42nd Street

[Intro]
Way over in America
Down in Manhattan, there is a place name the 42nd street
Where all the freak an' the prostitute meet, huh-huh-huh
But-a hail Rasta (Huh)

[Chorus]
Mi come fi tell you 'bout the 42nd street
A man, mi are go tell you 'bout the 42nd street
Where all the freak an' the prostitute meet
Some a drop a quarter, goin' at place an' go peep
I tell you, Louie Lepkie come fi rock you to di beat (Bimma, hey)

[Verse 1]
Mi see di gal a model an' a carry handbag
Di next gal a look at one man fi go rob
Di other gal a check a fi go do di blowjob
But I man Louie Lepkiе did a wait pon a cab
It was a yellow cab (Slung-dung-diddla-widdly-bong)
It was a yellow cab (Do it, Jah, hey-a)

[Chorus]
Mi comе fi tell you 'bout di 42nd street (Hey-a)
Mi come fi tell you 'bout di 42nd street (Bumma)

[Verse 2]
Mi say, mi walking down di street an' a sexy girl mi meet
She say, "Hey, Louie Lepkie, make you dress so neat"
"An' when you hold di mic, what make you deejay so sweet?"
But di girl is a coke freak
Cho make mi tell you, say, the girl is a coke freak
Hear me now, though Rasta
Mi say she always laughing when there ain't no joke
Her favorite fun was to sniffin' coke
Mi have fi tell her, said-a, ganja mi smoke
I tell you, Louie Lepkie him no run dem deh joke
I tell you, even puppy dog must have to choke
I tell you, Louie Lepkie him no run dem deh joke (Hey-a)
About di girl is a coke freak (Do it)

[Chorus]
Cah mi are go tell you 'bout di 42nd street
A so mi are go tell you 'bout di 42nd street
A where all the freak an' the prostitute meet
An' some a drop a quarter, goin' in place an' go peep
I tell you, Louie Lepkie come fi rock you to di beat (Bim)

[Verse 3]
Mi see di gal a model an' a carry handbag
Di next gal a look at one man fi go rob
Di other gal a check a fi go do di blowjob
But I man Louie Lepkie did a wait pon a cab
It was a yellow cab (Slung-dung-diddla-widdly-bong)
It was a yellow cab (Do it, Jah, hey-a)
Cah, when mi pass dung a 42nd street
I tell you, say, mi pass dung a 42nd street
Where all the freak an' the prostitute meet

[Bridge]
Boy, mi no know weh them are go do when Rastafari come
A weh them are go tell master God?
Mi say, a weh them are go tell master God?
A whole heap of coke freak, mi know, say, them mad
Mi said-a, weh them are go tell master God?

[Chorus]
But mi are go tell you 'bout di 42nd street
A where all the freak an' the prostitute meet
Some man drop a quarter, goin' in place an' go peep
I tell you, Louie Lepkie come fi rock you to di beat (Bimma)
Mi said-a, teeth an' tongue, it are go meet
Mi said-a, teeth an' tongue, it are go meet

[Outro]
But mi are go tell you 'bout a coke freak
Cho make mi tell you, mi are go tell you 'bout a coke freak
Hear weh him name now
Mi said-a, Keith are di coke freak
Cho make mi tell you, said-a, Keith are di coke freak (Heh-heh)
Mi said, him always laughing when there ain't no joke
His favorite fun was to sniff him coke
Me have fi tell him, said-a, ganja mi smoke
I tell you, Louie Lepkie, him no run dem deh joke