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Rudeboy Lyrics by The Nextmen

Pound for Pound

2018

Rudeboy!

Mama didn’t raise this rudeboy
He was raised in the dance
Mama didn’t raise this rudeboy
He was raised in the dance
And every single day he went to play
He stepped into the dance to make the darkness go away
Mama didn’t raise this rudeboy
He was raised in the dance

They say my bars are so UK, beats are well J.A
Man original rude boy they say
My life’s always like an away day
And I may say today’s been a great day
My barber has gave me a great fade
And I keep getting smiles from the ladies
Got P’s in my pocket from payday
Peep stars when I played on the main stage
So me haffi say “big up” and “safe mate”
That’s why I’m keeping it calm on the grey days
Let em talk I don’t care what they say, smile on my face mate I raise a straight face
Got my lyrics and my business doing great mate
Gotta kill em with the treble and the bass, way
It don’t matter bout the colour of your face man, send em out of space go find another race, mate, eh

Mama didn’t raise this rudeboy
He was raised in the dance
Mama didn’t raise this rudeboy
He was raised in the dance
And every single day he went to play
He stepped into the dance to make the darkness go away
Mama didn’t raise this rudeboy
He was raised in the dance

Now all the rude girls know that I’m special like Devil, season settle, ya nah on my level?
Ya nah locked in to the signs of a rebel
The rudeboy’s back, eh speak of the devil
Ain’t no wisdom spilling from my temple, jot it with a pencil, listen and attention
No no moment’s even as eventful
It’s mental when you’re living it essential
Eh, check my dancehall swagger, champion lover, I am an original man for man nutter, no man a done dudda
When you see me in the dance say ‘Nice one brudda!’
Rub rub-a-dub till the ting get turn up, pick a sound boy test tell em rude boy shut up
Rude boy fade and my top button done up, two tone I don’t need no colour

Mama didn’t raise this rudeboy
He was raised in the dance
Mama didn’t raise this rudeboy
He was raised in the dance
And every single day he went to play
He stepped into the dance to make the darkness go away
Mama didn’t raise this rudeboy
He was raised in the dance

Set with it, so man I step with it, big riddims, fit women, I gwan like a rudeboy
Act fit-ish, [??]
Plot thickens, I’m young, unrestricted, I’m winning, I’m living, I’m wild like a rudeboy
My lyrics are shifting the tickets, I’m rude not explicit, I talk like a rudeboy
I run the dancehall like a rudeboy
No I don’t give a darn like a rudeboy
I got the charm of a rudeboy
And you know say I smile like a rudeboy
You know man I’ve never ever been a good boy but you know man I got the suave of a rude boy, check
Original like a rudeboy, skank out to my style like a rudeboy

Mama didn’t raise this rudeboy
He was raised in the dance
Mama didn’t raise this rudeboy
He was raised in the dance
And every single day he went to play
He stepped into the dance to make the darkness go away
Mama didn’t raise this rudeboy
He was raised in the dance
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The Nextmen

The Nextmen

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"Rudeboy" appears on "Pound for Pound" in 2018.

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