UB40

Released: September 2, 1985

Featuring: Pato Banton

Songwriter: Pato Banton UB40

Producer: UB40

Can you dig it, all right I can dig it
'Cause I’m your hip hop lyrical robot and a real cool cat
Yes I'm your hip hop lyrical robot and a real cool cat

I want the girls to hear me rap
'Cause this MC has got the knack
I’m your body-popping shell shocking
Girls hocking eyes popping lick me all over like a lollipop
I'm your juicy fruit
All right, all right, all right

I said hey white man, Indian or black
I'm your number 1 MC and that's a fact
I'm a good looking, girl hooking outstanding
Mile chatting lyrical shock attack
All MCs freeze there on the spot
One false move and you must get drop
I'm always devastating, fascinating
Vibe making, painstaking, watch it man I'm hot

It's a struggle in life when your skin is black
The system is designed to hold you back
How s’ya do shake hands on the shoulder a pat
One love to my face then a stab in the back
Seven points in snooker when you put down the black
But I still thank God for the little I got

I don’t stop rapping to the musical beat
And I'm in the mood to turn you on
In the groove that’s so complete
Wind you hips, shake your body

Or clap you hands even stamp your feet
Just like a bed that's just been spread
You know I'm neat, neat, neat
Just like a tap that's running hot
Man can’t you feel the heat
Not just now but every minute every hour
Everyday and every week

I don't give a hoot for loot and shoot
Or prostitutes in skin tight suits
Standing on the corner
They call their beat
I'm not a pimp drug pusher
Gambler or even thief
To the preachers I will preach
And to the teachers I will teach
'Cause I'm a hip hop lyrical robot
That is why so unique
Well police and thieves are playing
The game of hide and seek
When an informer gives information
Then it's called a leak
I jail you're a number ruled by governor
Screws keep you under, wanna see you blunder
When they say "sit" just take a seat
And when they say "food" it's time to eat
If a screw says "nigga" I don't answer
Yes sir, no sir three bags full sir
Sometimes inmates would even call me a growler
Me a growler, I'm no growler

Well I'm a hip hop lyrical robot
I don't stop rapping to the musical beat

Well I'm a hip hop lyrical robot and a real cool cat

UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham. The band has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart. They have been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album four times, and in 1984 were nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Group. UB40 have sold over 70 million records. The ethnic make-up of the band’s original line-up was diverse, with musicians of English, Irish, Jamaican, Scottish and Yemeni parentage.

Their hit singles include their debut “Food for Thought”, “Red Red Wine” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”. Both of these also topped the UK Singles Chart, as did the band’s version of “I Got You Babe”. Their two most successful albums, Labour of Love (1983) and Promises and Lies (1993), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.

On January 24, 2008, it was announced that Ali Campbell would be leaving the group after 30 years. It was reported by some Birmingham newspapers on 13 March 2008, that Maxi Priest would be the new lead singer of UB40 and had recorded a cover of Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff” with the band.

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