Sinéad O’Connor

Released: October 4, 2005

Producer: Sly & Robbie

Curly Locks, now that I'm a dreadlocks
Your daddy don't want you dealing with me
Curly Locks, now that I'm a dreadlocks
Your mammy don't want you dealing with me
The sun is shining, the breeze is a-blowing, too
But all I've got inside is lotsa love for you, it's true

Curly Locks, two roads before ya
Which one will be your choice?
Would really like to know that
Curly Locks, your father is a poacher
And he don't want you dealing with me
He's a baldhead, I am a congo dread
A living rastaman, who's got a lots of love for you

Curly Locks, two roads before ya
Which one will be your choice?
Would really like to know, yeah
Curly Locks, your father is a poacher
And he don't want you dealing with me
But it's alright
Thank you, thank you for the letter
It's made me feel better
Tee tah toe
That's the way it's gonna go, now

Curly Locks, two roads before ya
You pick your choice
Curly Locks, two roads before ya
You pick, you pick, you pick your choice
Curly Locks, your father is a poacher
I'm a bongo natty bongo natty bongo dread

Sinéad O'Connor (who goes by Shuhada' Sadaqat in her private life) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 80s with her album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success with her cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares to You” in 1990.

O'Connor was discovered in 1985 when Nigel Grainge of Ensign Records saw her band Ton Ton Macoute perform. Although he was not fond of the band’s music, he was impressed by O'Connor’s ‘amazing voice’. Grainge had O'Connor record four songs with Karl Wallinger (World Party) and signed her to his label. O'Connor’s first single was the song “Heroine” which she co-wrote with U2’s guitarist The Edge for the film Captive.

Her debut album The Lion and the Cobra was a sensation when it was released in 1987, reaching gold record status and earning a Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy nomination. O'Connor’s debut single “Troy” charted in The Netherlands and Belgium, and “Mandinka”, released in late 1987, cracked the top 20 in the UK and top 30 in three other European countries, helping her album chart well in Europe. Spin Magazine described the album as a “remarkable, still-spine-tingling first record”.

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