General Degree Granny Lyrics

[Intro:]
That bwoy left from outta da yard from morning and him don't come back
Is him and everything just get on top of mi nerves
A soon run left Jamaica and go live a Kingston hmmmm

[Chorus:]
A could a who say granny nuh miserable
If you live with you granny you wi tun granny too
A who say granny nuh love di cussing
Fi mi granny she cuss fi everything
Granny! stop hollering out mi name
Granny! you calling mi name in vain
Granny! weh you a call mi fa
Mi soon left you and go live with mama

[Verse 1:]
Imagine I caan tek this country what we live in
Look how much money wi haffi fi pay fi chicken
Rice and flour and cornmeal is a sin
Waan buy a milk and mi caan buy di tin
Caan even get sugar now fi do some sweetening
A soon run left Jamaica and go live in a foreign
Oh lawd of mercy I have to sing
Unno help me now hmm
I use to tun cornmeal and give mi dad
But that was long before it raise si ya bwoy
I caan tun cornmeal no more a mi yard
Cause tings get hard Oh lawd
Mi say nowadays rice gone up oh lawd
Chicken gone up whooy
Flour it gone outta space
Way in a foreign him dey and caan and caan catch da note ya
Come again one more time deh fi mi oh, hear mi now

[Chorus:]
Granny! stop hollering out mi name
Granny! how you calling mi name in vain
Granny! suh weh you a call mi name fa
Mi soon left you and go live with mama
A who say granny nuh miserable
If you grow with you granny you wi tun granny too
A who say granny nuh love di cussing
Fi mi granny man she cuss fi everything

[Verse 2:]
Son I always tell you you fi look before you leap
You caan plant corn and a peas you waan reap
You don't start di journey then how you fi reach
Tek up di broom cah di yard waan sweep
Look pon you bed you nuh spread it up with you sheet
Mi tell you fi do something all now you nuh dweet
Tun some cornmeal let mi get it fi eat A so-so gum mi have cause mi lost mi false teeth

[Chorus:]
Granny! stop hollering out mi name
Granny! you calling mi name in vain
Granny! weh you a call mi fa
Mi soon left you and go live with mama

[Verse 3:]
Unda one tree mi hold a seat and sidung
When mi look mi see my granny she a come
She grab him by di shirt and say come here grandson
A weh di cornmeal deh weh mi tell you fi tun
She double up her fist and mi go mek fi run
She start thump mi dung like a mike Mccallum(boop)
Mi granny she just thump mi dung a ground
And in a mi chest a weh mi granny kneel dung
Boop! you wait you ears nuh have nuh drum
Boop! a soon left you with so-so gum
Boop! anything mi say must do must be done
Granny a go kill mi! well grandson
When I done with you a hearse dem haffi send come
Boop! a you mek mi old before young
Boop! a you gimme body come dung
I caan tek it no more I gwaan left jamdown
A run left ya and go live a kingston

[Chorus:]
Granny! stop hollering out mi name
Granny! you calling mi name in vain
Granny! weh you a call mi fa
Mi soon left you and go live with mama
A who say granny nuh miserable
If yuh live with you granny you wi tun granny too
A who say granny nuh love di cussing
Fi mi granny man she cuss fi everything

[Outro:]
That bwoy left out from yard talk bout him a go shoot bird
All now him nuh come back him just get on top a mi nerves
A bwoy like that mek mi cuss badword
W-w-w-Wait till that bwoy come in here
Imagine I caan tek dis country what we live in
Look how much money we haffi fi pay fi chicken
Rice and flour and cornmeal is a sin
When you talk bout milk mi caan buy a tin
Not even sugar fi do nuh sweetening
A soon run left Jamaica and go live a foreign
Oh lawd I have to sing
I use to tun cornmeal and give mi dad