Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Steel Pulse
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
David Hinds
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Steel Pulse
Producer
Paul Horton
Producer
Errol "Starky" Ruddock
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Now hear this crowd of people
I am well vexed and just have big off the chest
Because the taxi driver no have no respect
Want I to catch bus
Hop truck
And ride bike
And stand up on the road and hitchhike
But them the things can't go on
Because Natty Dread ride the storm
[Verse 2]
Taxi driver
(Driver)
Won't stop for me
(Stop for me)
Whenever I flag him down, he won't stop for me
(They're not stoppin')
[Verse 3]
Taxi driver
(Driver)
Won't stop for me
(Stop for me)
No care how I flag him down, he won't stop for me
(They're not stoppin', they're just not stoppin')
[Verse 4]
'Cause in the London city and in a-New York
There are no go areas after dark
Say, muggers on the streets
And thief in the park
And tramps on the sidewalk
A dem a sky lark
So some a-catch taxi and they reach their spots
Pretend to pay the fare and then they just run off
Some argue with the driver, say the fare ain't right
The next thing you know they got a kitchen knife
[Verse 5]
Driver
Won't stop for me
(Stop for me)
Whenever I flag him down, he won't stop for me
(Not stoppin', they're just not stoppin')
[Verse 6]
Yo, taxi
Wha-pull up, pull up
[Verse 7]
To hail a cab
You gotta be fast
You try to catch a taxi but they just drive past
[Verse 8]
Taxi cab driver never stop for me
Got all kind of excuses up his sleeve
Some say, "I'm off duty"
Some say, "I'm not free"
The taxi cab driver never stop for me
Because of my dreadlocks looking wild
They think I'm a mugger or some bad guy
No, they never stop, they just pass me by
They treat me like a leper who was left to die
[Verse 9]
Driver
(Driver)
Won't stop for me
(Stop for me)
They care how I flag him down, he won't stop for me
(Not stoppin', they're just not stoppin')
[Verse 10]
Excuse me, mate
Can you get me a taxi?
Is that the driver?
Boy, jungle
[Verse 11]
You think that bad?
Well, how 'bout this
Me and taxi driver did have to lift fists
Serious?
Mek , I'll tell you what the brute did to me youth
Why, though?
Huh, listen
[Verse 12]
Well, I was walking with my son who was just a child
Still the taxi driver wouldn't give me a ride
He was caught by the traffic lights and had to slow down
So, I opened the back door and set my son down
He tried his best to stop me from coming in
I said, move yourself, man, and start your driving
He was very angry but he asked where to
I said, take me to the station, my train leaving soon
So guess what he did to me just for spite?
He stopped at every single traffic light
And took the wrong turn and the long way, too
He stopped at the bar just to use the loo
When I got to the station it was all in vain
Good golly, good gosh, I said I missed my train
[Verse 13]
Me kick up the taxi
Me kick up the taxi driver
Me lick up the taxi
Me lick up the taxi driver
[Verse 14]
Me kick up the taxi
Me kick up the taxi driver
Me lick up the taxi
Me lick up the taxi driver
[Verse 15]
(Not stoppin', they're just not stoppin')
Driver
(Not stoppin', they're just not stoppin')
Driver
(Not stoppin', they're just not stoppin')
Driver
(Not stoppin', they're just not stoppin')
Driver
(Not stoppin', they're just not stoppin')
Driver
(Not stoppin', they're just not stoppin')
Written by: David Hinds
