Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
Verse 1
Rasta Ozzy from up de hill,
De-cide fi check 'pon 'im grocery bill.
An' when him add up de t'ings him need,
De dunny done wha' him save, fi buy likkle weed.
Bridge 1
Him han 'pon him jaw, Lord; red him eye an' just meditate.
The time is so hard, Lord; I man now t'ink 'bout emigrate.
I mek up me mind, Lord; I might as well go 'gainst I man faith.
So a-forward a-market; I sight the butcher bwoy by de gate.
Chorus 1
(You wan' goat?) No I might a-kill I queen,
(Try de beef nuh?) I no check fi no grass weh green.
(Wha' bout fowl?) What'cha know; is time fi a change,
(Mere fish?) Got children out-a dat range.
(How 'bout de steak?) What'cha know, me no sight me rate,
(Try tripe?) Bu'n me belly when I pull me pipe.
(What about de pork then?) Hush your mouth man; me brethren hear,
Sell I a pound of dat t'ing there.
Interlude
Verse 2
So when the butcher pull up a stool,
Be-gin fi question Ozzy; how him so fool?
What kind a sump'in cook in a pot?
From him born, him never did hear 'bout dat.
Bridge 2
Well, what'cha know, master? Give I time mek'a try explain.
It's just like a flim show, fi pro-tect the humble; we change the name.
I would have feel so cute, fi come in and ask we some 'Arnold fat'.
I and I feel safer, if we change the subject and call it dat.
Chorus 2
(You wan' goat?) No I might a-kill I queen,
(Try de beef nuh?) I no check fi no grass weh green.
(Wha' bout fowl?) What'cha know; is time fi a change,
(Mere fish?) Got children out-a dat range.
(How 'bout de steak?) What'cha know, me no sight me rate,
(Try tripe?) Bu'n me belly when I pull me pipe.
(What about de pork then?) Hush your mouth man; me brethren hear,
Sell I a pound of dat t'ing there.
Interlude
Verse 3
Ozzy pay off de butcher bill,
Tek de parcel and trod up the hill.
Like a spite, who do you t'ink him meet?
Rasta Jeremiah from down the street.
Bridge 3
Guidance me Brethren; is wha' you have in a dat dere bag?
Him kinda get frighten, and be-gin fi hide it be-neat' him rag.
That man no fear I, Lord, mek we go up me yard and take a sat.
Meanwhile, light, a fire; I will help you eat off de pound a dat.
Chorus 3
(You wan' goat?) No I might a-kill I queen,
(Try de beef nuh?) I no check fi no grass weh green.
(Wha' bout fowl?) What'cha know; is time fi a change,
(Mere fish?) Got children out-a dat range.
(How 'bout de steak?) What'cha know, me no sight me rate,
(Try tripe?) Bu'n me belly when I pull me pipe.
(What about de pork then?) Hush your mouth man; me brethren hear,
Sell I a pound of dat t'ing there.
Outro
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