Set Up Shop

[Verse 1]

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Me hear say a man a-look a-breakfast,
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Hear say ghetto youth, dem a-set up shop
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Gong to the zilla and me di yeah, on the hill without a question,
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Love in the street like a pedestrian,
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If you love yourself, then my sug-gestion;
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Unno fi set-up shop, notice when you see me and my crew,
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And we so massive and a full up a ghetto youth.
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And every man a-fi make cash,
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And hold it stead fast; give it you best shot.

[Chorus 1]

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Junglist set up shop, back street set up shop,
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Marl Road set up shop, Matches Lane set up.
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Seaview set up shop, Southside set up shop,
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Mi hear rema man and garden man dem deh to-gether and a build.

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And-a set up shop, Towerhill set up shop,
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Telavil set up shop, Tavern set up.
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Water House set up shop, Trenchtown set up shop,
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Mi hear sey River-ton and Stoney a-get still.

[Verse 2]

N.C.
No bwoy caan broke shop, no pick pocket up-a di tuck shop,
No juvenile up a di fahhh fahhhh fahhhhh…
Ducktor bwoy caan dis di school yute, up a di bus stop,
Get a couple konk fi di tuff chat.
Man a-juggle peanut Man a-juggle ganzie,
Couple mesh marina, couple baby wanzie.
Man a-run a taxi, even if a battery,
Even if you haffi live it up like you win di lottery.

[Chorus 2]

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Unno fi set up shop, Jews land set up shop,
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Painland set up shop, Spain man set up.
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Slipe pen set up shop, Grandspen set up up shop,
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Mi hear sey shower man and power man dem deh to-gether and a-build.

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And-a set up shop, Grange Hill set up shop,
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Orange Hill set up shop, Redshill Road Hill set up.
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Warwicker Hill man set up shop, Stoney Hill set up shop,
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Mi hear say Nanny-ville and Stoney an’ get Still.

[Verse 3]

N.C.
Well, mi woulda buil’ mi own plaza, mi own harberdash.
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Goods and commadities; we have it in stock.
Nuff merchandise pack up in-a a truck back,
Still a spend money from I man a-sell wax.
Three set a tunes, file mi income tax,
Big Gongzilla, fi mi bank book fat.
Come a find mi yard; it decorate wid plaques, to di maxx.

[Chorus 3]

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Bull Bay set up shop, Buff Bay set up shop,
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Mobay set up shop, St Ann’s Bay se tup.
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Falmouth set up shop, Calrendon set up shop,
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Mi hear sey Ochio Rios deh together and-a gi tourist shop.

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An-a set up shop, Newport set up shop,
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Bridgeport set up shop, Port Royal set up.
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Out a-Airport set up shop, Rockfort set up shop,
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And Mande-ville a-run it like a tread-mill.

[Verse 4]

N.C.
Woman a-pree a divan, man a-welcome tourist to di island,
Man waah buy car and drive van.
Man a-pree finance, fire bun di violence,
Gun dem haffi silence, mi gal a-pree diamonds.
Man a-pree income, man a-pree interest,
Money haffi pay down, man a-write big cheques.
Man a-pree investments, man a-pree progress,
Tired fi gi dem more and haffi a-show less.

[Chorus 4]

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West Coast set up shop, New York set up shop,
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Boston set up shop, Washington set up.
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London set up shop, Canada set up shop,
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And Rasta-fari proficey full-fil.

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When Ethopian set up shop, Somalian set up shop,
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Kenyan set up shop, Nigerian set up.
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Eyptian set up shop, Zimbabwe set up shop,
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What a ting; humanity deh to-gether and a-build and a-set up shop.

[Outro]

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(Repeat to Fade)