It's gonna be
What is it gonna be
I said it's gonna be
Telling you it's gonna be

My mommy said from the first day
That she hold my head
That I was gonna be dread
So now I'm gonna be dread, well I, I
My mommy said from the first day
That she hold my head
That I was gonna be dread
So now I'm gonna be dread, I, I

Hockey Jersey inna heat, Patrick Ewing on the feet
Buju Banton on the beat, you remember that?
'92 december that, Paco Jeans and Travel Fox
Boots from Vendor that
Mi just a learn say rubbers a no pencil top
I pencil that, I write it out now
Bet you say them fight it out now
When a no now man a fight with Po Po
Police leave ma colleagues please
Soldiers leave the green inna can like folgers
Like say a coffee that haffi pack
Conceal the smell collect it and unseal it
Then unleash it till the first mill reaching in
No sleep we bleaching, fi make money like lee-chin
Or at least him brother them
So mi can try get a superbuss
Until the money surplus like superplus, is a must!

My mommy said from the first day
That she hold my head
That I was gonna be dread
So now I'm gonna be dread, well I, I
My mommy said from the first day
That she hold my head
That I was gonna be dread
So now I'm gonna be dread

I used t get a bounce on ma cheque
But now I get a cheque
Rverytime mi track a bounce 'pon you deck
Plus I get a nod and a bounce from you neck
And a ooow she pronounce when she bounce 'pon me
A 1000 for the ounce of the brown on a stick
Or a stalk or a stem but the pound do the trick for me
Full a so much ganja talk
Just come in from mi ganja walk
Oh yes, it is 'pon me

The lyrics make dem coversate it
Police want fi confiscate it, when dem see it 'pon me
But squaddy say him love mi music
And that must be why me use it
So him leave it pon me
So mi leave promptly and go back a the yard
' To go back and record, 'cause diggy lean 'pon me
No sleep we hunting fi make money
Like bunting fi achieve this one thing, 'cause

My mommy said from the first day
That she hold my head
That I was gonna be dread
So now I'm gonna be dread, well I, I
My mommy said from the first day
That she hold my head
That I was gonna be dread
So now I'm gonna be dread

It's gonna be
What is it gonna be
I said it's gonna be
(I'm telling you, I'm telling you
I'm telling you, it's gonna be

It's gonna be, who gonna be
We gonna be, it's gotta be
I gotta be dread, dread
From the first time I show my head
I gotta be dread, dread
From the first time I show ma head
I gotta be dread
Dread, dread, dread
Dread, dread, dread