This is Lone Ranger riffing on the theme of armed violence, which is a typical trope in 1980s Jamaican dancehall music.
[Intro]
Rope in, Sister Jean, rope in
Rope in, Sister Jean, rope in
Cah, M, a this a M-16
Cah, man, cah, this a M, a this a M-16
Cah, man, mi a go sweep this a scene well clean
Cah, man, cah, this a M-16, a this a M-16
A weh me say!
Your hands and your heart, it have fi pure and clean
Your hands and your heart, it have fi pure and clean
To rally around Selassie, gold and green
Cah, M, a this a M-16
Cah, man, cah, this a M, a this a M-16
Cah, Mr. pastor, you fi pass di Bushmaster
Cah, Mr. pastor, you fi pass di Bushmaster
Cah, sister Pam, you better bring mi M1
I tell you, sister Jean, a you fi bring mi magazine
Cah, tell you, a go sweep a this a scene well clean
Cah, tell you, a this a M, a this a M-16, hey
Cah, this a M, a this a M-16
Cause, If your shirt don't clean
Your pants nuh no seam
Your booty [?], mi said, fi rock and come in
Cah, anything me eat, it affi ites gold and green
Me beet root, me ackee and [?]
Cah, man, cah, this a M, a this a M-16
Cah, man, we a go sweep a this a scene well clean
A some a fire SLR, some a drink out the bar
Them fire magnum, but mi still nah go run
Them fire go chopper, say chop to them proper
You eat that a fish, you could eat up snapper
Cah, this a M, a this a M-16
Cah, man, we a go sweep a this a scene well clean, hey
Cah, rope in, Sister Jean, rope in, hey
Cah, rope in a with di M-16
I tell you, sister Jean, you better bring mi magazine
I tell you, a this a M, a this a M-16
Mi say, di bwoy never loaf, di bwoy never rump
Di bwoy never look, mi say, di bwoy never run
Him fire M-16 until him finger get cramped
And if I never duck, I could a get-
Chi, M, a this a M-16
Chi, M, a this a M-16
A rope in, Sister Jean, rope in
Cah, rope in, Sister Jean, rope in
Seh, them killing off the woman and them killing off the man
Them killing off the woman and them killing off the man
I know, them start pon the young generation
Seh dat, them start pon the young generation
Seh, inna time like this, mi say, no bother with no wrong
A time like this, you have fi stand up strong
A M, a this a M-16
Cah, man, we a go sweep a this a scene well clean, hey
Mi say, the time when the river run dry
The whole a them a bow down to Selassie I, hey
Mi say, the time when the river run high
Say, none of them no member Selassie I
A so mi say, mi say, Selassie inna di dance
Cah, mi say, Jah inna di dance
I tell you, Jah a fi mi bodyguard, mi grow marijuana
A when mi left a [?], you want mi follow to me yard
Cah, this a M-16, a this a M-16
Cah, man, mi come fi sweep a this a scene well clean
A, mr. pastor, you fi pass di Bushmaster
Cah, sister Pam, you better bring mi M1
M16 was written by The Lone Ranger.
M16 was produced by Ernest Hookim.