Dem a Pree - Shatta Wale, Mavado

Arms of Jah!

Selassie I!

A di king mi see!

So we nah bow out!

Man a go through di poverty

But mi see, mi dun see

A batty ting some a pree, yah hear mi A batty ting dem a pree

Seh dem live cross di water and dem caan go a sea

Yah hear mi, dat a nuh life of a G Caan tell mi yuh a gangsta yuh nuh gangsta fah mi Oh Jah!

Protect mi nation

Mi box dung gun bag inna di station

Rifle a spray like spray can

It chop up a bwoy body like bacon

Yuh see!

Nuff a dem a bitch like Missy!

None a King Selassie I pickney a nuh sissy

Fi di fast cash pon dem neck man put hickey

Yuh see di bwoy dem move fishy, mi see

A batty ting dem a pree

Seh dem live cross di water and dem caan go a sea

Yuh see, dem a nuh gangsta fah mi Mi nuh care if a bwoy reach hundred degree

Yah hear mi, a batty ting dem a pree

How dem live cross di water and dem caan go a sea

Yah hear mi, a batty ting dem a pree

Dem bwoy deh dem a nuh gangsta fah mi, yah hear mi Just get a call from Jackie

Seh she home alone and she well waan di cocky

How faggy mek she sad but di God mek she happy

Faggot well waan tek off di gal baggy

And go to har room pon mi broom she a trolly

She begi mi please Gully God nuh stop stab it She look inna mi eye and bumpa pon di body

She nuh waan nuh faggy him a sleep wid him daddy

Mi see, a batty ting dem a pree

How dem live cross di water and dem caan go a sea

Somebody tell mi, batty ting dem a pree

Put gunshot inna mi enemy

Mi see, a batty ting dem a pree

How dem live cross di water and dem caan go a sea

Mi see, a batty ting dem a pree

Ting dem a pree, yah hear mi Man from Portmore, man from Kingston

Some bumbohole nah have nuh knowledge or nuh wisdom

Dem know what is done

Man from Mo’Bay and from Ochi

Motherf*ckers don’t know me Bwoy nuh know how fi approach mi Mi nah fi, mi dun wid di war and mi collect di trophy

Mi see a batty ting, a batty ting dem a pree

But gangstas from St. Anns to Trulani

Dem fi know, and St. Mary

I warn to dem, done so dem a pree

Munga Honourable, man a rebel, HEYYYYYYYYYY!

Mi see a batty ting dem a pree, a batty ting dem a pree

Batty bwoy dem now mon!

Batty bwoy caan war wid mi, YUH SEE!