Oh mama mi glad you are around 
Oh fi see yuh bwoy dem calking up the town 
Oh Papa, mi sorry say yuh gone 
Shoulda dey yah fi see how yuh bwoy a gwaan 
Oh Papa, mi sorry say yuh gone 
Yuh never get fi see yuh bwoy a perform 
But wi a star from di fus day wi born 
Oh wi a star from di fus day wi born 
Suh dem better lef wi mek wi gwaan gwaan gwaan 
Dem better lef wi mek wi gwaan 

Mama yuh son a live well 
Drinking chanpagne wid all Patti LaBelle 
Living in paradise and not in hell 
Di way yuh son a get big not even words can tell 
Well say Papa yuh never get fi witness 
How yuh son a hot up di world wid music 

Well I am the doc that come to heal yuh sickness 
Hol on deh people unno listen wi music 
Well Papa yuh last son a move hot 
A drive pretty car an living like a big shot 
Mi sorry yuh gone but a caan tek yuh back 
Fi see inna movie yuh bwoy soon guh act 
So Beenie Man 

It is al the same 
Papa yuh son gone pon di hall of fame 
A music wi sing an blow di world brain 
So Merciless yuh dont need to complain 
Anyway, well well 
Papa mi wish yuh was here 
To see yuh bwoy a live like millionaire 
Mama nuh worry yuhself, I am taking care 
A fi get whats mine cause I now its there 
Wi buy Mama house an new car fi steer 
New errings and pretty clothes all fi wear 
Papa a bex how yuh not even here 
But this year wi A find new gear. 

I dont like the dead, him wi still respect 
A Isacchar mi tribe an dem call I Moses 
Him give mi di music sense an di knowledge 
Now yuh see a wia run di business 
Although mi father gone 
Remember yuh bwoy a carry on 
An mi jus a tek di whole place like storm 
But about a dozen gal mi waan fi have inna mi arm