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The house is chaka chaka the guests are due tomorrow but wi hab di ting lack, Mon a Tap a di Tap is a comin' n' we nuh live nowhere but wi hab di ting lack, Mon now a storm's a-brewin' & the Babylon, they outside but wi hab di ting lack, mon but wi hab di ting lack
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Sep 9, 2015
Sep 9, 2015 at 8:43 PM UTC
Wi hab di ting lack ( We're in control) - English translation follows
The house is chaka chaka the guests are due tomorrow but wi hab di ting lack, Mon a Tap a di Tap is a comin' n' we nuh live nowhere but wi hab di ting lack, Mon now a storm's a-brewin' & the Babylon, they outside but wi hab di ting lack, mon but wi hab di ting lack
A poem written using Jamaican expressions.. P.S I'm not Jamaican wi hab di ting lack - we're in control chaka chaka - untidy & messy Tap a di Tap - respectable person nuh live nowhere -  to have nothing or little Babylon - police Mon - man/woman/child
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Sep 9, 2015
Sep 9, 2015 at 8:43 PM UTC
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