Released: July 30, 1993

Songwriter: Shaggy

Producer: Sting International

[Intro]
Carolina!
Whine your body gyal
Make dem know say you have it fi mad dem

[Chorus]
Oh Carolina (Your rass!, bumboclaat!)
Oh Carolina (Your rass!, bumboclaat!)
Oh Carolina, gyal prowl off
Gyal you fi jump and prance (Your rass!, bumboclaat!)
Carolina come bubble 'pon me
Oh, watch how she groove
Carolina come whine pon me
Oh, watch how di gyal groove
Oh Carolina (Your rass!, bumboclaat!)
Oh Carolina (Your rass!, bumboclaat!)
Oh Carolina, gyal prowl off
Gyal you fi jump and prance (Your rass!, bumboclaat!)

[Verse 1]
Oh, Carolina is a girl
She deh pon top of di world
Well now she rock her body
And a move just like a squirrel
I say, "young baby girl!"
I said, "I love how you move"
"You just a rock to di rhythm, and a riddim and move
And now you know di girl-"

[Chorus]
Oh Carolina (Your rass!, bumboclaat!)
Oh Carolina (Your rass!, bumboclaat!)
Oh Carolina, gyal prowl off
Gyal you fi jump an prance (Your rass!, bumboclaat!)
Oh Carolina (Your rass!, bumboclaat!)
Oh Carolina (Your rass!, bumboclaat!)
Oh Carolina, gyal prowl off
Gyal you fi jump an prance (Your rass!, 1 -2 - 3, hit me! )
Carolina come bubble 'pon me
Oh, watch how she groove
Carolina come whine pon me
Oh, watch how di gyal groove
Oh Carolina (Your rass!, bumboclaat!)
Oh Carolina (Your rass!, bumboclaat!)
Oh Carolina, gyal prowl off
Gyal you fi jump and prance (Your rass!, bumboclaat!)

[Verse 2]
Well now, me love how she shock
Watch how she rock
Body, it a swing like mi grandfather clock
Gyal, move your body make man dem drop!
Bumper jus' a move, it jus' a cause roadblock

[Outro]
Oh Carolina (Your rass!, bumboclaat!)
Oh Carolina (Your rass!, bumboclaat!)
Yes, Oh Carolina (Your rass!, bumboclaat!)
Carolina, Carolina, Oh Carolina (Your rass!, bumboclaat!)
All di Brooklyn gyal dem, dem know fi jump and rock
I say, di Flatbush gyal dem know how fi get up and rock (Your rass!, bumboclaat!)

Shaggy

Orville Richard Burrell CD (born October 22, 1968), known mostly by his stage name Shaggy, is a Jamaican reggae fusion singer and deejay. He took his nickname from Shaggy Rogers, from the cartoon Scooby Doo.

He was born on October 22, 1968 in Kingston, Jamaica. In 1975 he and his family moved to Brooklyn, New York.

The singer released his first hit “Oh Carolina” in 1993, which was a dancehall re-make of a ska hit by the Folkes Brothers.