[Verse 1]
How dem talk bad a lot
How dem su su and a chat
While we work hard every day
Just fi go nice up di spot (uh)
Cause when you have a joyfull job like mine
Some people confuse, nuff a dem cross fi line
When di tik a tok, pon di clock
We attack, place we lock
Take di show to di top
We nuh stop, we nuh flop (woy)
Wha make some people dem a gwaan fi disrespect that
When dem aguh learn that
[Chorus]
We haffi show respect
Soundman you better never disrеspect
Bare sound a make di pеople dem come check
Do yuh best in every aspect
Vibes dem we haffi protect
Me say show respect (ay)
All di promoter dem fi show respect
People me say never could you disrespect
From that anuh yuh mindset
Vibes like this you cyaan get
[Verse 2]
A me say hold up one sec (uh)
Make me tell you all about this subject
A that we bring so a that we expect
It nuh really matter if yuh white or black
No vibes cyaan wreck (cyaan wreck)
Respectness, yes it a di key (yeah)
Serious thing weh we do it nuh funny
That’s why nuff people dem a follow we (uh)
Coulda foreign, coulda inna country
[Chorus]
Man a pree respect
Soundman you better never disrespect (yeah)
Bare sound a make di people dem come check
Do yuh best in every aspect
Vibes dem we haffi protect (oy)
Me say show respect
All di promoter dem fi show respect
People me say never could you disrespect
From that anuh your mindset
Vibes like this you cyaan get (eh)
[Verse 3]
Shut yuh mouth
Badman yuh a liar (boom)
Me get fi find a yuh di bad vibes supplier
How you a gwaan mussi di devil employer
We nuh take that, fire burn vampire
Coming with a bagga tricks, want to lick man fi six
But we full of lyrics fi go shut down dem beaks
(Hold up)
Say from we likkle and a grow
Di respect deh deh pon we flow
From when a same so we go
[Chorus]
Always show respect
Soundman you better never disrespect
Bare sound a make di people dem come check
Do yuh best in every aspect
Vibes dem we haffi protect
Me say show respect (ahn)
All di promoter dem fi show respect
People me say never could you disrespect (ahn)
From that anuh your mindset
Vibes like this you cyaan get
[Bridge]
Show respect
Fi all of di soundman dem
All instrument players and bands dem
Nuff respect
A could a singer or MC whe a bring di flow guaranteed
Man a show respect
Fi all of di people pon di dance
All di promoters whe a help we with di chance
Respect
Fi all of those who bring di vibes
And all of those who got we back inna di hard times
[Outro]
Show respect
Show respect
Hold on
Nuff respect
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