Murder
Chaka Demus Pliers Lyrics

Now dis one dedicated to the gyal
This song is dedicated to the girls.

Dem wid di angel face and the devil heart
These are the girls with beautiful faces but a bad character.

You know seh Ragamuffin Chaka Demus an' yute called Pliers
Chaka Demus and his friend Pliers are here to deal with these girls.

Come to deal wid your case
They have come to resolve the issue.

Step up my yute, hear dis
Listen here, my friend.

I know this little girl her name is Maxine
There is a girl named Maxine who I know about.

Her beauty is like a bunch of rose (betta know)
She is as beautiful as a rose.

If I ever tell you 'bout Maxine
If I told you about Maxine.

You woulda say I don't know what I know, but
You might not believe me, but it's true.

Murder she wrote (for real, for real)
She will bring trouble.

Watch 'ya now, it name
Pay attention now.

A pretty face and bad character
She has a beautiful face but a bad character.

Dem deh kinda livin' cyaan' hold Chaka, follow me
Such people cannot escape Chaka's eye.

Seh gyal yuh pretty
You are a pretty girl.

Yuh face it pretty but yuh character dirty
But your character is not good.

Gyal you just ah act too flirty flirty
You behave flirtatiously.

You run to Tom, Dick, and also Harry
You run after any guy you like.

An' when you find yuh mistake
And when you realize your mistake.

You talk 'bout yuh sorry, sorry, sorry, come now
You apologize then and there.

Have her cruise di corner where she jooks an' where she jam
See her roaming around the corners.

She know about Lou, Crack an' every money man (ah true man)
She knows every rich man in the area.

Make love wid di coolie, Chinese, white man and Indian
She makes love with guys of different races.

Di wickedest kind ah girl weh Mr. Pliers buk upon (betta know)
The worst kind of girl Mr. Pliers has encountered.

Now do you heard about this girl her name is Maxine?
Have you heard of Maxine?

Her beauty is like a bunch of rose
Her beauty is like a rose.

And if I ever tell you 'bout Maxine
And if I talk about Maxine.

Murder she wrote (Murderation man)
She will bring trouble.

Murder she wrote, na na na
She will bring trouble.

Watch 'ya now stand still, you nuh pay mi light bill
Hey, stop! You haven't paid my electricity bill!

If you test di ragamuffin, gyal yuh gwan get kill
If you mess with me, you'll regret it.

gyal keep way, cah yuh a crebbie crebbie
Stay away because you're trouble.

An' di lyrics weh me talk ah it me DJ
And the lyrics I'm saying, my DJ wrote them.

Gyal come out, becah you nuh shockout
Hey, come out but don't dance provocatively.

An' when you hear di raggamuffin y'affi jump and shout
And when you hear the music, you have to dance.

Nuh touch mi gate, you nuh pay mi water rate
Don't touch my gate because you haven't paid the water bill.

Becah great is great, great cyaan' underate, follow me
You can't underrate greatness.

Now every middle of the year dis young girl have abortion
This young girl has an abortion every middle of the year.

Fi di coolie, white man, indian, mussi kill an infant
She must have murdered an infant of a coolie, white man or Indian.

An' jus di other day me see her six months pregnant
And just the other day I saw her six months pregnant.

Now she back pon street again with not a baby inna pram
Now she's back on the street with no baby in her pram.

Excuse me, gyal me never know seh ah so you stay
Excuse me, I didn't know you were like this.

Ragamuffin Chaka Demus come to flash it same way
Chaka Demus came to make this known.

Whoa, follow me
Pay attention to me.

Di gyal ah boast and ah brag how she look sexy
The girl boasts about how sexy she looks.

All she worship is pure vanity
She only cares about her looks.

Di gyal ah boast and ah brag how she look ready
She boasts about being ready, but she's not.

When she wash her clothes it dirty
Even after washing, her clothes are dirty.

Gyal yuh no ready if you cyaan' cook fi mi
You are not ready if you can't cook for me.

Gyal yuh no ready if you cyaan' wash fi mi
You are not ready if you can't wash for me.

Gyal yuh nuh ready if you know yuh flirty flirty, follow me
You are not ready if you keep flirting.

Yuh pretty face and bad character (murder she wrote)
Your pretty face and bad character will bring trouble.

Dem deh kinda livin cyaan' hold Chaka (murder she wrote)
These kind of people can't escape Chaka.

So stand still you no pay mi light bill(murder she wrote na nana)
Don't move, you haven't paid my electricity bill.

And if you test di ragamuffin gyal yuh gwan get kill (murder she wrote)
If you mess with me, you'll regret it.

Gyal keep way, cah yuh a crebbie crebbie
Stay away because you're trouble.

Becah great is great, great cyaan' underate, come now
You can't underrate greatness.

know you head about this girl her name is Maxine
Do you know about this girl Maxine?

You woulda say I don't know what I know
You might not believe me.