‘Tom Taam’ the 10th track on Alkaline’s debut album, New Level Unlocked, is a warning call to all the enemies the young dancehall artiste has built up so far in his career, most notably Vybz Kartel.
As one of the most controversial artistes in dancehall, Alkaline has attracted an unprecedented amou...
[Intro]
Yow, Frass
A just a likkle Tom Taam man, nuttn serious
(Tom Taam, Taam)
Anno me, anno me
Tom Taam, Taam
[Chorus]
Captain! (No)
Anno me dem wah war wid, no way
Couldn't me dem wah war wid
Nahve a chick, or a child, or a care inna di world
A bere fuckry me gwaan wid
Wrong bredda
Anno me dem wah war wid, no way
Couldn't me dem wah war wid
Spend a grand fi kill a man, and den me put it inna song
And den me fly gah foreign
[Verse 1]
Why this haffi happen now when me at a new place?
Why now, when me a try show di world a new face?
Come seh me deh pon a new pace
The newest pace since toothpaste
And dem a draw me up like shoes lace
Oh God, dem nah go take me serious 'til it too late
'Til one day when you just reach and a pull dem gate
'Til one day dem drop asleep dawg, and nuh too wake
'Til a day dem realize me take dis deeper dan di music
Wonder if dem know seh yow me nuh rush and me nuh too waste
Wonder if dem know seh when the soup cold it have a new taste
Summady couldn't tell dem seh flour just buss in case
My God, you couldn't tell dem seh man walk past, me nuh too play
Dem ago get it, if anno today, tomorrow
Me just gwaan go easy, before me go hard
Di madda ago get it, di pickney dem a get it
Everybody me a lost
Me a di manager, di CEO, di boss
Di hypocrite weh bleach out, but still dark
A almost six bills fi me black Balenciaga
So if yuh mek me haffi run yuh dung, it ago cost yuh
[Chorus]
So me a tell yuh
Anno me yuh wah war wid, no way
Couldn't me dem wah war wid
Nahve a chick, or a child, or a care inna di world
A bere fuckry me gwaan wid
Yow, Frass
Anno me dem wah war wid, no way
Couldn't me dem wah war wid
Just send a rifle uptown
Me ready when unnu ready
[Verse 2]
Dem betta nuh reply to every gyal weh DM dem
Dem betta lowe di two o' clock and di 3 PM dem
We knock dem dung, den tek di gun dem weh anno fi dem dem
Dem want a hype, dem want a fame
Alright den, we a go gi dem den
Put up yuh hand if yuh wah hype and if yuh wah fame
Put up yuh hand if yuh wah Dorraine Samuels fi call yuh name
If yuh nuh it get it inna yuh lane
Yuh get it pon di main
And if yuh gyal deh deh wid yuh, she get it just the same
Di whole fucking world see it and me nuh see it yet
Dem anno threat, dem cause no harm?
Dem a sleeveless
Di bwoy fi kill me, deven him madda, madda breed yet
Me a di youngest and di baddest and the mothafuckin' realest
[Chorus]
So me a tell yuh
Anno me yuh wah war wid, no way
Couldn't me dem wah war wid
Cousin have him papers fi show seh him mad
And guess who him a par wid
Him cya go jail
Anno me dem wah war wid
I swear to god
Anno me dem wah war wid
[Outro]
New level
New level
Unlock
(Ha, ha)