Released: January 1, 1999
Featuring: Beenie Man
Songwriter: Maxi Priest Robert Livingston Beenie Man Gordon Chambers
Producer: The Neptunes
[Intro: Beenie Man]
Uh, na na
Oh, na na
Uh, na na, na na, na
[Refrain: (Beenie Man)]
Mary's got a baby pretty little baby
What am I supposed to do (What am I supposed to do)
I try my best to help her, show her that I care
But brothers got problems too
Mary's got a baby pretty little baby
What am I supposed to do (I don't know)
I try my best to help her, show her that I care
But brothers got problems too
[Verse 1]
Every morning 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!
[Refrain: (Beenie Man)]
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 problems too
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 problems too
(Maxi, let me explain something)
[Beenie Man]
[?] needs to be responsible
Mother give life to all the people
[?] little mama [?]
[?]
My mama couldn't be you mama
And your mama couldn't be my mama
My mother [?]
[?]
[Post-Chorus: Beenie Man]
Hot man fi get a hot woman, ya
Rastaman fi get a ras woman, ya
A lioness fi get a lion, right, right
Hot man fi get a hot woman, ya
Rastaman fi get a ras woman, ya
A lioness fi get a lion, right, right
[Verse 2]
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, oh yeah
[Refrain: (Beenie Man)]
Mary's got a baby pretty little baby
What am I supposed to do (What am I supposed to do)
I try my best to help her, show her that I care
But brothers got problems too
Mary's got a baby pretty little baby
What am I supposed to do (I don't know)
I try my best to help her, show her that I care
But brothers got problems too
[Post-Chorus: Beenie Man]
Hot man fi get a hot woman, ya
Rastaman fi get a ras woman, ya
A lioness fi get a lion, right, right
Hot man fi get a hot woman, ya
Rastaman fi get a ras woman, ya
A lioness fi get a lion, right, right
[Beenie Man]
[?]
[Refrain: (Beenie Man)]
Mary's got a baby pretty little baby
What am I supposed to do (What am I supposed to do)
I try my best to help her, show her that I care
But brothers got problems too
Mary's got a baby pretty little baby
What am I supposed to do (I don't know)
I try my best to help her, show her that I care
But brothers got problems too
[Post-Chorus: Beenie Man]
Hot man fi get a hot woman, ya
Rastaman fi get a ras woman, ya
A lioness fi get a lion, right, right
Hot man fi get a hot woman, ya
Rastaman fi get a ras woman, ya
A lioness fi get a lion, right, right
Uh, na na
Oh, na na
Uh, na na, na na, na
[Refrain: (Beenie Man)]
Mary's got a baby pretty little baby
What am I supposed to do (What am I supposed to do)
I try my best to help her, show her that I care
But brothers got problems too
Mary's got a baby pretty little baby
What am I supposed to do (I don't know)
I try my best to help her, show her that I care
But brothers got problems too
[Verse 1]
Every morning 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!
[Refrain: (Beenie Man)]
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 problems too
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 problems too
(Maxi, let me explain something)
[Beenie Man]
[?] needs to be responsible
Mother give life to all the people
[?] little mama [?]
[?]
My mama couldn't be you mama
And your mama couldn't be my mama
My mother [?]
[?]
[Post-Chorus: Beenie Man]
Hot man fi get a hot woman, ya
Rastaman fi get a ras woman, ya
A lioness fi get a lion, right, right
Hot man fi get a hot woman, ya
Rastaman fi get a ras woman, ya
A lioness fi get a lion, right, right
[Verse 2]
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, oh yeah
[Refrain: (Beenie Man)]
Mary's got a baby pretty little baby
What am I supposed to do (What am I supposed to do)
I try my best to help her, show her that I care
But brothers got problems too
Mary's got a baby pretty little baby
What am I supposed to do (I don't know)
I try my best to help her, show her that I care
But brothers got problems too
[Post-Chorus: Beenie Man]
Hot man fi get a hot woman, ya
Rastaman fi get a ras woman, ya
A lioness fi get a lion, right, right
Hot man fi get a hot woman, ya
Rastaman fi get a ras woman, ya
A lioness fi get a lion, right, right
[Beenie Man]
[?]
[Refrain: (Beenie Man)]
Mary's got a baby pretty little baby
What am I supposed to do (What am I supposed to do)
I try my best to help her, show her that I care
But brothers got problems too
Mary's got a baby pretty little baby
What am I supposed to do (I don't know)
I try my best to help her, show her that I care
But brothers got problems too
[Post-Chorus: Beenie Man]
Hot man fi get a hot woman, ya
Rastaman fi get a ras woman, ya
A lioness fi get a lion, right, right
Hot man fi get a hot woman, ya
Rastaman fi get a ras woman, ya
A lioness fi get a lion, right, right
more tracks from the album
CombiNation
- Tell Your Man to Take a Walk
- Back Together Again
- It’s a Lady’s Night
- Mary’s Got a Baby
- What a Woman Needs
- She Wants to Dance
- So What If It Rains
- We Tomorrow’s People
- God Watches Over Us
- Golden Lady
- Here We Go
- Try
- Wasn’t Meant to Be
- I Only Have One Heart
- The One
- Mary’s Got a Baby (The Neptunes Remix)
From the album
- CombiNation (1999)
Maxi Priest popular songs
- Close to You
- Wild World
- I Believe
- Promises
- Here We Go
- Golden Lady
- God Watches Over Us
- Message in a Bottle
- Mary’s Got a Baby (feat. Beenie Man)
- Art of Seduction
- Just Wanna Know
- Love Will Cross Over
- One More Chance
- Woman in You
- Watching the World Go By
- All Kinds of People
- Hard to Get
- Tide Is High
- Marcus
- How Can We Ease the Pain? (Adam Mosely mix)
- Set the Night to Music
- Tender Touch
- Life
- Festival Time