Pluto - Dat

Dat

Rasta Ozzy from up de hill
Decide fi check 'pon 'im grocery bill
An' when him add up de t'ings him need
De dunny done wha' him save fi buy likkle weed
Him han 'pon him jaw, lord. Red him eye an' just meditate
The time is so hard lord, I man now t'ink 'bout emigrate
I mek up me mind lord I might as well go 'gainst I man faith
So a forward a market, I sight the butcher bwoy by de gate


Chorus

( You wan' goat? ) No I might-a kill I queen
( Try de beef nuh? ) I no check fi no grass weh green
( Wha' bout fowl? ) What'cha know is time fi a change
( Mere fish ? ) Got children out a dat range
( How 'bout de steak? ) What'cha know, me no sight me rate
( Try tripe? ) Bu'n me belly when I pull me pipe
( What about de pork then? )
Hush your mouth man, me brethren hear
Sell I a pound of dat t'ing there



So when the butcher pull up a stool
Begin fi question Ozzy how him so fool
What kind a sump'in cook in a pot
From him born him never did hear 'bout dat
Well what'cha know master, give I time mek'a try explain
It's just like a flim show
Fi protect the humble we change the name
I would have feel so cute
Fi come in and ask we some 'Arnold fat'
I and I feel safer if we change the subject and call it Dat

( Rpt Chorus )


Ozzy pay off de butcher bill
Tek de parcel and trod up the hill
Like a spite who do you t'ink him meet?
Rasta Jeremiah from down the street
Guidance me brethren
Is wha' you have in a dat dere bag?
Him kinda get frighten, and begin fi hide it beneat' him rag
That man no fear I lord
Mek we go up me yard and take a sat
Meanwhile light a fire
I will help you eat off de pound a dat

( Rpt Chorus )

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Music

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• Pluto
• Dat

[CornishCockney]

joss like a FLIM show,haha, love it,love it,memories of acre lane in brixton and the houseparties

[seisoner35]

I'm gonna bun a spliff with Pluto tonight

[rootsdawtashra]

Rasta Ozzy hehehe!



[johnny2o2o]

Don't know who originally tried to do the lyrics, but they have got a few bits wrong. Having listened to this many times now I can confirm that Pluto never says t'ing always "thing": "Hush your mout' man me bredren hear. Sell I a pound a dat thing there." is what he says. 5th line of chorus is: "What'cha know - you no sight de rate?" - ie, translated into English he replies to the butcher 'Have you not seen how much you're charging for steak?"

[johnny2o2o]

@kswaggerdiva lol, no - the fourth line should read: "De dunny (ie, money) done WHERE him save fi buy little weed?" - ie, times are hard and Ozzy is looking at his grocery bill and wondering how he can save money to buy weed. Answer: He must buy the cheapest meat - pork, which is against his religion.

[britmark65]

this was played on the alex lester show on radio 2 so had to look on here to hear it again what a tune!

[michaelbinladen]

'i think i made me three children to this song'

[kswaggerdiva]

@DirtyUnclesTunes No its about how he really only has money for weed but he doesn't want weed so he buys pork instead.

[kswaggerdiva]

My whole family was born in Guyana. Exept my sister and I were born in New York. We listen to music like this all the time. We have Pluto on a CD.

[springcolley]

Funny!!