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

Maxi Priest

Max Alfred “Maxi” Elliott, known by his stage name Maxi Priest, is a British reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent. He is best known for singing reggae music with an R&B influence, otherwise known as reggae fusion.