Hail Nico Dread

Jah man, live long, mi are fire
Hail Jah man, for mi say
Music is a I man desire do mi, Jah!

For mi say
Everywhere mi go mi have fi shake mi head
For, everyone now talk about a
Hail a Nico dread
Mi wife wake mi up this morning out of bed
She give mi cocoa-tea an' then she
Bought a piece of bread
But right between di bread
It was her fry egg
An’ in di afternoon she give
Mi ackee yam cakes
An' way down in a di evening
Mi go rub down sexy leg
When mi walk pon street, I man don't beg
Mi prefer raise before an’ go sell di egg

Dem say "Hail Nico dread"
Cah let mi tell you
Dem say "Hail Nico dread"

For mi say
I love di girls an' di girls love mi
Say, I love mi butter an' a I love di bread
I love that sexy thing right between your leg
Dem pretty down at leg, a make mi get shag
Say, dem a pretty down at leg
A make mi get shag

Nico short, Nico smart, Nico know how fi talk
Mi short, but mi smart
But mi know how fi talk
For, everywhere mi go di people
Want to see mi
For, everywhere mi go di people
Want to see mi
That's why mi climb in a di sycamore tree
Jah man
That's why mi climb in a di sycamore tree

Mi say, mi have a dog at yard an'
It no have a no fear before mi a go at show
Mi a boil di cup of tea
Him bite anyone for me
Jah man, mi say "Hi!"m bite everyone for me

For mi say
Everywhere mi go mi have fi shake mi head
For, everyone now talk about a
Hail a Nico dread
Mi wife wake mi up this morning out of bed
She give mi cocoa-tea an' then she
Bought a piece of bread
But right between di bread
It was her fry egg
An' in di afternoon she give
Mi ackee yam cakes
An’ way down in a di evening
Mi go rub down sexy leg
Mi walk pon street, I man don’t beg
Mi prefer raise before an' go sell di egg

Dem say "Hail Nico dread"
Cah let mi tell you
Say mi dreader than dread

Nico short, Nico smart, Nico know how fi talk
Nico short, Nico smart, Nico know how fi talk
For, everywhere mi go di people
Want to see mi
For, everywhere mi go di people
Want to see mi
That’s why mi climb up in a di sycamore tree
Tell you 'bout di sound who leads
Di way come dung a May (Do it)

Mi say, di man Toyan sweet like any dragon
Along with Nicodemus down at Channel One
Mi are musician (Jah man, Jah man, Jah man)
Mi come fi nice up di nation
(But watch out, man-a)
For, whether Babylon, ballhead or natty dread

Dem say Hail Nico dread
Cah let mi tell you, say mi heavy than lead
Cah let mi tell you, say mi tougher than lead

Mi say
Mi plant sensimilla an' mi plant lamb's bread
Say, that’s di ongle way I'm
Gonna make my bread
Fi buy her cabinet an' a buy her trunk bed

Say, hail Nico dread Jah man
A mi say hail Nico dread
Nico short, Nico smart, Nico know how fi talk
Say, every tune mi do, it have fi-