Switch It Up
Protoje Lyrics

Dem say dem love we but dat ah yesterday
People used to say they loved us but that was in the past

Get what dem want and switch it up already
They get what they want and then change their behavior

Dem nah go draw we out, oh no, nuh today
They won't provoke us today

It nuh so easy fi drain we energy
It's not easy to drain our energy

'Cause blessings follow anywhere-where we deh
Blessings follow us everywhere we go

Ah good we good wid everybody
We are good with everyone

Nu-nu-nuttin' nuh deh 'ya fi say
There's nothing to say

Woman dem royal, soldier dem loyal
Women are regal, soldiers are loyal

Casual or formal dem style 'ya nuh normal
Their fashion style is not ordinary

Flow dem immortal, uh yeah
Their flow is immortal

More than a jaw full, uh yeah
More than enough to handle

Riddim dem awful, wicked, unlawful
Their rhythm is fierce and rebellious

And we not stopping, no
We're not stopping

Ah nuh no time fi no stoplight (stoplight)
There's no time to wait at a traffic light

Man ah travel at top speed (top speed)
We're traveling at top speed

But dis ah di top flight (big flight)
This is the top league

Dis ah di big league (big league)
This is the big league

So every eight bar or sixteen is a big deal
Every eight or sixteen bars is significant

Food fi you thought, ah nuh kids meal
This is not child's play

Package it proper, it been seal
Package it correctly and seal it

Recipe of a master
A recipe crafted by a master

Dem boy deh cyaan' boil water (water)
Those guys can't even boil water

Cooking up a recipe a disaster
Cooking up a recipe would be a disaster for them

dat ah di reason, this ah mi season
This is my time to shine

Dem 'ya degrees ah torture
Their degrees are a form of torture

Carry di torch ah different peaks
We carry the torch to different heights

Where regular people nuh walk at
Where ordinary people don't venture

Me ah compete with mi past self
I'm competing with my past self

That is what making me sharper (chuh)
That's what's making me better

Look what we achieve every quarter
Look at what we achieve every quarter

Way before we make a quarter
Long before we make a quarter

Always have heart, so when times hard
We always have courage, even in tough times

We pick up and we ah go harder
We pick ourselves up and work even harder

None ah my people nuh starve, yeah, yeah
None of my people are hungry

Me have di world in my palm
I have the world in my hands

Take it and bring it ah yaad, yeah, yeah, yeah
Take it and bring it home

We deh pon target
We're hitting our target

Reggae di top ah di markets
Reggae is at the top of the market

If there is ever a problem, listen Diggy album
If there's ever a problem, listen to Diggy's album

And that goodly solve it
And that will likely solve it

We attire clean, what you said Iké?
Our attire is clean, what do you say, Iké?

We nuh go wid di flow, we ahead ah it
We're not following the flow, we're leading it

Sevi ah wul it down like a Jedi
Sevi is breaking it down like a Jedi

Couple shows, couple days pon di road
A few shows, a few days on the road

See no bed and di don just come in pon a red eye, whoa
We just flew in and didn't even get to rest

Cerebral flow, in my head I go
A deep flow, I'm going deep in my head

Try reach me now but my cell line slow
Try to reach me now, but my cell phone is slow

I keep it low, it's like where'd I go?
I keep it low-key, you don't know where I am

Try teach me how but I said, "I know"
Trying to teach me, but I already know

"People know me, like" Yeah, like how?
"People know me, like", how do they know me?

Pon like need to know premise when I show
People need to know a lot, just to see me

I collect my dough, do my thing and go
I collect my money and go about my business

Don't, from you say "Hello, Proto"
Don't, from the moment you say "Hello, Proto"

Di world know too, dem want more too
The world knows too, they want more too

Touch down U.K., sell out show
Touch down in the U.K. and sell out the show

New Minister of Culture, we get some vote
We got some votes for the new Minister of Culture

Ah regular we haffi transit through airport
We regularly have to go through the airport

And ah because we outstanding, two Air Force
And because we stand out, two Air Force [ones]

Couldn't forget where me belong, me too engrossed
Can't forget where I come from, I'm too involved

And if me ever drop a song, Diggy reinforce, yeah
And if I ever release a song, Diggy will reinforce it

Strong like a tonic, ah
Strong like a tonic

Beat the drum and then play the harmonica
Beat the drum and then play the harmonica

Diggy Don, di baddest pon di planet, ah
Diggy Don is the baddest on the planet

Supersonic, tougher dan a granite, ah
Supersonic, tougher than granite

We ah professor, dem ah di janitor
We're the professors, they're the janitors

Oppressor dem ah fret and ah panic so
Oppressors are fretting and panicking

You no see the difference of the caliber?
Don't you see the difference in our caliber?

Nothing less than atomic when we drop it
We drop nothing less than atomic bombs

Automatic, say a bomb, ay
Automatic, like a bomb