Back on the Wall - Kwesi Arthur

When you get your back on the wall

When you get your back on the wall

Them no dey like you like them dey dey used to

When you get your back on the wall

When you get your back on the wall

Them no dey like you like them dey dey used to

Them no dey like you like them dey dey used to, used to

And edey pain me, make a’blame me!

Why them no dey like me like them dey dey used to

Them no dey like me like them dey dey used to, used to

Is it that mean, is it jealousy

Why them no dey like me like them dey dey used to

Them no dey like me like them dey dey used to, used to

See me see trouble

See me see trouble

See me see trouble

See me see trouble ey

Please don’t burst my bubble

I’ve been hustling hustling

Me ne wo na ɛkɔ ba

My brother my brother

So tell me mini sa ne ba

Nsa kɔ na nsa ba

Me ne wo na ɛkɔ ba

Sɛ m’anya me ho n fa soɔ deɛ yemmɔ ka

On my knees praying for mercy

Jah Jah abi you see the grind

Nanfo sɛm nti na kɔtɔ nni tre

I thought mama was lying

Now I see

Ghetto wood actors

Wɔsɛe me din backwards

Haba!

When you get your back on the wall

When you get your back on the wall

Them no dey like you like them dey dey used to

Them no dey like you like them dey dey used to

When you get your back on the wall

When you get your back on the wall

Them no dey like you like them dey dey used to

Them no dey like you like them dey dey used to

And edey pain me, make a’blame me!

Why them no dey like me like them dey dey used to

Them no dey like me like them dey dey used to, used to

Is it that mean, is it jealousy

Why them no dey like me like them dey dey used to

Them no dey like me like them dey dey used to

Mi ni sane ba

Nsa kɔ na nsa ba

Mi ni sane ba

Nsa kɔ na nsa ba

Tidatitatey!

Jealousy go shame

Jealousy go shame

Jealousy mama, jealousy papa

Jealousy brother, jealousy sister ey ey ey

Tidatitatey!

Jealousy go shame

Jealousy go shame

Jealousyfoc aahh!

Tadadadidatadatoro ey

I go pray for you

Ooh…

Yea yea yea…

Jealousy go shame

Jealousy go shame

(When you get your back on the wall

When you get your back on the wall

Them no dey like you like them dey dey used to

Them no dey like you like them dey dey used to

When you get your back on the wall

When you get your back on the wall

Them no dey like you like them dey dey used to

Them no dey like you like them dey dey used to)