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Tinga-Linga-Ling lyrics with English Translations
[Intro] Ting-a-ting-a-ting-a-l-ting-a-l-ting- A-li-ting-a-li-ting-a-lin-ting-aling-ting-a-ling! What a dilemma! It's a Shabba thing, suckling sing (Ting-a-ling-a-ling) Yard and Foreign kick up, Bruk whine (sing!) (Break whine (sing!))
[Chorus 1] Ting-a-ling a ling Dancehall it swing DJ ears c**k up when him hear boom riddim (DJ ears stand up when he hears boom riddim) Ting-a-ling a ling School bell a ring Knife and fork ah fight fi dumpling (Knife and fork fighting for dumpling)
[Post-Chorus 1] Booyaka! Booyaka! Call fi Shabba Rankin (Call for Shabba Rankin) Shabba Ranks disappear and tear anotha man chin (Shabba Ranks disappear and tear another man’s chin) (True!) Dem a di don, to di biz we have di key (They are the don, to the business we have the key) Put di don to di key and turn him inna donkey - yes (Put the don to the key and turn him in a donkey - yes) Dem a di don, to di biz we have di key (They are the don, to the business we have the key) Put di don to di key and turn him inna donkey (Put the don to the key and turn him in a donkey)
[Verse 1] Who dey tink dey are? (Who they think they are?) Yes, dey cyan lure me (Yes, they can’t lure me) I am di general in di DJ army (I am the general in the DJ army) Who dot all di 'I', and cross all di 'T’ And set all di gyal dem fickle fancy (And set all the girls fickle fancy) And anywhere we go gyal gone crazy (listen) (And anywhere we go girl gone crazy (listen))
[Chorus 2] Ting-a-ling a ling School bell a ring Knife and fork a fight fi dumplin' (Knife and fork fighting for dumpling)
[Post-Chorus 2] Booyaka! Booyaka! call for Shabba Rankin' Shabba Rankin' disappear and tear off another man chin, true! (Shabba Ranks disappear and tear off another man’s chin, true!) Dem a di don, to di biz we have di key (They are the don, to the business we have the key) Put di don to di key and turn him inna donkey (Put the don to the key and turn him in a donkey) Dem a di don, to di biz we have di key (They are the don, to the business we have the key) Put di don to di key and turn him inna donkey, (Put the don to the key and turn him in a donkey) Yuh see… (You see...)
[Verse 2] Reggae dancehall, it comprised a whinery (Reggae dancehall, it comprised of whinery) (Yuh si) ((You see)) C**k up yuh foot, gyal wine yuh body (Hoist up your foot,girl whine your body) (Yuh si) ((You see)) If yuh can wine, yuh hold yuh man and him carry (If you can whine, you hold your man and he carry it) (Yuh si) ((You see)) Pop pure style wen yuh si yuh matey (Pop pure style when you see your matey) (Yuh si) ((You see)) Mate a try dress but yuh mate nuh ready (Mate trying to dress but your mate not ready) (Yuh si) ((You see)) (Yuh mate a look like she a Bugs Bunny, yuh si) ((You mate looking like she’s a Bugs Bunny, you see)) Shi a cartoon, and she nuh rea-ready (She’s a cartoon, and she’s not rea-ready) Gyal a get di loving, you a get di money (Girl getting the loving, you getting the money) (Yuh si) ((You see)) Jump, up up up, Cause yuh full a quality, (eeh hee) (Cause your full of quality, (eeh hee)) Trailer load a girls dem gone cra…(crazy) (Trailer load of girls they’re gone cra…(crazy))
[Bridge] A weh di great body girls dem?... (Where’s the great body girls?...) Like Jamaican girls dem?... (Like Jamaican girls?...) An' di American girls dem?.. (And the American girls?..) An' di English girls dem?... (And the English girls?) What about Canadian girls dem?... (What about Canadian girls?...) All di Japanese girls dem?... (All the Japanese girls?...) Di Caribbean girls dem?... (The Caribbean girls?...) You should hear likkle children sing, (You should hear little children sing,) (Weh dem sing?) ((What they sing?)
[Chorus 3] Ting-a-ling a ling Dancehall it swing DJ ears c**k up when dem hear boom riddim (DJ ears stand up when they hears boom riddim) Ting-a-ling a ling School bell, it ring Knife and fork a fight fi dumplin' (Knife and fork fighting for dumpling)
[Post-Chorus 3] Booyaka! Booyaka! call for Shabba Rankin' Shabba Rankin' disappear and tear off DJ chin, true! (Shabba Ranks disappear and tear off DJ’s chin, true!) Dem a di don, to di biz we have di key (They are the don, to the business we have the key) Put di don to di key and turn him inna donkey (yes) (Put the don to the key and turn him in a donkey (yes)) Dem a di don, to di biz we have di key (They are the don, to the business we have the key) Put di don to di key and turn him inna donkey, (Put the don to the key and turn him in a donkey)
[Verse 3] Yuh cyan mix quantity, with quality (You can’t mix quantity, with quality) A man of quality yes him have ability (A man of quality yes he have ability) Wid mi strong mind, and a dat a carry mi (With my strong mind, and that’s carrying me) I get di will power from, God Almighty (I get the will power from, God Almighty) Many are call, but di chosen is me (Many are call, but the chosen is me) What is for Caesar, could never be for me Dey can't harm mi, nor dey can't lure me (They can't harm me, nor they can't lure me) I am di general in di DJ army (I am the general in the DJ army) Who dot all di "I", and cross all di "T" (Who dot all the "I", and cross all the "T") Cash register ring, And dem mek nuff money (And they make a lot of money)
[Chorus 4] Ting-a-ling a ling Dancehall it swing DJ ears stand up when dem hear boom riddim (DJ ears stand up when they hear boom riddim) Ting-a-ling a ling School bell ring Knife and fork a fight fi dumplin' (Knife and fork fighting for dumpling)
[Post-Chorus 4] Booyaka! Booyaka! call for Shabba Rankin' Shabba Rankin' disappear and tear off DJ chin, true! (Shabba Ranks disappear and tear off DJ’s chin, true!) Dem a di don, to di biz we have di key (They are the don, to the business we have the key) Put di don to di key and turn him inna donkey (yes) (Put the don to the key and turn him in a donkey (yes)) Dem a di don, to di biz we have di key (They are the don, to the business we have the key) Put di don to di key and turn him inna don-, (Put the don to the key and turn him in a don-) (Yuh si) ((You see))
[Verse 4] Reggae Dancehall it comprised a whine- (Reggae Dancehall it comprised of whine-) (Yuh si) ((You see)) c**k up yuh foot, and whine yuh body-ee-ee (Hoist up your foot, and whine your body-ee-ee) Jump up-up-up and shake your body-ee-ee Model pon yuh mate, cau' yuh mate nuh ready-ee-ee (Model on your mate, cau’ your mate not ready-ee-ee) Mate look skinny, like macaroni-ee-ee (Mate looks skinny, like macaroni-ee-ee) From yuh mate skinny, just call her thready-ee-ee (From your mate skinny, just call her thready-ee-ee) If a gyal nuh ready, den a gyal nuh ready-ee-ee (If a girl not ready, then a girl not ready-ee-ee) Don't want nuh gyal wid no balloon belly-ee-ee (Don't want no girl with no balloon belly-ee-ee) Belly affi flat like a Willie penny (Belly have to flat like a Willie penny) Hear di likkle children sing wid quality (Hear the little children sing with quality) Dem seh! (They say!)
(Repeat Chorus 4)
[Outro] Booyaka! Booyaka! call for Shabba...
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