Border Patrol

LETRA

Border Patrol

[chorus]
it's getting harder, harder to get across the border, ain't no jive.
trying harder, harder to get across the border to hit the i-95.
i'll walk, i'll talk, but i not crawl on my belly like a reptile, jah know.
i'll walk, i'll talk, but i not crawl on my belly like a reptile. hmmm.

going to Miami via Vancouver coming from Jamaica.
don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding

i was on the outside, for some reason, they won't let me enter. hmmm.

i went to the border they say my passport was not in order. and so.

seven of us got back on the bus, felt like a looser. hmmm.

we went from rooms, we got some food, am i a dream a? hmmm.

i went to some club, they were playing reggae, rock, and blues a. hmmm.

i know i a winner, but this time they say i'm a looser.
but i said, hey. but i said, hey.

(chorus)

the next day i came back to the embassy.
don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding.

i was an early birdie at 8:30. hmmm.

set the mouse free. let him enter. hmmm.

don't forget him a ?? this country. hmmm.

out of all the people, me they decided to remove a. hmmm.

he said come this way, you look like somebody we a look for. hmmm.

searching my bag. take my shoe, ran it through the computer.
dong, ding-ding, ding-ding.

wump-pem-pay-ay
wump-pem-pay pay-pay pay-ow
oh-fizit-now-zet

wump-pem-pay-ay
wump-pem-pay pay-pay pay-ow
i'm about to expose it

(chorus)

cock-a-doodle-doo, doodle-doo-oo i am the rooster. hmmm.

stop spinning me around like i'm some roller coaster.
don-ding, don, ding-ding, ding-ding.

you make it seems i'm the most wanted. hmmm.

take me out of this room. it's so scary and haunted. hmmm.

jamaica, jamaica, i am a teacher. hmmm.

i'm an singer, and actor, born entertainer. hmmm.

you've taken away my passport and my visa. hmmm.

sending me away, back to jamaica. hmmm.

(prolonged chorus)

i was on my way to california coming from taiwan. mexican border. i was there with a mexican who was a poncho villa. hmmm.

he said to me, do you want ?? time for a salsa. hmmm.

i said i've got to go, i've got to go to california. hmmm.

immigration officer let me pass the border. hmmm.

you know what i got to do, a show in los angeles california. hmmm.

(chorus)

going to miami via vancouver coming from jamaica.
don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding.

i was on the outside, for some reason, they won't let me enter.
don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding.

i went to the border they say my passport was not in order. and so.

seven of us got back on the bus, felt like a looser.
don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding.

we got some food and we got some rooms in vancouver.
don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding.

we went to some club, they were playing reggae, rock, and blues a. i can not confuse a.

i guess i was winner, but this time they said i was a looser.

i not confuse a. what i said.

(reversed chorus)