Ruffian

Now, thou shall not mess with the Spengargon ruffian
'Cause all you and one of God's descendant
A can have a rattler snake intention and a gunman direction
Whosoever dare cause provocation shall be like half of a fraction
Understand me nuh, man
Lord have mercy
Hear me look pon dem and say

Nuff of dem say dem a don, nuff of dem a Mr. Man
We are ruff ruffian and we no 'fraid of no man
Nuff of dem a Mr. Man, nuff of dem say dem a don
We are ruff ruffian and we no 'fraid of no man

We are ruffian, we no 'fraid of no man
We are ruffian and we write we own program
We are ruffian, and we no take instruction
Cah, the badness begun from Pigeon Gang
Man like Gugguzar, Matta Pang, and Hooligan
Bumper, Face, Joe, and the one, Malachi
But nowadays youth a call themselves "don"
Who no name "don", dem name "Mr. Man"

But dem deh kind of name deh abomination
Shut up! No bother vex, just pay attention

Look out when we're hungry, a we're hungry one
Sometime hungry dig out we belly bottom
Fi get little food we take up gun in our hand
We no want eat through no frustration

But we haffi do it through starvation
Then how the hell me fi call myself "Mr. Man"?
Me left that to the big boy in a big position

We are ruffian, and we no 'fraid of no man
We are ruffian and we write we own program
We are ruffian, we are no leader fi no gang
We are ruffian, Lord have mercy

Because we burn down parish, burn out Woodland
Sink Smallport and kill out Trenton
Bury traitor and big up poor man

Cah, we are ruffian, and we no 'fraid of no man
We are ruffian, and we no take instruction
We are ruffian, fight fi we own a weapon
We are ruffian, Lord have mercy

Because, a where dem deh when we a run the land?
When we a run it with gun inna we hand
When we a touch up forty bread pan
Dem deh time no have nothing fi nyam
Hungry a dig out we belly bottom
Buckers, bonnet, and sometime slam
Night time we rough, day we humble like lamb
Cah, we no waan fi go get no sentence

Cah, we are ruffian, and we no 'fraid of no man
We are ruffian, and we no 'fraid of no man
We are ruffian, we no take instruction
We are ruffian, Lord have mercy

Cah, nuff of dem a Mr. Man, nuff of dem say dem a don
We are ruff ruffian and we no 'fraid of no man

Dem a Mr. Man, nuff of dem say dem a don
We are ruff ruffian and we no 'fraid of no man
We are ruffian, all of the Riverton man
Dem are ruffian, all of the Tel Aviv man
Dem are ruffian, all of the Southside man
Dem are ruffian, all of the Junglist gang
Dem are ruffian, all of the Tivoli man
Dem are ruffian, all of the Spain Town man
Dem are ruffian, Lord have mercy

Cah, nuff of dem say dem a don, nuff of dem a Mr. Man
We are ruff ruffian and we no 'fraid of no man
Nuff of dem say dem a don, nuff of dem a Mr. Man
We are ruff ruffian and we no 'fraid of no man

Where dem did deh when we a run the island?
When we a look fi we food fi we pan
No wear shirt, man a play bandland
Patta crep pon we foot and gun inna hand
Police see we, just "blam-blam-blam"
Two pence a reach Westmoreland
Dem never catch we, no Jah man
Cah, you know we are guide by the Holy One

Cah, we are ruffian, we no 'fraid of no man
We are ruffian, Lord have mercy

Because, the badness begun from Pigeon Gang
Man like Gugguzar, Hooligan, and Matta Pang
Bumper, Face, Joe, Malachi, and Musican
Dem deh nowadays youth a say that dem a don
Who no name "don", dem name "Mr. Man"
But dem deh kind of name deh abomination
Shut up! No bother vex, just pay attention
Look out when we're hungry, a we're hungry one
Sometime hungry dig out we belly bottom

Sometimes fi get food we take up gun in our hand
We no want do that through the frustration
But we haffi do it through provocation

Cah, we are ruffian, we no 'fraid of no man
We are ruffian, all of the Barbican man
Dem are ruffian, all of the Readys Road man
Dem are ruffian, all of the Rockfort man
Dem are ruffian, all of the Nannyville man
Dem are ruffian, all of the Halfway Tree man...