Nicodemus - Father Jungle Rock

Do mi dis call "The Father Jungle Rock"
I in a pants an' a Rosie in a frack

But, c-a-t, dat a cat say, r-a-t, dat a rat
For,  mi say, f-a-t, dat a fat
I tell you, any gal weh dem no fat
I tell you, say
Dem can't get no medal fi dat
Jah man, for dis a father jungle rock
Cah, let mi tell you
Dis a father jungle rock
(Well, watch out, man)

Mi say, a no drinking back
Say, a no drinking back
Say, a no drinking back a make mi gal get fat
Mi put Irish moss a breakfast to a supper
Di (Mi say)
Zion a black, she live up by di track (Bim)
Zion a black, she live up by di track
She was a ballhead
But now she turn a dreadlocks
She take off di short
But she put on di frack she put on di frack
It have a tear on di back miss you a fat

For, dis a father jungle rock
For, dis a father jungle rock
(Well, watch out man)

Every morning I get up, I run to lover
I in a tracks-shoes an' mi
Short of a di socks
And when I done dat, I go drink mi Irish moss
Say, as mi call mi gal, mi say
She don't want fi stop
But after give mi irie she a beg mi fi stop

Dis a father jungle rock
Dis a father jungle rock well, man!

Wah dat, wah dat? You better than dat
Wah dat, wah dat? You better than dat
Skidip, you better run-come quick
Skidip, you better run-come quick
For, some a dem a model with dem
You look in a dem pocket, say, di fi eat
A boy, chew your chicken, nah go
For, what mi a go give dem is a sweet music

Skidip, you better run-come quick
Jah man, in a di father jungle rock
In a di father jungle rock

Cah, let mi tell you, mi say
Zion a black, she live up by di track (Bim)
Zion a black, she live by di track
She was a ballhead
But now she turn a dreadlocks
She take off di shorts an'
She put on di frack she put on di frack
It have a tear at di back
Say, any time mi chat, I said
I want you fi rock
For, mi in a pants and a Rosie in a frack
When I play my shack-attack, I said
I want you fi rock
Say, di sweetest water is jelly coconut
Let mi tell you, Nicodemus, say
Him sweeter than that
Say, mi go a fi go buy a fur hat
Mi said a bad boy, him just a fire pure shot
Mi say, pity him no know, I say
Mi father is a doc him a
Cah, let mi tell you 'bout
Di father jungle rock

For, mi say, whether big fish, a mi say
Whether you put in a di bad man
In a father jungle rock
Jah man, in a di father jungle rock

Cah, let mi tell you, miss you a fat
Well, any time mi chat, mi say
Mi want you fi rock

Written by:
PETER ELDRIDGE, JOHN COLTRANE, KIMBERLY ANN NAZARIAN

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Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group

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