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Artist: Vybz Kartel
Canonical path: /vybz-kartel/careful
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Careful
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Careful
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[Intro:]
Di Genius
Di-di-di Genius
Be careful a who you talk to
Be careful a where you par to (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Di Teacha...
Stephen McGregor...
Be careful a where you walk to
Cause people will like to harm you (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Students...
Wise...
Prudence...
Stephen!
[Chorus:]
Dat's why you fi careful
A di people yuh know
Caz nuff a dem nuh real, dem a foe
You fi careful
A di places yuh go
Be careful a di faces you know
You fi careful
A di friends weh you keep
Watch yuhself in di street
You fi careful
And remember life sweet
Remember yuh life nuh come cheap
Hmm...
[Verse 1:]
Good morning students
Todeh we a study di above
Nice likke girl weh har madda love
Get caught in di life of drugs
Rolling with di thugs in di club
When dem ask har
She seh yeah, she seh yeah, she seh yeah
Now she addicted...
Good girl, have har college degree
She start sell har body
Til she start gih it weh fu free
She hook pan marijuana, cocaine, crack, heroin, PCP
Stephen warn dem, about di friends dat you keep
[Chorus:]
Dat's why you fi careful
A di people yuh know
Caz nuff a dem nuh real, dem a foe
You fi careful
A di places yuh go
Be careful a di faces you know
You fi careful
A di friends weh you keep
Watch yuhself in di street
You fi careful
And remember life sweet
Remember yuh life nuh come cheap
Hmm...
[Verse 2:]
Good yute, good school
Still neva tek in di lesson
Wah know bout mr. calginica, mr. smith, mr. wesson
Puss and dog nuh have di same luck
Everybody nuh get di same blessin (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Him skull class
Ready fu di school him deh pan corna
Tool inna box smokin him reefa
Here comes some police offica
Man a run west, man a go east
Him alone wid him chrome
You nah fi ask if dem sen him home
A two road Jah put before us
Stephen sing di chorus
[Chorus:]
Dat's why you fi careful
A di people yuh know
Caz nuff a dem nuh real, dem a foe
You fi careful
A di places yuh go
Be careful a di faces you know
You fi careful
A di friends weh you keep
Watch yuhself in di street
You fi careful
And remember life sweet
Remember yuh life nuh come cheap
Hmm...
[Verse 3:]
Love is a second hand emotion
Man gih woman di world
Wid all a di ocean
Wat a love potion
Him ask har if she love him truely
She seh yeah, she seh yeah, she seh yeah
Den she continue moanin
It work vice versa
A woman would love a man
And him leave har
Wid di kids like di teach at di nursery
Stephen sing
[Chorus:]
Dat's why you fi careful
A di people yuh know
Caz nuff a dem nuh real, dem a foe
You fi careful
A di places yuh go
Be careful a di faces you know
You fi careful
A di friends weh you keep
Watch yuhself in di street
You fi careful
And remember life sweet
Remember yuh life nuh come cheap
Hmm...
[Outro:]
Hmm...
Hmm...
Hmm...
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