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Like to tell you a story about a girl I know |
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Or should I say a girl I used to know |
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1971 inna england |
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Fresh off the plane to my dame inna brixton |
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No she never ask 'bout flight |
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Two month now no telegram write |
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Hey she send taxi fi I |
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She gone a some house party tonight |
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So call me artical like |
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Make a few call get a couple invite |
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Inna the place me gone |
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Never leff yard from the day me born |
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Right up front who me staring pon |
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You can tell say a she by the way she gwaan |
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Christine christina crystal |
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Try all a dem and she still never respond |
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Understand catch a pree from a distance |
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Man hand gone inna pants fi a six-pance |
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Whoa tuff guys beside her |
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She naa reply when I say hi to her |
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So dem go try bring violence in the parr |
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Need I remind these kind that I nuh war |
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So me turn fi walk away |
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But a likkle voice in my head start talk to me |
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Tell me walk right pass her |
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To the sound take the mic and ask her |
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Girl why don't you answer to your name |
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Girl why don't you answer to your name |
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And girl I know you see me |
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And you know I see you too |
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So what is it gonna be |
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Tell me what you wanna do |
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What's with this great mystery |
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After all that we been through |
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Now you're refusing to look my way eh |
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My likkle darling |
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Know she stay so from morning |
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Where she grew was appalling |
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Want fi make it right so she take the flight |
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Heard the city lights calling |
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From the day she been crawling |
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All she hear bout is foreign |
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Say we a keep the link |
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Now wah me fi think see the plans dem sinking |
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Deep new year reach |
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Accent gone pon all part a you speech |
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Don gorgon dem u waa fi go meet |
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Like she be the real topanaris a street |
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Please watch how me calmness a do it |
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Naa bat a lid as a morning I leave |
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But how me fi walk right pass you miss |
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Haffi look inna you eye and ask you this |
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Girl why don't you answer to your name |
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Girl why don't you answer to your name |
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And girl I know you see me |
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And you know I see you too |
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So what is it gonna be |
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Tell me what you wanna do |
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What's with this great mystery |
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After all that we been through |
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Now you're refusing to look my way eh |
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And I know you know what I'm talking about |
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Girl see you in the crowd and act like she don't know |
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But me naa take no stylin' no punkin' or no joke |
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Huh |
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Girl why you dweet girl why you dweet |
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Girl why you dweet girl why you dweet |
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No it no sweet no it no sweet |
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No it no sweet no it no sweet |
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Girl why you dweet girl why you dweet |
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No it no sweet no it no sweet |
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Girl why you dweet girl why you dweet |
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No you shouldn't dweetno it no sweet |
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Say what mek you dweet girl why you dweet |
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What mek you dweet girl why you dweet |
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No that no sweet no it no sweet |
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Girl that no sweet no it no sweet |
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What mek you do it girl why you dweet |
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You shouldn't dweet no it no sweet |
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Girl why you dweet |
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No you shouldn't dweet |
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Girl why don't you answer to your name |
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Girl why don't you answer to your name |