What's up, man?

Ayo, what's up?

Yeah, what's going on, yo?

I'm sick and tired of 5-O running up on the block

You know what I'm saying?

Yo, Snow, they came around looking for you the other day (word?)

Word, bust it!

Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame

I lick he boom-boom down

'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane

I lick he boom-boom down

Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame

I lick he boom-boom down

'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane

I lick he boom-boom down

Police-a them-a they come and-a they blow down me door

Break a car troo, troo my window

So dey put me in de back de car at de station

From that point on, me reach my destination

Where the destination reachin' outta east detention

Where dey looked down me pants, look up me bottom, so

Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame

I lick he boom-boom down

'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane

I lick he boom-boom down

Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame

I lick he boom-boom down

'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane

I lick he boom-boom down

So, bigger dem are they think dem have more power

De pon di phone me say dat one hour

Me for want to use a once an' now me call me lover

Lover who me callin an' a one Tamei

An' mi love her in my heart down to my belly-a

Yes, say daddy me Snow me haffi cool an' deadly

Yes, the one MC Shan an' the one Daddy Snow

Together we-a love 'em is a tor-na-do

Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame

I lick he boom-boom down

'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane

I lick he boom-boom down

Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame

I lick he boom-boom down

'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane

I lick he boom-boom down

So, listen for me, you better listen for me now

Listen for me, you better listen for me now

When-a me rock-a the microphone, me rock on steady-a

Yes, a daddy me Snow me are de article don

But the in an a-out a dance an they say where you come from-a?

People dem say ya come from Jamaica

But me born an' raised in the ghetto that I want ya to know-a

Pure black people man that's all I man know

Yeah, me shoes are a-tear up an'a me toes just a show-a

Where me-a born in are de one Toronto, so

Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame

I lick he boom-boom down

'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane

I lick he boom-boom down

Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame

I lick he boom-boom down

'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane

I lick he boom-boom down

Come with a nice young lady

Intelligent, yes, she gentle and irie

Everywhere me go, me never lef' her at all-ie

Yes-a Daddy Snow me are the roam dance man-a

Roam between-a dancin' in-a in-a nation-a

You never know say daddy me Snow me are the boom shakata

Me never lay-a down flat in-a one cardboard box-a

Yes-a daddy me Snow me-a go reachin' out da top, so

Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame

I lick he boom-boom down

'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane

I lick he boom-boom down

Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame

I lick he boom-boom down

'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane

I lick he boom-boom down

Why wo ee? Why wo ee? An' wo ee an' wo ee?

Me sitting 'round cool with my dibbie-dibbie girl

Police knock my door, lick up my pal

Rough me up and I can't do a thing

Pick up my line when my telephone ring

Take me to the station black up my hands

Trail me down cause I'm hanging with the Snowman

What I'm gonna do? I'm backed and I'm trapped

Slap me in the face and took all of my gap

They have no clues and they wanna get warmer

But Shan won't turn informer

Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame

I lick he boom-boom down

'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane

I lick he boom-boom down

Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame

I lick he boom-boom down

'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane

I lick he boom-boom down

Diggity dum, diggity diggity dum, an' wo ee, an wo, an wo ee