Here Comes The Hotstepper

Album: Here Comes The Hotstepper (1995)
Charted: 4 1
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    Nah, na-na-na-nah
    Na-na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na
    Na-na-na-nah
    Nah, na-na-na-nah
    Na-na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na
    Na-na-na-nah

    Here comes the hotstepper (murderer)
    I'm the lyrical gangster (murderer)
    Pick up the crew in-a de area (murderer)
    Still love you like that (murderer)

    No no we don't die, yes we multiply
    Anyone press will hear the fat lady sing
    Act like you know, Rico
    I know what Bo don't know
    Touch them up and go, uh-oh
    Ch-ch-chang chang

    Here comes the hotstepper (murderer)
    I'm the lyrical gangster (murderer)
    Excuse me mister officer (murderer)
    Still love you like that (murderer)

    Extraordinary, juice like a strawberry
    Money to burn baby, all of the time
    Cut to fit is me, fit to cut is she
    Come juggle with me, I say every time

    Here comes the hotstepper (murderer)
    I'm the lyrical gangster (murderer)
    Dial emergency number (murderer)
    Still love you like that (murderer)

    Nah, na-na-na-nah
    Na-na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na
    Na-na-na-nah
    It's how we do it man
    Nah, na-na-na-nah
    Na-na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na
    Na-na-na-nah

    Hey, start like a jackrabbit, finish in front of it
    On the night is jack, that's it, understand?
    I'm the daddy of the mack daddy
    His are left in gold, maybe
    Ain't no homie gon' play me, top celebrity man

    Murderer, I'm the lyrical gangster (murderer)
    Excuse me mister officer (murderer)
    Still love you like that (murderer)

    No, no we don't die, yes we multiply
    Anyone test will hear the fat lady sing
    Act like you know, G go, I know what Bo don't know
    Touch them up and go, uh-oh
    Ch-ch-chang chang

    Here comes the hotstepper (murderer)
    I'm the lyrical gangster (murderer)
    Pick up the crew in-a de area (murderer)
    Still love you like that (murderer)

    Nah, na-na-na-nah
    Na-na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na
    Na-na-na-nah
    Yeah man, it's how it is
    Nah, na-na-na-nah
    Na-na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na
    Na-na-na-nah
    Right

    Here comes the hotstepper (murderer)
    I'm the lyrical gangster (murderer)
    Big up all crew bow ya (murderer)
    Still love you like that (murderer)

    Here comes the hotstepper (murderer)
    I'm the lyrical danger (murderer)
    Pick up the crew in-a de area (murderer)
    Still love you like that (murderer)

    Here comes the hotstepper
    I'm the lyrical gangster
    I'm a live in-a me danger
    Still love you like that

    Hey, da-da da-da
    Da-da, da-da
    Da-da, da-da
    (Come on)

    (Come on)

    (Come on)

    (Come on)

    (Come on) Writer/s: Christopher Kenner, Ini Kamoze, Kenton Nix, Salaam Remi Gibbs
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Cosmo Joe from BrocktonAlways loved this song . Knew it was too bright and cheery to be about hurting people . Thanks for the info.
  • Paul Osman from Liverpool, England.This song samples "Land Of 1000 Dances"by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew.
  • Observant from UsAt 00:39 seconds he clearly says "anyone PRESS will hear the fat lady sing".
    At 2:25 he VERY clearly says "anyone TEST will hear the fat lady sing".
    He clearly says a different word each time he says that line. If it were TEST both times, they would sound the same, but they very clearly sound different. And if you watch the video, you can see him actually saying "PRESS" the first time.
  • Lucas Soares from Brazil"World a Reggae" is a great song, perhaps less successful than this hit from the publication, but in my opinion it is the best song by this singer.
  • Bertrand from Paris, FranceSelected to play a key role on the soundtrack for Robert Altman's exploration of the fashion world in the movie [i] Pret-a-Porter [i], "Here Comes the Hotstepper" brought dancehall, a sug-genre of reggae, into the mainstream. It remains one of the most catchy songs of the mid-1990's. "Hotstepper" is a Jamaican term for a man on the run from the law.
  • Sum Sum from New Delhi, IndiaIni Kamoze Ini Kamoze was born October 9th 1957 at Port Maria in the parish of St.
    .The title track of Here Comes the Hotstepper was Ini Kamoze's big pop crossover
    hit. People came to know him from this song.
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