One Spliff a Day is Billy Boyo’s most popular song. This Junjo produced track climbed the charts in 1981, despite Boyo being only ten years old.
[Intro]
Here come, man, the musical shack-attack
I sing come down, turn your back
Beca' mi sweeter than di water in a coconut
Mi nicer than di lollipop (But, watch out, man!)
[Verse 1]
Di higher di mountain, an' di cooler di breeze
Di littler are di fishy, a di tighter it squeeze
It smell like a over night rice an' peas
Di sun come down, di earth get-a hotter
Di gal fishy smell like a olden rat
My money jus' a bubble like soup in a pot
She have two breast, she wear a long dress
Betwix her leg she have her bird nest
Betwix her leg she have her bird nest
Cah, everywhere mi go, cah, dem a say mi are di best
Mi mash it in a di east an' mi mash it in a di west
She like how mi dress-a, she like how mi caress her
[Chorus]
Cah, one spliff a day keep di evil away
Cah, one spliff a day keep di evil away
Cah, I-ya Billy Boyo wah ya boss deejay
She hear mi deejay, she give mi love right away
An' take it like a Craven A
Cah, one deh take it like a Craven A (Hey-a!)
Cah mi say, one spliff a day keep di evil away
Cah say, one spliff a day keep di evil away
[Verse 2]
Mi say, she young
Mi say, she sweet like any plum
Mi say, she young
Mi say, she sweet like any plum
But one thing with her that she don't qualify
She tell mi a lie dat she don't have a guy
This girl won't satisfy, this girl won't satisfy
But when she hear mi deejay, she tell her boyfriend "bye-bye"
She hear mi deejay, she tell her boyfriend "bye-bye"
[Bridge]
Billy Boyo madder than dem-a
[Scatting]
[Verse 3]
Cah, dem a natty fi dem opportunity
Say, dem a natty fi dem opportunity (Great!)
Mi went a Ochi, cah, what do mi see? (Hey-a!)
Six natty, cah, six whitey
Cah, one of a di natty, a feel her property
Di other natty, a suck her titty (Hey-a!)
All of dem, a drink up jelly
Dem a skanking to di music done by Billy
But, true, dem hear, say, natty travel with nuff money
Dem take di plane like air taxi
A tell dem, dem a natty fi dem opportunity
But, Lord, a dem a natty fi dem opportunity
[Outro]
Di higher di mountain, an' di cooler di breeze
Di wider are di fishy, a di tighter it squeeze
It smell like a over night rice an' peas
Di sun come down, di earth get-a hotter
It smell like a-
One Spliff a Day was written by Billy Boyo.
One Spliff a Day was produced by Henry “Junjo” Lawes.