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Original Foreing Man Lyrics by Junior Reid

1988

Well this is the original Foreign Mind
\nYou mussi deaf , you mussi blind
\nYou mussi blind
\n
\nWorry them ah worry , them ah worry , them ah worry them foreign mind
\nDeaf , them mussi blind
\nWorry them ah worry , them ah worry , them ah worry them foreign mind
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\nSay foreign is a place where people come and go
\nWhen some people go to foreign
\nThey see things they’ve never seen before
\nAnd forget all about their brethren
\nBack ah yard how we living so poor
\nRight now he’s down there sleeping on floor
\nCan’t you see
\n
\nWorry them ah worry , them ah worry , them ah worry them foreign mind
\nDeaf , them mussi blind
\nWorry them ah worry , them ah worry , them ah worry them foreign mind
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\nLook how me black , look how me shine
\nThis is not a secret to keep in your mind
\nMichael Jackson sing The Girl is Mine
\nJohnny Osbourne sing about Rewind
\nForeign them say lemon
\nJamaica say lime
\nNah cook me soup without me have the Thyme
\nMe naw mix me wash without me have the lime
\nBaby wash me clothes she hang it on the line
\nSome ah gone ah foreign , gone go turn shoe-shine
\nMe’d rather do some business pon the frontline
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\nWorry them ah worry , them ah worry , them ah worry them foreign mind
\nDeaf , them mussi blind
\nWorry them ah worry , them ah worry , them ah worry them foreign mind
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\nMe run up and down , me ambition
\nMe music ah tear up down a London
\nWho play that , Tony William
\nAnd youth called Rodigan
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\nMe go ah England and them treat me fine
\nTake me to the club, me drink expensive wine
\nMe run come back ah Yard cah me no foreign mind
\nMe come back ah Yard , me love the sunshine
\nNew York nice but in the summertime
\nCanada nice but in the summertime
\nLondon nice but in the summertime
\nWhen me say Jamaica nice all the time
\nLiving in Jamaica that ah paradise Cook me food , Jah Jah know it nice
\nAckee and banana fi me lunch , me eat it by the bunch
\nMe relax in the porch with me fruit punch
\nAny girl pass , me say Hi honey bunch
\nCan I have you for my dinner , have you for my lunch ?
\nShe say …
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\nHow me stand , how me stay , how me look
\nUp ah Manor Brook ah weh me juks
\nRelax inna porch with sore foot
\nWife in the kitchen she ah cook
\nNuff nuff food fi me lunch
\nNuff nuff food get me in the mood
\nSome say me bad some say me rude
\nLook how me smooth
\nLook how me smooth
\nLook how me black look how me shine
\nThis is a secret not to keep in mind
\nBitter me lemeon , bitter me lime
\nJenny wash me clothes she hang them on the line
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\nWorry them ah worry , them ah worry , them ah worry them foreign mind
\nDeaf , them mussi blind
\nWorry them a worry , them a worry , them a worry them foreign mind
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\nYou got to walk on chalk line
\nCause now is a serious time
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\nSay foreign is a place where people come and go
\nThen some people go to foreign
\nThey see things they’ve never seen before
\nAnd forget all about their brethren
\nAh yard how we living so poor
\n
\nWorry them ah worry , them ah worry , them ah worry them foreign mind
\nDeaf , them mussi blind
\nWorry them a worry , them a worry , them a worry them foreign mind\n\n
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Junior Reid

Junior Reid

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