Take Yuh Meat Out Me Rice

A Bajan and a Trinidadian dying with starvation

The Bajan say, "Look, Trini, let we make a cook

I put the rice, you going put the meat

Then we going both have something to eat"

But when the pot was nearly to done

The Bajan decide to pull a fast one

He said, "Trini, I'm a born Barbadian

I don't like to fight

But when come to the occasion, man, I stick for my right

You put in a 12-cents meat bone, you worse than a lice

I going give you a word of advice

Take yuh meat out my rice"

Trini got in a big rage, "What wrong with you, Baje

I going tell you flat, Baje, I ain't taking that"

When we were shopping, we both agree

The food will be cook and shared equally

I put me last penny in this meat, and I ain't moving until I eat"

Baje say, "Trini, I'm a born Barbadian, I don't like to fight

But when come to the occasion, man, I'd die for my right

You put in a ten-cents meat bone, you think that is nice?

Well, don't make me have to tell you twice

Take yuh meat out my rice"

The Bajan then said to Trini

"Man, don't tell lies on me

I never told you that we join and cook up in two

What I mention, I can repeat

I said to lend me a piece of meat"

Trini so vex, he begin to cry

"Baje, in front my eye you telling a lie?"

Baje say, "Trini, I'm a born Barbadian, I don't like to fight

But when come to the occasion, man, I die for my right

You put in a nine-cents meat bone, good lord, you want half a slice?

If you don't want a Bajan ice, take yuh meat off my rice"

By this time the pot finish, Trini pick up a dish

The Bajan say, "No, no, no, never happen so

If you wanted something to eat

Man, take a fork and pick out your meat

But if you add one grain of rice

By Christ, I squeeze your throat like a vise"

"Trini, I'm a born Barbadian, I don't like to fight

But when come to the occasion, man, I'd die for my right

You put in a eight-cents meat bone, you Trinidadian lice

Before I squeeze you like a vise, take yuh meat out my rice"