[Intro]
*Scatting*

[Verse 1]
Some of dem a holler, mi say some of dem a really bawl (Hey, hey)
Some of dem no really-really like when di rain a fall (Hey, hey)
Dem time deh hungry belly pickney bawl
Pon dem parents dem a call
One hum out of di belly just a crawl
Some of dem a holler, some a bawl (Hey, hey)

[Chorus]
*Scatting*

[Verse 2]
Daddy, him gone at jail an' him cyaan get no bail (Eh-en, eh-en)
All day long him have fi peep through the rail (Eh-en, eh-en)
Him havе fi sleep on the cool concrete
Usе the paper for him sheet
Roll up on di bumpin' an' him poncho
Roll up on di bumpin' an' him poncho (Hey, hey)

[Chorus]
*Scatting*

[Verse 3]
Some of dem a holler, mi say some of dem a really bawl (Hey, hey)
Some of dem no really-really like when di rain just a fall (Hey, hey)
Dem time deh hungry belly pickney bawl
Pon dem parents dem a call
One hum out of di belly just a crawl (Hey)
Some of dem a holler, some a bawl (Hey, hey, hey)
[Chorus]
*Scatting*

[Verse 4]
Daddy, him gone at jail an' him cyaan get no bail (Eh-en, eh-en)
All day long him just a peep through the rail (Eh-en, eh-en)
*Scatting* (Hey, hey)
All day, all night in the jailhouse
Just some mingle with the flee an' the louse
Baby mother, she a bawl
Baby mother just a bawl (Hey, hey)

[Outro]
She band her belly (Hey, hey)
With-a her seven pickney (Hey, hey)
*Scatting*