Mary's Got a Baby

Mary's got a baby, pretty little baby

What am I supposed to do?

I try my best to help her, show her that I care

But brothers got their problems too

Yo, yo, yo

Hot man fi get a hot woman, yeah

Rasta man fi get a Ras' woman, yeah

A lioness fi get a lion, right, yeah, right, ay

Hot man fi get a hot woman, yeah

A Rasta man fi get a Ras' woman, yeah

A lioness fi get a lion, right, yeah, right

Too much drama and commotion that's surrounding me

It's a sticky situation, and I can't break free

Lord, I wish that sweet, sweet Mary could be my cherie

But my Mary's got a baby and it's not for me

Mary's got a baby, pretty little baby

What am I supposed to do?

I try my best to help her, show her that I care

But brothers got their problems too

Yo, yo, yo, yeah

Listen the DJ style and listen me brother

Woman who me love oh, no, no, fi try understand

Beenie 'pon the rhythm, Maxi Priest a number one

And anywhere that we go a-we a-rock the nation

Woman a write me, woman a hold we, woman a draw down we hand

Anywhere them see we come jump 'pon we like, oh, yeah

This is Beenie Beenie Man up on the version

Maxi Priest, you a number one singer, help me sing along, now

Hot man fi get a hot woman, yeah

A Rasta man fi get a Ras' woman, yeah

A lioness fi get a lion, right, yeah, right, ay

Hot man fi get a hot woman, yeah

A Rasta man fi get a Ras' woman, yeah

A lioness fi get a lion, right, yeah, right

Every mornin' that I wake, it's only bills I see

It's so hard just for a man to build a family

All the stress and strife of life has got a hold on me

When I hear the baby cry it breaks a part of me, oh, well

Oh, now, now, now, now, now, now

Mary's got a baby, pretty little baby

What am I supposed to do?

I try my best to help her, show her that I care

But brothers got their problems too

Yo, yo, yo, yeah

My life and your life is so familiar

Every day dem want to kill me in the media

And dem say me got seven baby mother

But me check dem have a next baby father

Well a four youth me get, although me a fret

'Cause every girl wan fi step in a me crib, yes

And now me no see the next three yet

Mary's got a baby, pretty little baby

What am I supposed to do?

I try my best to help her, show her that I care

But brothers got their problems too, ah, yeah

Ay, hot man fi get a hot woman, yeah

A Rasta man fi get a Ras' woman, yeah

A lioness fi get a lion, right, right

Hot man fi get a hot woman, yeah

A Rasta man fi get a Ras' woman, yeah

A lioness fi get a lion, right, right

Mary's got a baby, pretty little baby

What am I supposed to do? Oh

I try my best to help her, show her that I care

But brothers got their problems too