Dat bwoy lef from outta de yard from morning and him doh come back
Is him and everyting just get on top ah meh nerves
Ah soon run lef Jamaica and go live ah Kingston hmmmm
Chorus:
Ah coulda who say granny nuh miserable
If yuh live wit yuh granny yuh will tun granny too
Ah who say granny no love de cussing
Fi meh granny she cuss fi everyting
Granny
Stop hollering out mi name
Granny
Yuh calling mi name in vain
Granny
Wha you ah call mi name for
Mi soon lef you ah go live wit mama
Verse 1:
Imagine I caan tek dis country what we live in
Look how much money we haffi fi pay fi chicken
Rice and flour and cornmeal is ah sin
Wha buy ah milk and we caan buy de tin
Caan even get sugar now fi do some sweetening
Ah soon run lef Jamaica and go live in ah foreign
Oh lawd ah mercy I have to sing
Oh no help me now hmm
I use to tun cornmeal and give meh dawg
But dat was long before it raise yeah bwoy
I caan tun cornmeal no more ah meh yard
Cause tings get hard Oh lawd
Me say nowadays rice gone up oh lawd
Chicken gone up wooooo
Flour it gone outta s***e
Wheel mek mi come back I caan I caan cetch da note yah come again one more time deh for mi ohhh hear mi now
Chorus:
Granny
Stop hollering out mi name
Granny
Wha yuh calling mi name in vain
Granny
But wha you ah call mi name for
Me soon lef you ah go live wit mama
Ah who say granny nuh miserable
If yuh grow wit yuh granny yuh will tun granny too
Ah who say granny no love di cussing
Fi meh granny she cuss fi everyting
Verse 2:
Son ah always tell yuh yuh fi look before yuh leap
Yuh can't plant corn on ah peas yuh wha reap
Yuh doh start de journey den how yuh fi reach
Pick up de broom cause de yard wha ah sweep
Look pon yuh bed yuh nah spread it up wit de sheet
Me tell yuh fi do something and all now yuh go dweet
Tun some cornmeal mek meh get it fi eat
Ah sou suh gum me have cause me lost me false teeth
Chorus:
Granny
Stop hollering out mi name
Granny
Yuh calling mi name in vain
Granny
Wha you ah call mi for
Me soon lef you ah go live wit mama
Verse 3:
Unda one tree me hold ah seat and sit dung
When me look me see my granny she ah come
She grab me by de shirt and say come here grandson
Ah where de cornmeal dey whey did tell yuh fi tun
She double up her fist and mi go mek fi run
She start tump me dung like a Mike Mackalum (boop)
Meh granny she just tump me dung ah ground
And inna mi chest ah where meh granny kneel dung
Boop
Yuh wait yuh ears no have no drum
Boop
Ah soon lef yuh wit sore sore gum
Boop
Anything me say must do must get done
Granny ah go kill meh
Well grandson when I dun wit you ah hearse dem haffi send come
Boop
Ah you mek me old before young
Boop
Ah you give me body come dung
I cyar tek it no more I gwan lef Jam down
Ah run lef yah and go live ah Kingston
Chorus:
Granny
Stop hollering out meh name
Granny
Yuh calling meh name in vain
Granny
Wha you ah call meh name for
Me soon lef you ah go live wit mama
Ah who say granny nar miserable
If yuh live wit yuh granny yuh will tun granny too
Ah who say granny no love de cussing
Fi meh granny she cuss fi everyting
Verse 4:
Dat bwoy lef bout from yard talk bout no shoe burn
All uno come back him just get on top ah meh nerves
Ah bwoy like dat me me cuss backward
Wa Wa Wa Wait till dat bwoy come in here
Verse 1:
Imagine I cyar tek dis country what we live in
Look how much money we haffi fi pay fi chicken
Rice and flour and cornmeal is ah sin
When yuh talk bout milk me cyar buy ah tin
Not even sugar fi do no sweetening
Ah soon run lef Jamaica and go live ah foreign
Oh lawd I have to sing
I-I-I-I use to tun cornmeal and give meh dad
Is him and everyting just get on top ah meh nerves
Ah soon run lef Jamaica and go live ah Kingston hmmmm
Chorus:
Ah coulda who say granny nuh miserable
If yuh live wit yuh granny yuh will tun granny too
Ah who say granny no love de cussing
Fi meh granny she cuss fi everyting
Granny
Stop hollering out mi name
Granny
Yuh calling mi name in vain
Granny
Wha you ah call mi name for
Mi soon lef you ah go live wit mama
Verse 1:
Imagine I caan tek dis country what we live in
Look how much money we haffi fi pay fi chicken
Rice and flour and cornmeal is ah sin
Wha buy ah milk and we caan buy de tin
Caan even get sugar now fi do some sweetening
Ah soon run lef Jamaica and go live in ah foreign
Oh lawd ah mercy I have to sing
Oh no help me now hmm
I use to tun cornmeal and give meh dawg
But dat was long before it raise yeah bwoy
I caan tun cornmeal no more ah meh yard
Cause tings get hard Oh lawd
Me say nowadays rice gone up oh lawd
Chicken gone up wooooo
Flour it gone outta s***e
Wheel mek mi come back I caan I caan cetch da note yah come again one more time deh for mi ohhh hear mi now
Chorus:
Granny
Stop hollering out mi name
Granny
Wha yuh calling mi name in vain
Granny
But wha you ah call mi name for
Me soon lef you ah go live wit mama
Ah who say granny nuh miserable
If yuh grow wit yuh granny yuh will tun granny too
Ah who say granny no love di cussing
Fi meh granny she cuss fi everyting
Verse 2:
Son ah always tell yuh yuh fi look before yuh leap
Yuh can't plant corn on ah peas yuh wha reap
Yuh doh start de journey den how yuh fi reach
Pick up de broom cause de yard wha ah sweep
Look pon yuh bed yuh nah spread it up wit de sheet
Me tell yuh fi do something and all now yuh go dweet
Tun some cornmeal mek meh get it fi eat
Ah sou suh gum me have cause me lost me false teeth
Chorus:
Granny
Stop hollering out mi name
Granny
Yuh calling mi name in vain
Granny
Wha you ah call mi for
Me soon lef you ah go live wit mama
Verse 3:
Unda one tree me hold ah seat and sit dung
When me look me see my granny she ah come
She grab me by de shirt and say come here grandson
Ah where de cornmeal dey whey did tell yuh fi tun
She double up her fist and mi go mek fi run
She start tump me dung like a Mike Mackalum (boop)
Meh granny she just tump me dung ah ground
And inna mi chest ah where meh granny kneel dung
Boop
Yuh wait yuh ears no have no drum
Boop
Ah soon lef yuh wit sore sore gum
Boop
Anything me say must do must get done
Granny ah go kill meh
Well grandson when I dun wit you ah hearse dem haffi send come
Boop
Ah you mek me old before young
Boop
Ah you give me body come dung
I cyar tek it no more I gwan lef Jam down
Ah run lef yah and go live ah Kingston
Chorus:
Granny
Stop hollering out meh name
Granny
Yuh calling meh name in vain
Granny
Wha you ah call meh name for
Me soon lef you ah go live wit mama
Ah who say granny nar miserable
If yuh live wit yuh granny yuh will tun granny too
Ah who say granny no love de cussing
Fi meh granny she cuss fi everyting
Verse 4:
Dat bwoy lef bout from yard talk bout no shoe burn
All uno come back him just get on top ah meh nerves
Ah bwoy like dat me me cuss backward
Wa Wa Wa Wait till dat bwoy come in here
Verse 1:
Imagine I cyar tek dis country what we live in
Look how much money we haffi fi pay fi chicken
Rice and flour and cornmeal is ah sin
When yuh talk bout milk me cyar buy ah tin
Not even sugar fi do no sweetening
Ah soon run lef Jamaica and go live ah foreign
Oh lawd I have to sing
I-I-I-I use to tun cornmeal and give meh dad