Farmerman

Me born & grow as a farmer man/

Yea-yea-yea, so tell dem Ras Muhamad/

...From Indonesia/ Naptali/

Ras Muhamad from the east, way from Indonesia/

Calling out the priest, Naptali from Jamaica/

I was born to make hit songs, I was born as a farmer/

Born & grow with mom & dad, I man nah grow as a gangster/

[*] Naptali:

I'm a farmer man/

Trodding the hills from clarendon/

N might be dutty n mi tired/

Still a put mi shoulder to wheel/

Ras Muhamad/

You is a farmer man/

Trodding the hills of Indonesia/

You might be dutty n yuh tired/

Still yuh put yuh shoulder to di wheel/

Ras Muhamad/

Ras Muhamad:

See di farmer man rise ina di morning/

Ready with him hand to flex up the soil now /

Work & toil Plant up banana, rice & wheat yah/

So di whole nation can eat yah!/

Coo yah now see di farmer man how dem a work di soil/

See di farmer man how dem a work n toil/

From morning to evening, from sundown to dawn/

How dem ah plant up Jah corn/ e-o

Work wid him machete/

So the youths can fill up dem belly/

Haffi give thanks to di farmer! Cus farmer man work feed ah plenty/

See the city-life nah know about the farmer man experience/ ye-a

Cus dem ah trodding the right way/

So big dem up I n I say!/

Ras Muhamad:

Indonesia is a big country/

We have cengkeh, kopi, tempe & nasi/ you know/

Jamaica ah so nice & Irie/

Full of vibes, tell dem General Naptali come now/

Indonesia is a nice country/

Dem have coffee, clove, it's rice country/

Jamaica is a great country/

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Ras Muhamad:

Callaloo & coconut/

Soya bean fi nyam now/

Jagung, padi, apulkad/

Kedelai fi nyam now/

Cultivate the land from Indonesia to Jamdown/

It ah di work of di farmer man/