Deportees (Things Change) Songtext
von Buju Banton

Yes, well, tek dis from Gargamel
Uddawise known as Buju
Anytime yuh go foreign
Neva you dare t′row stones behind you
'Ca wicked t′ings will tek yuh
Watch mi nuh! (Yeah yeah)

T'ings change
Now unno see sey life hard
Yuh neva used to sen' no money come a yard
Yuh wretch you
Yuh spen′ di whole a it abroad
Squander yuh money
Now yuh livin′ like dog


Boy get deport come
Dung inna one pants
Bruk an' have no money
But mi nuh response
No abiding city
Wan pressure fi mi ranch
An′ when I'm dey a foreign
I′m did important

But 'I′m neva did a look back
Neva did a glance
Neva know 'I'm would a tumble ova like an avalanche
Mama dung inna di hole
An′ ′I'm don′t buy her a lamp
Not a line, not a letter
Nor a fifty cent stamp
Him father want a shoes an' cannot go to
When mi hear di bwoy get
Yuh know mi send ′I'm back Uncle Sam
′Cause 'I'm deh dey an′ a wrong
An nuff yout′ out 'ya
Wan drop inna di camp


T′ings change
Now unno see sey life hard
Yuh neva used to sen' no money come a yard
Yuh wretch you
Yuh spen′ di whole a it abroad
Squander yuh money
Now yuh livin' like dog

One drop inna di snow
From about seventy-nine
Neva get di chance cause it wasn′t my time
An' mi hear yuh dey a foreign an' commit di most crime
An′ mek a bag a money when mi couldn′t mek a dime

'Memba one time gon how yuh used to brag
Benz an′ Lexus a wey yuh did have
Clarks and Bally whey yuh got in a bag
Clothes a yuh no wear still have on nametag
Now yuh crash up
Now yuh mash up
Yuh neva did a plan
Yuh neva bid a check fi lay a foundation
Mi holla

T'ings change
Now unno see sey life hard
Yuh neva used to sen′ no money come a yard
Yuh wretch you
Yuh spen' di whole a it abroad
Squander yuh money
Now yuh livin′ like dog

Back together again, mi baby fren'
Dust off yuh clothes
An' start from scratch again
Back together again, mi baby fren′
Dust off yuh clothes
An′ start, nuh true

Caught up in di world of di rich and di famous
Golden livity it haffe luxurious
Have all di girls in di world in a surplus
Massage yuh shoulder, bump some a bust
Request yuh coffee an' she pour it from a thermos
Cool an′ kick back an' just a watch delirious
Now yuh sorry, yuh neva ′memba
Di almighty one in yuh days of splendor

T'ings change
Now unno see sey life hard
Yuh neva used to sen′ no money come a yard
Yuh wretch you
Yuh spen' di whole a it abroad
Squander yuh money
Now yuh livin' like dog

Boy get deport come
Dung inna one pants
Bruk an′ have no money
But mi nuh response
No abiding city
Wan pressure fi mi ranch
An′ when I'm dey a foreign
I′m did important

But 'I′m neva did a look back
Neva did a glance
Neva know 'I′m would a tumble ova like an avalanche
Mama dung inna di hole
An' 'I′m don′t buy her a lamp
Not a line, not a letter
Nor a fifty cent stamp
Him father want a shoes an' cannot go to
When mi hear di bwoy get
Yuh know mi send ′I'm back Uncle Sam
′Cause 'I′m deh dey an' a wrong
An nuff yout' out ′ya
Wan drop inna di camp

T′ings change
Now unno see sey life hard
Yuh neva used to sen' no money come a yard
Yuh wretch you
Yuh spen′ di whole a it abroad
Squander yuh money
Now yuh livin' like dog

One drop inna di snow
From about seventy-nine
Neva get di chance cause it wasn′t my time
An' mi hear yuh dey a foreign an′ commit di most crime
An' mek a bag a money when mi couldn't mek a dime

′Memba one time gon how yuh used to brag
Benz an′ Lexus a wey yuh did have
Clarks and Bally whey yuh got in a bag
Clothes a yuh no wear still have on nametag
Now yuh crash up
Now yuh mash up
Yuh neva did a plan
Yuh neva bid a check fi lay a foundation
Mi holla

T'ings change
Now unno see sey life hard
Yuh neva used to sen′ no money come a yard
Yuh wretch you
Yuh spen' di whole a it abroad
Squander yuh money

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