Informer
by Snow

Album: 12 Inches of Snow (1992)
Charted: 2 1
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  • What's up man, hey yo what's up
    Yeah what's going on here?
    I'm sick and tired of 5-0 running up on the block
    You know what I'm saying?
    Yo, Snow they came around here looking for you the other day
    (Word?) Word, bust it

    Informer, ya' no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
    A licky boom boom down
    'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
    A licky boom boom down
    Informer, ya' no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
    A licky boom boom down
    'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
    A licky boom boom down

    Police-a them-a they come and-a they blow down me door
    One ee come crawl troo, troo my window
    So dey put me in de back de car at de station
    From that point on me reach my destination
    Where the destination reachin' outta East Detention, where dey
    Looked down me pants, look up me bottom, so

    Informer, ya' no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
    A licky boom boom down
    'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
    A licky boom boom down
    Informer, ya' no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
    A licky boom boom down
    'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
    A licky boom boom down

    So, bigger dem are they think dem have more power
    De pon di phone me say dat one hour
    Me for want to use a once an' now me call me lover
    Lover who me callin an' a one Tamei
    An' mi love er' in my heart down to my belly-a
    Yes say daddy me Snow me I feel cool an' deadly
    Yes the one MC Shan an' the one Daddy Snow
    Together we-a love'em is a tor-na-do

    Informer, ya' no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
    A licky boom boom down
    'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
    A licky boom boom down
    Informer, ya' no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
    A licky boom boom down
    'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
    A licky boom boom down

    So, listen for me, you better listen for me now
    Listen for me, you better listen for me now
    When-a me rock-a the microphone, me rock on steady-a
    Yes a daddy me Snow me are de article don
    But the in an a-out a dance an they say where you come from-a?
    People dem say ya come from Jamaica
    But me born an' raised in the ghetto that I want ya to know-a
    Pure black people man that's all I man know
    Yeah me shoes are a-tear up an'a me toes just a show-a
    Where me-a born in are de one Toronto, so

    Informer, ya' no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
    A licky boom boom down
    'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
    A licky boom boom down
    Informer, ya' no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
    A licky boom boom down
    'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
    A licky boom boom down

    Come with a nice young lady
    Intelligent, yes she gentle and irie
    Everywhere me go me never lef' her at all-ie
    Yes-a Daddy Snow me are the roam dance man-a
    Roam between-a dancin' in-a in-a nation-a
    You never know say daddy me Snow me are the boom shakata
    Me never lay-a down flat in-a one cardboard box-a
    Yes-a daddy me Snow me-a go reachin' out da top, so

    Informer, ya' no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
    A licky boom boom down
    'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
    A licky boom boom down
    Informer, ya' no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
    A licky boom boom down
    'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
    A licky boom boom down

    Why wo ee, why wo ee, an' wo ee an' wo ee

    Me sitting 'round cool with my dibbie-dibbie girl
    Police knock my door, lick up my pal
    Rough me up and I can't do a thing
    Pick up my line when my telephone ring
    Take me to the station black up my hands
    Trail me down 'cause I'm hanging with the Snowman
    What I'm gonna do? I'm backed and I'm trapped
    Slap me in the face and took all of my gap
    They have no clues and they wanna get warmer
    But Shan won't turn informer

    Informer, ya' no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
    A licky boom boom down
    'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
    A licky boom boom down
    Informer, ya' no say daddy me Snow me I go blame
    A licky boom boom down
    'Tective man a say, say daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
    A licky boom boom down

    Diggity dum, diggity diggity dum, an' wo ee, an wo, an wo ee Writer/s: Darrin O'Brien, Edmund Leary, Michael Greer, Shawn L. Moltke, Terri Moltke
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Royalty Network, Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Moosehead from ScMC Shan is my favorite rapper of all time. unfortunately, on the radio, his part got cut out most of the time. how could i fell off, boy, i helped pioneer this! down by law, marley scratch!
  • Jim Dandy To The Rescue from King Of Queens, Ny Nya licky boom boom down, great words from the hardcore streets of queens, 62nd and yellowstone, nice neighborhood, we used to eat scoop gelato from the vendors on Saturday, sometimes the guy with sunglasses would come around and we would all pose for pictures with the latest in heisted fashion, those were the days. Empire State yo
  • Piper from San Francisco12 inches of snow, but as a white boy we know it should have been more like 2 inches of snow, just a light dusting, leave the heavy lifting for the Jamaicans.
  • Stephen Redmond from TennesseeThe lyric is "a licky boom boom dem" not "down". It is referring to them being butt kissers to put it nicely.
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