Day-O
Rick Maniac & Dr. Loop Lyrics
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(Till I come and me wanna go home)
Day is a day, is a day, is a day
Is a day, is a day-o
(Till I come and me wanna go home)
Work all night, gonna drink our rum
(Till I come and me wanna go home)
Stack banana till the morning come
Come mister tally man, tally me banana
(Till I come and me wanna go home)
Come mister tally man, tally me banana
(Till I come and me wanna go home)
Day ia a day-o
(Till I come and me wanna go home)
Day is a day, is a day, is a day
Is a day, is a day
(Till I come and me wanna go home)
A beautiful bunch, a ripe banana
(Till I come and me wanna go home)
I seek deadly lacked a launch-ra
(Till I come and me wanna go home)
(Repeat ** and *** then *)
Day-o, day-o
(Till I come and me wanna go home)
Day is a day, is a day, is a day
Is a day, is a day-o
The lyrics to "Day-O" by Rick Maniac & Dr. Loop are a celebration of the work and joy that comes with harvesting and stacking bananas. The song opens with the call of "Day-o," which serves both as a greeting and a way to indicate that the workday has begun. The repetition of "day is a day, is a day" underscores the cyclical nature of the work.
The lyrics go on to describe the work itself, with the workers stacking bananas until morning. The chorus, "Till I come and me wanna go home," both acknowledges the hard work involved and expresses a longing for rest and relaxation. The introduction of the "tally man," who tracks the workers' productivity, adds a note of tension to the song, but it is quickly dispelled by the joy of the workers and the sweet taste of the ripe bananas they are harvesting.
Line by Line Meaning
Day-o, day-o
It's time to leave and go home
(Till I come and me wanna go home)
I won't stop working until it's time to go home
Day is a day, is a day, is a day
Every day is the same
Is a day, is a day-o
But still, every day feels like I'm stuck here
Work all night, gonna drink our rum
We're going to keep working hard and celebrate with some rum
Stack banana till the morning come
We'll keep going until we finish our work, even if it means working all night
Come mister tally man, tally me banana
We're asking the tally man to count our bananas
Day ia a day-o
We're still stuck in the same routine
A beautiful bunch, a ripe banana
We've worked hard to produce a beautiful crop of ripe bananas
I seek deadly lacked a launch-ra
We need to sell our bananas as soon as possible to make money
Day-o, day-o
It's still time to leave and go home
Day is a day, is a day, is a day
Even though every day is the same, we'll keep working hard and hoping for a better tomorrow
Is a day, is a day-o
But still, every day feels like I'm stuck here, waiting for my chance to go home
Writer(s): William Attaway, Irving Burgie
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