Simpleton Leave Violence

[Intro]
My grandfather used to say
"Son, show me your company and I tell you who you are
Is better you stay a simpleton and live forever
Than be a badman and die", you know?

[Chorus]
Simpleton, simpleton, simpleton
Leave out badness, badness, badness
Simpleton, simpleton, simpleton
Leave out badness, badness, badness

[Post-Chorus]
Jah, mi say badness no pay, a chi-chi boom, a chi-chi bay
Mi say badness no pay an' it will make you go astray
Badness no pay an' it will make you go astray
A mi say badness no pay, a chi-chi boom, a chi-chi bay

[Verse 1]
No say you are no ranking
For ranking get a spanking
No say you are no ranking
For ranking do di wrong thing

[Chorus]
So simpleton, simpleton, simpleton
Leave out badness, badness, badness
Simpleton, simpleton, simpleton
Leave out badness, badness, badness

[Post-Chorus]
I want you wheel around the band, I want you tell your friend
I want you tell him that a peace, and love, and I-nity
A lead the way again, as I would say (Yeah)

[Verse 2]
Badness, badness, badness no pay, you know?
Totally make you go the wrong way, you know?
And end you up astray
So now you come to tell me that you're bad
Lord, an' if you're bad I shall dump in a rubbish pan, you know?
An' make di rubbish man take you down to the dump (Huh, huh)
Say, yeah

[Chorus]
Simpleton, simpleton, simpleton
Leave out badness, badness, badness
Simpleton, simpleton, simpleton
Leave out badness, badness, badness

[Post-Chorus]
Jah, mi say badness no pay, a chi-chi boom, a chi-chi bay
Badness no pay an' it will make you go astray
Badness no pay, a chi-chi boom, a chi-chi bay
Badness no pay (Yeah)

[Verse 3]
Lord, mostly are my bad bredrin-dem, you know, end up at GP
Gun Court, you know, all 'bout, all in a hell, you know
An' always take one little beenie
Ballhead man with a false dread, you know?
An' twelve ballhead man judge dem an' send dem at hell, you know
Lord, so it no pay, my bredrin, stop do it, you know
Lord my God, woah now

[Chorus]
Simpleton, simpleton, simpleton
Leave out badness, badness, badness
Simpleton, simpleton, simpleton
Leave out badness, badness, badness

[Outro]
No think you are no ranking (Huh)
For ranking get a spanking (Say what?)