That bwoy left from outta da yard from morning and him don't come back Is him and everything just get on top of mi nerves A soon run left Jamaica and go live a Kingston hmmmm A could a who say granny nuh miserable If you live with you granny you wi tun granny too A who say granny nuh love di cussing Fi mi granny she cuss fi everything Granny! stop hollering out mi name Granny! you calling mi name in vain Granny! weh you a call mi fa Mi soon left you and go live with mama Imagine I caan tek this country what we live in Look how much money wi haffi fi pay fi chicken Rice and flour and cornmeal is a sin Waan buy a milk and mi caan buy di tin Caan even get sugar now fi do some sweetening A soon run left Jamaica and go live in a foreign Oh lawd of mercy I have to sing Unno help me now hmm I use to tun cornmeal and give mi dad But that was long before it raise si ya bwoy I caan tun cornmeal no more a mi yard Cause tings get hard Oh lawd Mi say nowadays rice gone up oh lawd Chicken gone up whooy Flour it gone outta space Way in a foreign him dey and caan and caan catch da note ya Come again one more time deh fi mi oh, hear mi now Granny! stop hollering out mi name Granny! how you calling mi name in vain Granny! suh weh you a call mi name fa Mi soon left you and go live with mama A who say granny nuh miserable If you grow with you granny you wi tun granny too A who say granny nuh love di cussing Fi mi granny man she cuss fi everything Son I always tell you you fi look before you leap You caan plant corn and a peas you waan reap You don't start di journey then how you fi reach Tek up di broom cah di yard waan sweep Look pon you bed you nuh spread it up with you sheet Mi tell you fi do something all now you nuh dweet Tun some cornmeal let mi get it fi eat
A so-so gum mi have cause mi lost mi false teeth Granny! stop hollering out mi name Granny! you calling mi name in vain Granny! weh you a call mi fa Mi soon left you and go live with mama Unda one tree mi hold a seat and sidung When mi look mi see my granny she a come She grab him by di shirt and say come here grandson A weh di cornmeal deh weh mi tell you fi tun She double up her fist and mi go mek fi run She start thump mi dung like a mike Mccallum(boop) Mi granny she just thump mi dung a ground And in a mi chest a weh mi granny kneel dung Boop! you wait you ears nuh have nuh drum Boop! a soon left you with so-so gum Boop! anything mi say must do must be done Granny a go k** mi! well grandson When I done with you a hearse dem haffi send come Boop! a you mek mi old before young Boop! a you gimme body come dung I caan tek it no more I gwaan left jamdown A run left ya and go live a kingston Granny! stop hollering out mi name Granny! you calling mi name in vain Granny! weh you a call mi fa Mi soon left you and go live with mama A who say granny nuh miserable If yuh live with you granny you wi tun granny too A who say granny nuh love di cussing Fi mi granny man she cuss fi everything That bwoy left out from yard talk bout him a go shoot bird All now him nuh come back him just get on top a mi nerves A bwoy like that mek mi cuss badword W-w-w-Wait till that bwoy come in here Imagine I caan tek dis country what we live in Look how much money we haffi fi pay fi chicken Rice and flour and cornmeal is a sin When you talk bout milk mi caan buy a tin Not even sugar fi do nuh sweetening A soon run left Jamaica and go live a foreign Oh lawd I have to sing I use to tun cornmeal and give mi dad