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Back Off (12" Mix) Lyrics by Johnny Osbourne

Thompson Sound 1981-’82 (Greensleeves 12" Rulers)

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Part One - Back Off
[Chorus]
Back off, back off
No bother come with your ring-craft
Back off, back off
No bother come with your ring-craft
[Verse 1]
Some of dem just a sink off
Some of dem just a rip off
Some of dem just a mass off
An' some a dem just a pass off
No bother come with your skill-craft
[Chorus]
Back off, back off
No bother come with your ring-craft
Back off, back off
No bother come with your ring-craft
[Verse 2]
Some of dem just a gwan soft
An' some of dem, dem look soft
No bother check, seh, mi too soft
You better gwan with your ring-craft
[Chorus]
Back off, back off
No bother come with your ring-craft
Back off, back off
No bother come with your ring-craft
[Verse 3]
Some of dem just a sink off
Some of dem just a rip off
Some of dem just a mass off
An' some a dem just a pass off
So, no bother with your skill-craft
[Chorus]
Back off, back off
No bothеr come with your ring-craft
Back off, back off
No bother come with your ring-craft
[Verse 4]
Somе of dem just a sit and laugh
An' some of dem carry news from the mass
Some of dem just a show off
[Chorus]
Back off, back off
No bother come with your ring-craft
Back off, back off
No bother come with your ring-craft
[Verse 5]
Some of dem just a drop off
Some of dem just a rip off
Some of dem just a sink off
Some of dem just a mass off
[Outro]
Back off, back off
No bother come with your ring-craft
Part Two - Toast by Papa Tullo
[Chorus]
Di wicked couldn't stop on our way (No-no-no)
The wicked couldn't stop on our way (Hey!)
I say, no matter what dem do, mi say, no matter what dem say
Brr, wicked could a never-never lead I astray
Mi say, the wicked couldn't stop on our way (No-no-no)
The wicked couldn't stop on our way (Hey!)
[Verse 1]
A mi say, weh dem a go do when Jah Jah right time come?
Say, weh dem a go do when Jah Jah right time come?
Say, some a fire gun, an' mi say, some a throw bomb
Say, some a fire gun, mi said, a some a throw bomb
Say, blood, it have fi run, say, blood, it have fi run
Say, blood, it have fi run, mi said, a fire a go burn
Brr, wicked a go melt like butter against sun
[Chorus]
Say, the wicked couldn't stop on our way (No-no-no)
The wicked couldn't stop on our way (Hey!)
[Verse 2]
I say, mi nah go no church fi go praise pope Paul
Mi nah go no church fi go praise pope Paul
Cah, Jah Jah a go strike him with a lightning ball
You kill pope Paul an' di Babylon fall
Natty dread an' di ball should never-never stall
Equality an' justice still stand for all
[Chorus]
Mi say, di wicked couldn't stop on our way (No-no-no)
The wicked couldn't stop on our way (Hey!)
I say, the wicked couldn't tell you no lie (No-no-no)
The wicked couldn't tell you no lie
[Outro]
Say, you fi love I, you live, and if you hate I, you die
You got to love-a I-ya like you love Selassie I
Credits
Johnny Osbourne

Johnny Osbourne

About “Back Off (12" Mix)” by Johnny Osbourne

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