Solomon

Oh, God, Solomon
Solomon was a righteous man
But him never know the secret of a woman
I've been listening and learning
Do it, Jah
Right, bim

Cah mi say, Solomon, him was a wise man
Him never know di secret of a woman
I tell you, say, Solomon, him was a wise man
Him never know di secret of a woman
I tell you, say, that woman are di root of all evil (Bim)
Say, woman are di root of all evil
Cah mi say, Solomon, him was a wise man
Him never know di secret of a woman
I tell you, say, Solomon, him was a wise man
It was a woman who betray him to a Babylon
I tell you, say, that woman are di root of all evil (Bow)
Say, woman are di root of all evil
Some a revel gwan like dem are Evel Knievel

Cah mi say, Nebuchadnezzar, di king of Babylon
Cah, Nebuchadnezzar, di king of Babylon
Him spread him bed dung inna sardine pan
I'm a righteous man, I never do no wrong
I'm a conscious man, I never trouble no one

Cah mi say, Solomon, him was a wise man
Him never know di secret of a woman
I tell you, say, Solomon, him was a wise man
It was a woman who betray him to a Babylon
I tell you, say, that woman are di root of all evil (Bow)
Say, woman are di root of all evil

Cah mi say, Solomon a gone deh, him born pon a Monday
Solomon a gone deh, him born pon a Monday
Him christen pon a Tuesday (Do it)
I say, him marry pon a Wednesday (Till di bottom, say)
Him go to dance up on a Thursday (Hey)
Jah man, him go to dance up on a Friday (Get in the groove)
Hey, don't you be rude, ain't no
But you've got to make your love lucky for Babylon the way
Cah mi say, man, him miss a body, mi nuh buddy fi you

Cah which a tena, tena, sa, sa (Right)
Cah which a sa, sa, a baya (Bim)
Cah which a baya, baya, lee (Yeah enuh)
A which a lee, lee, a loo (Right)
A which a loo, a mi nuh know
Cah man, we are go play it in a Rub-a-Dub style
Jah man, we are go play it in a Jah man B style
Cah man, you never know mi as a discipline child
Ain't nobody criticize a Rub-a-Dub style
Dis ya one ya come fi kill, cah mi say, Fatty legalize

Cah mi say, Solomon, him was a wise man
Him never know di secret of a woman
I tell you, say, Solomon, him was a wise man
It was a woman who betray him to a Babylon
I tell you, say, that woman are di root of all evil (Bim)
Say, woman are di root of all evil
Say, woman are di root of all evil

I tell you, dis a one a come fi mash downtown
I tell you, dis a one a come fi mash uptown (Bow)
Say dat, we mash it in a country an' we mash it in a town
Cah, chicka-chicka, dacka, so di people-dem a rock
Cah, anyway dis drop, I say, dis one cyaan flop
Cah, David kill Goliath with a sling an' a stone
Cah, Samson kill Philistine with a donkey jaw bone
I tell you, pupa Ranger come fi mash it an' go home
Cah, some dutty nigga say mi hear one comb

Cah mi say, Solomon, him was a wise man
Him never know di secret of a woman
I tell you, say, Solomon, him was a wise man
It was a woman who betray him to a Babylon
I tell you, say, a woman are di root of all evil
Cah mi say, woman are di root of all evil

Yeah, enuh
Solomon