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Anuh everybody a go like we
Not everyone will like us

Still we irie
But we are happy

'Cah mi nuh love likes
Because we don't care about popularity

Inna dancehall style
In the style of Jamaican dancehall music

So every time me voice
Every time I sing

Mi dweet fi di love mi nuh dweet fi di likes
I create music for love not for likes

Mek dem know, success don't come overnight
Let them know that success takes time

Mek dem know a substance over hype
Emphasize the importance of quality over hype

'Nuff a dem love likes, dat don't right
Many of them love social media popularity, that's not right

Si dung and a post and a Tweet whole night
Scrolling down and posting and tweeting all night

See dem pon social media ah type
They only appear active on social media

Gwaan like say dem deh ah studio ah voice
Acting like they're recording music in the studio

How me never buck dem up pon no flight?
Why haven't I seen them on any flight?

And me never see dem ah live no tour life
And I haven't seen them touring

You Mr. man, how you have so much likes? (Mmm)
Mr. Man, how did you get so many likes?

Ah Marley still ah lead pon iTunes
Bob Marley is still ahead on iTunes

Simply mean we nuh ready yet
It simply means we aren't ready yet

We fi put the music first, dancehall
We need to prioritize the music above everything else

Ri-ri ah work, work, work dancehall
While Rihanna is working it in a dancehall style

So when you see me hail Selassie I (now)
So when you see me acknowledge Emperor Selassie I

And every tune weh mi have a write (now)
And every song that I write

And every show weh we headline (now)
And every show that we headline

No wi nuh dweet fi di likes
We don't do it for the likes

Never tell di youths fi buss nuh shot and queng dem
Never encourage the youth to shoot and kill each other

Instead mi tell dem sell di gun an buy a yeng yeng
Instead, I tell them to sell the gun and buy a motorcycle

'Cah wi dweet fi di love we nuh dweet fi di likes
We create music for love not for likes

Dem nuh like we but we nuh response
They don't like us but we don't care

Fly out and mek dem love we from a distance
We fly out and make them like us from a distance

Come home fi two weeks vacation
We come home for a two-week vacation

Nuff a dem still stuck inna di quick sand
Many of them are still stuck in the quicksand

Nuff mi hear a seh dem ah di big man
Many people say they are the big man

Inna Jamaica ah dem have di hit song
They have the hit song in Jamaica

Ah Gentleman mi hear ah play ah Finland
I hear Gentleman playing in Finland

Me never hear dem play inna Pakistan
I never hear them playing in Pakistan

Stop gwaan like ah you own dancehall
Stop acting like you own dancehall

Nuh Drake a control dancehall
Drake doesn't control dancehall

Give me a beat and a mic
Just give me a beat and a microphone

Ready fi go studio go voice
Ready to go to the studio to record

When me put da song ya pon mi timeline
When I put this song on my timeline

No mi nuh dweet fi di likes
I don't do it for the likes

When mi mix a tune ya an drop it like a bomb
When I mix and release a song like a bomb

Mi nuh want no waste guy ah critique mi song
I don't want any talentless person to criticize my song

Me nuh want no media guy interpret me wrong
I don't want any media person to interpret me improperly

So mek mi give me credits in a dancehall fashion
So let me give credit in a way that is appropriate in dancehall

All ah these cub scouts haffi talk up to me
All of these inexperienced people will have to come to me