Old Veteran

Well, big up all massive an' cool cah I say
Nicodemus a long time at you they a chat
I know, say, a leopard will
Never change him spot, seen?
An' big up all massive cah mi are
Big up all di twenty four drop
Seen? (Hear me now)

Old veteran, we are di old veteran (An')
Old veteran, we are di old veteran (Lord)
Old veteran, we are di old veteran (Demus)
Old veteran, we are di old veteran

Mi come in a the
Business at ninеteen seventy-one
Mi deejay papa roots an' fi di Junglе man
Mi deejay pupa Jammy's fi di Firehouse man
Mi deejay Jack Ruby in a Saint Ann's
Deejay pupa Tarus over Portland
Deejay Stereo Mars fi di one Skengman
Mi deejay pupa Coxsone up at London
An' mi an' Super Cat, we are a Arawak Indian
('Cause)

Old veteran, we are di old veteran (Lord)
Old veteran, we are di old veteran (Cah)

Ranking Trevor, him are old veteran (An')
Ranking Joe, him are old veteran (An')
Josey Wales, him are old veteran (An')
Say, Brigadier, him are old veteran ('Cause)
Boy are boy, big man are big man (An')
Gal are gal an' a woman are woman (An')
Sound are sound, whole pan are whole pan
Mi know, say, Nicodemus
Him know styles of up-a-town weh it name?

Old veteran, we are di old veteran (An')
Old veteran, mi are di old veteran (Move it)
Old veteran, mi are di old veteran (Lord)
Old veteran, mi are di old veteran

Mi come in a the
Business at nineteen seventy-one
Mi deejay papa roots an' fi di Jungle man
Mi deejay pupa Jammy's fi di Firehouse man
Mi deejay Jack Ruby in a Saint Ann's
Deejay pupa Tarus over Portland
Deejay Stereo Mars fi di one Skengman
Mi deejay pupa Coxsone, say, up at London
An' mi an' Super Cat, we are a Arawak Indian
('Cause)

Old veteran, we are di old veteran (An')
Old veteran, we are di old veteran (God)

Jah Mikey, him are old veteran (An')
Daddy Roy, him are old veteran (An')
U-Brown, him are old veteran (An')
Big Youth, him are old veteran (An')
Dillinger, old veteran ('Cause)
Boy are boy, big man are big man (An')
Gal are gal an' a woman are woman (An')
Sound are sound, whole pan are whole pan
Mi know, say, Nicodemus
Him know styles up-a-town ('Cause)

Old veteran, we are di old veteran (move it)
Old veteran, mi are di old veteran (Lord)
Old veteran, mi are di old veteran (Demus)
Old veteran, mi are di old veteran

We come in a the
Business at nineteen seventy-one
We deejay papa roots a fi di Jungle man
We deejay pupa Jammy's fi di Firehouse man
We deejay Jack Ruby, say, in a Saint Ann's
Deejay pupa Tarus over Portland
Deejay Stereo Mars fi di one Skengman
We deejay pupa Coxsone, say, up at London
An' mi an' Super Cat, we are a Arawak Indian
('Cause)
Ranking Trevor, him are old veteran (An')
Ranking Joe, him are old veteran (An')
U-Brown, him are old veteran (An')
Say, U-Roy are old veteran (An')
Dillinger, old veteran (An')
Big Youth, him are old veteran (An')
Jah Mikey are old veteran ('Cause)

Boy are boy, big man are big man (An')
Gal are gal an' a woman are woman (An')
Sound are sound, whole pan are whole pan
Mi know, say
Nicodemus are di little short man