Hey Yo!  Can't you see 
Everybody wanna be 
Crying to be 
Dying to be 
Trying to be 
Can't you see? 
You can't be me! 
Ah!  Lord-a-mercy, One time; for the crime; hey..niggaz got to pay the fine 

A who?  Coulda neva Mista Wanna be 
Me A guh kill yuh free 
Mek everybody see 
A you?  People seh dress up fi look like me 
Me aguh done you too 
And yuh friend mek three 

A who?  Coulda neva Mista War not me 
A guh kill yuh free 
Mek everybody see 
A you?  People seh dress up fi look like me 
Me aguh done you too 
And yuh friend mek three 

Unu wanna be me! 
Weh tek dem insect 
True mi tek Spring Break, si dem a impress 
Hear this likkle punk guh sing a battyman concept 
Seh him hood Deanie, a deh suh mi object 
And him guh pon Mirage, and guh dis-respect 
Bout dem box man a foreign dem nuh tek nuh bet yet 
Tell dem if dem do dat World War woulda re-flex 
Yuh lef' Clarendon and come drop ina wasp nest 
With Guerilla warfare yuh caught mi interest 
War mi start dat by reservation and request 
To kill dis yah fool, to me dat is no stress 
Murder dem fast just like a Federal Express 
And mi run wild west 

Ask dem a who? 
Coulda neva Mista Wanna be 
Me A guh kill yuh free 
Mek everybody see 
A you?  People seh dress up fi look like me 
Me aguh done you too 
And yuh friend mek three 

A who?  Coulda neva Mista Wanna be 
Me A guh kill dem free 
Mek everybody see 
A you?  People seh dress up fi look like me 
Me aguh done you too 
And yuh friend mek three 

Unu done know further 
Talk fact not fiction, that's what yuh heard of 
'Fore mi tell yuh seh mi hear yuh nyam fur burger 
Yuh jus a realize right yah suh yuh get murder 
A from yuh gal friend lips, mi hear dem word yah 
Di likkle careless punk, weh dem call name Merva 
Seh yuh dida guh dung and a sight observer 
Mek haste emerge yah 

Hey yow 
A who?  Coulda neva Mista Wanna be 
Me A guh kill yuh free 
Mek everybody see 
A you?  People seh dress up fi look like me 
Me aguh done you too 
And yuh friend mek three 

Unu grudging to be 
Mista Wannabe 
Everybody sight that you wanna be me 
Go as far and plan fi tek all plastic surgery 
Wah day yuh friend a seh him nah guh run and flee 
Mi fix him ina Mirage, him run, him neva agree 
Unu nuh hear bout me 
Mi nuh want a cent fi kill yuh, mi will kill yuh fi free 
Send yuh mumma di fee fi mek sure yuh bury 
When gunshot tek yuh 96 degree 
Unu fi guh a Spanglers corner or T.G 
Unu nuh hear bout we? 

I ask 
A who?  Coulda neva Mista Wanna be 
Me A guh kill yuh free 
Mek everybody see 
A you?  People seh dress up fi look like me 
Me aguh done you too 
And yuh friend mek three 

A who?  Coulda neva Mista Wanna be 
Me A guh kill yuh free 
Mek everybody see 
A you?  People seh dress up fi look like me 
Me aguh done you too 
And yuh friend mek three