When mi was a boy, mumma only let mi wear a bogga Mi don't get lunch money, sometime a pure burn sugar Burn sugar, burn sugar, I man still remember Mumma, she send mi to school, I get educated I get educated, so sophisticated Not underrated, but really elevated Some of them a say there goes another dirty nigga Another dirty nigga, another dirty nigga Some of them a say, that boy there, him just charge fi murder But a rumor, but a rumor, but a lie-sah, but a lie-sah Some of them a swear for a airplane drop down It keep, keep flying, keep flying, keep flying, keep flying Stewardess, them a fit in, stewardess, them a fit in Some of them no like Eek 'cause mi go a California (California) Some of them a say there goes another dirty nigga Weh just charge fi murder, an' them a spread pure rumor Some of them a take their money an' a buy pure obeah Pure obeah, pure obeah, Jah Jah Jah know, pure obeah Pure obeah, pure obeah, Jah Jah Jah know, pure obeah Pure obeah, pure obeah, Jah Jah Jah know, pure obeah When mi was a boy, mumma only give mi burn sugar All day long go a school only in a bogga Only in a bogga, only in a bogga, only in a bogga