Crooks in The Business

Lee “Scratch” Perry

Popularity · Low

Original

Listen

YouTube

0:00 / 0:00

Loading YouTube player...

Lyrics offset

Synced

Lyrics

Crook in the business What goes up must come down And I know you all There is no crooks out there in the business that I don't know I know you all And what goes up must come down I am the open door And when I open I open with hip and hop So whether you hip or hop Or you don't, takes get socked Come hip and hop And flop, or you gonna get socked If you don't hip and don't you hop Then you gonna get socked or you gonna get popped Or you get gunshot Pow-pow-pow-pow-pow Or you get knife chop So you better bow-bow-bow before you hear pow-pow Hip! Crooks in the business I know you all Po! Crooks in the business Now you're gonna bow Boo! Crooks in the business I know you all Po! Crooks in the business Listen, now you gonna bow, bow, bow! Hip! Or I'll take another trip I gotta kick you with mi, kick you with mi zip Zip! As I zip you with mi zip Tip! Or rather tip you with mi tip Hip! Or I'ma hip you with mi hip Hop! Or I'ma chop you with the chop Hop! Or I'ma give you to the cop Hop! A really pop, pop, pop I give you to mi cop And yet again, then me give you to mi zap And zap, zap, zap Give you to mi hip and make mi hip, hip, hip And give you to mi whip and then you get a triple whip Po! Crooks in the business I know thee all Po! Crooks in the business Your back against the wall Po! Crooks in the business I walk through wall Po! Crooks in the business Now I got you all Po! Crooks in the business I got you all I got you now I go "moo" like a cow, "moo" And I got you now I got you po, "meh" I got you now, "meh" I got you now, "moo" Hey man, we are not that scared Call who's now got you now Po! Crooks in the business I know you all, near and far Po! Crooks in the business I know you all Po! Crooks in the business Harder you come, harder, harder you fall Po! Crooks in the business What goes up must come down Hip! Or rather chop you with my hip Hip, hip, hip, until you split Split! Pope split Split! Bishop split Split! Councillor D'Angourley split Or I'll make you eat your shit Eat of your shit, drink of your piss Smell your poop and read your book I am a bad crook in the business Can you read me? I know you all, big and small, I know you all I can see through nine inches wall I walk through keyhole Woo! Crooks, po! Hip and hop, I'll have you shot at dawn Hip and hop, I'll have you shot before your young one born Hip and hop, I'll have you shot and face gunshot Face knife stab and face sword chop Until you hip and hop Hip, hop, hop Hip, hop, hop Hip, hop, hop I give you to di cop Then again, again, I'm gonna give you to di cop Then I'm gonna see that you get chop-chop Wop, wop, wop and zap, zap, zap Bap, bap, bap, bap Well, I said you hip and hop or I'll have you shot at dawn Chatty, chatty, bam-bam-bam Hip! Crooks in the business!