Principle

Now, principle is what the whole world need, an' respect
So you got to do what you can while
The sun keep on shining, make haste

Because I need your loving but you have fi
Have some principle (Me a say di truth)
I need your hugging but, girl, you have fi have some principle (Lord)

Mi say mi don't know why this girl is so simple
It look like she live down at Mandeville
The way di gal pretty, man, mi eye-dem dazzle
But when mi pick her up she just a give mi pure trouble

Girl, I need your loving but you have fi have some principle (Yow)
I said, I want your hugging but you have fi have some principle (Lord)

When time she sick at chicken pox an' measles
Mi carry her go to doctor, no one time a double
Say, little after that get better, start give trouble
Said, I want your hugging, but girl
You have fi have some principle (Lord)

Say, you no name Jennifer, you name Mabel
Tell me, young girl, why you a give mi trouble?
A youth like me wear mi pants at mi uncle
So tell me, little girl, tell me why you so simple
It look like you raised in a di place weh dem call Mandeville
But tell you, if a dance, have fi jam, we have fi jam it
Dance, have fi ram, we have fi jam it
We take up di mic an' start talk it
People start carry water in a basket
Dem a ride dem bicycle without di sprocket

If you want some lyrics, pupa Chaplin have it (Lord)
Said, if you want some culture, say, pupa Chaplin have it (Yeah)
Said, if you want some respect, pupa Chaplin really have it (Lord)

So mi say, tell me, Mabel, why you so simple?
Tell me, Mabel, make you give mi trouble?
Girl like you, say you live at Mandeville
If you want some loving, just come on an' ask for it (Yow)
Beca' di girl come in like when di moon shine
Lord-our-God, she have mi up in her mind
Said dat mi come in too late at night time
Little after that she no know, say, mi fine

If you want some loving, you got to have some principle (Yeah)
I said, I need your hugging but, girl, you
Have fi have some principle (Yeah, you know)

Mi said-a, everyday she have mi name all over di place
Lord-our-God, she put me in a disgrace
A talk 'bout, say, mi come in late
She an' her friend-dem a watch mi an' a talk mi
Little girl, I tell you, you got to have some principle (Yow)

A mi say, one thing di girl never understand
Mi is not her boyfriend, mi is her man
But when you see a girl no have ambition
No care weh you a do, dem head tough like iron
Man, I love you to mi heart, but you
Still have to have some principle (Yow)
I said, I wish me never part, but you
Still have fi have principle (Yow)

A without principle you nah go reach nowhere
Every day you a fuss, mi will end up in a fear

Might tell mi have fi run, yeah, an' leave you out of here
Sometime you hear, say, mi no deh 'bout, not even leave here
I really love you, baby, but you got to have some principle