, could lead to notoriety
Pretty soon they'll know you as the don
Because we live so hearty,
Babylon no like we
Still we're gonna party
'til the sun
(Hey, hear, don't stop, you proceed)
(This is the rhythm and the rhyme you need
Shinehead's gonna take the lead)
(Ha‐ha, ha‐ha, ah yeah,
na‐now show the man)
(All crew want to set up
inna self in now)
(All yardman put‐a up‐a one
And make the world know that you
gonna have ambition)
(All yard woman put‐a up‐a one
And make the world know that you
gonna have ambition)
(Well‐a‐we, a‐well‐a‐we
a yardy, a‐well‐a‐we, a‐way‐we‐day
with a New York City)
(And what we come for, fe make some money
We have to do that to feed my family)
Chuck and madness does not make a man
And we're not the only ones with guns
Confront your enemies, outsmart them
if you can
But if all else fails, you better run
Roughness maketh man as someone said
He's the rude boy of the day
Takes a man to make a stand,
sometimes get wild
Be yourself, no matter
what they say
Oh‐oh, I'm an alien,
I'm a legal alien
I'm a Jamaican in New York
Oh‐oh, I'm an alien,
I'm a legal alien
I'm a Jamaican in New York
Oh‐oh, I'm an alien
I'm a Jamaican in New York
Oh‐oh, I'm an alien
I'm a Jamaican in New York
(Ya mon, so love we give to them, mon,
back to back)
(And even if you're not a Jamaican, I want you
to step up in life same way, hear?)
('Cause it's still a family affair, man
On the strength of reality)
(Anyway, all our crew and all massive,
gwan stride here so
Ehh… Yes!) me Daddy Snow,