What's up, man?
Ayo, what's up?
Yeah, what's going on, yo?
I'm sick and tired of 5-O running up on the block
You know what I'm saying?
Yo, Snow, they came around looking for you the other day (word?)
Word, bust it!
Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
I lick he boom-boom down
'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
I lick he boom-boom down
Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
I lick he boom-boom down
'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
I lick he boom-boom down
Police-a them-a they come and-a they blow down me door
Break a car troo, troo my window
So dey put me in de back de car at de station
From that point on, me reach my destination
Where the destination reachin' outta east detention
Where dey looked down me pants, look up me bottom, so
Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
I lick he boom-boom down
'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
I lick he boom-boom down
Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
I lick he boom-boom down
'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
I lick he boom-boom down
So, bigger dem are they think dem have more power
De pon di phone me say dat one hour
Me for want to use a once an' now me call me lover
Lover who me callin an' a one Tamei
An' mi love her in my heart down to my belly-a
Yes, say daddy me Snow me haffi cool an' deadly
Yes, the one MC Shan an' the one Daddy Snow
Together we-a love 'em is a tor-na-do
Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
I lick he boom-boom down
'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
I lick he boom-boom down
Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
I lick he boom-boom down
'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
I lick he boom-boom down
So, listen for me, you better listen for me now
Listen for me, you better listen for me now
When-a me rock-a the microphone, me rock on steady-a
Yes, a daddy me Snow me are de article don
But the in an a-out a dance an they say where you come from-a?
People dem say ya come from Jamaica
But me born an' raised in the ghetto that I want ya to know-a
Pure black people man that's all I man know
Yeah, me shoes are a-tear up an'a me toes just a show-a
Where me-a born in are de one Toronto, so
Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
I lick he boom-boom down
'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
I lick he boom-boom down
Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
I lick he boom-boom down
'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
I lick he boom-boom down
Come with a nice young lady
Intelligent, yes, she gentle and irie
Everywhere me go, me never lef' her at all-ie
Yes-a Daddy Snow me are the roam dance man-a
Roam between-a dancin' in-a in-a nation-a
You never know say daddy me Snow me are the boom shakata
Me never lay-a down flat in-a one cardboard box-a
Yes-a daddy me Snow me-a go reachin' out da top, so
Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
I lick he boom-boom down
'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
I lick he boom-boom down
Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
I lick he boom-boom down
'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
I lick he boom-boom down
Why wo ee? Why wo ee? An' wo ee an' wo ee?
Me sitting 'round cool with my dibbie-dibbie girl
Police knock my door, lick up my pal
Rough me up and I can't do a thing
Pick up my line when my telephone ring
Take me to the station black up my hands
Trail me down cause I'm hanging with the Snowman
What I'm gonna do? I'm backed and I'm trapped
Slap me in the face and took all of my gap
They have no clues and they wanna get warmer
But Shan won't turn informer
Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
I lick he boom-boom down
'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
I lick he boom-boom down
Informer, ya no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
I lick he boom-boom down
'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
I lick he boom-boom down
Diggity dum, diggity diggity dum, an' wo ee, an wo, an wo ee