Modelling
Embracing Style: Fashion Choices Beyond Trends
Lyrics
Well girl child its time to get wild
Expressing the need for excitement and fun.
Once more ha
Reiteration of the call for more excitement.
Beenie man knocking at yuh front
Beenie Man is at the woman's doorstep.
Door lawd a mercy God knows
Acknowledging a higher power with a plea for mercy.
Modelling a gwan dawn
Describing a woman preparing for a modeling session, seeking clothes and staying calm before a storm (possibly metaphorical).
Mate nuh gat nutten fi put on dawn
-Dig a barrell fi her school uniform
-Weh mek befor 51 storm keep calm
-Modelling a gwan dawn
-Mate nuh gat nutten fi put on dawn
-Dig a barrell fi her school uniform
-Weh mek befor 51 storm
-Girl child
Addressing the girl child.
Some woman dem worse a dan rascal
Commentary on women's fashion choices, criticizing older women trying to look young.
True dem go hear bout di brand new symbol
-Woman a plat dem hair inna separate section
-Baby doll dress an Snoop Doggy Dog sneakers
-Now old woman wan fi look like young gal
-Know dis woman an dem call her Miss Pam
-Have dis bugga crep from 19 now long
-Dis old dress shi wear go Bob Marley burial
-Just di adda day mi spot her inna session
-Gary haffi ask if shi nuh feel old fashion
-Big old woman coulda get any young man
-Modelling a gwan dawn
Reiteration of the woman preparing for modeling and the storm metaphor.
Mate nuh gat nutten fi put on dawn
-Dig a barrell fi her school uniform
-Weh mek befor 51 storm keep calm
-Modelling a gwan dawn
-Mate nuh gat nutten fi put on dawn
-Dig a barrell fi her school uniform
-Weh mek befor 51 storm
-Gal to have a mate yuh know dat a nutten
Discussing the challenges of having a mate, particularly if they are older.
Worse ting to find yuh mate older dan yuh
-Mate old an crusty an mate fava buttu
-Matey all a get chatten like a shi a patto
-Suh it go miss chatta chatta from dun a mocha
-Mouth sey yuh a hoot yuh nuh haffi know a who
-Sey so 16 man yuh poison ova deh su
-But yuh cawn come back tomorrow
-Modelling a gwan dawn
Reiteration of the woman preparing for modeling and the storm metaphor.
Mate nuh gat nutten fi put on dawn
-Dig a barrell fi her school uniform
-Weh mek befor 51 storm keep calm
-Modelling a gwan dawn
-Mate nuh gat nutten fi put on dawn
-Dig a barrell fi her school uniform
-Weh mek befor 51 storm
-Well my eyes are deceiving me
Observing changes in women's appearance, including plastic surgery and bleaching, for the dance hall scene.
When I look down inna di crystal ball an I see
-To come to dance hall some tek
-Plastic surgery, woman all a
-Bust down dem best drapery
-Just fi mek a short mini just look like di dolly
-Woman black an ugly a bleech out dem body
-Man mi haffi ask if dem a girl a gone crazy
-Just fi come a dance dance come jump up
-Fi Beenie, Buju Banton, Spragga Benz an di
-Youth name Bounty,
-Well watch dem a wine dem body
Noticing women dancing provocatively.
Modelling a gwan dawn
Reiteration of the woman preparing for modeling and the storm metaphor.
Mate nuh gat nutten fi put on dawn
-Dig a barrell fi her school uniform
-Weh mek befor 51 storm keep calm
-Modelling a gwan dawn
-Mate nuh gat nutten fi put on dawn
-Dig a barrell fi her school uniform
-Weh mek befor 51 storm
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