Six Love

Move di rum. Move di ashtray. Clear di table, mek di big man siddung. Who a shuffle? Dem call mi Teacher from Papine to Mona Forty-one year mi a di undisputed owner Mi count every bone from di time it leave yuh hand Mi know weh yuh holding, mi know yuh whole plan Mi see yuh double-five before yuh even look Mi read yuh like a Sunday school hymn book Young bwoy come from Portmore with a brand new shirt Before di second round him a stare at di dirt Mi nuh need no glasses, mi nuh need no luck Mi just need one partner and a table weh stuck Six love! Lick it pon di board mek di whole lane hear Six love! Tell yuh granddaddy mi beat him last year Bang it, bang it, cover up di wood Nobody round yah ever play so good Six love! Go home, go home, yuh done fi good Shopkeeper Sonia keep a chart pon di wall Every man name deh, and mi over dem all Pastor come a Friday and him leave Bible home Lose him whole collection, walk back alone Taxi man Winston seh him have a new style Him did a talk loud, now him nuh talk fi a while Big foreign tourist bring a rule book, cho Mi tell him, sir, a yard, dis a nuh di casino Him seh what a pose, mi seh dat a di pass Him still a look fi him money, and it gone so fast Six love! Lick it pon di board mek di whole lane hear Six love! Tell yuh granddaddy mi beat him last year Bang it, bang it, cover up di wood Nobody round yah ever play so good Six love! Go home, go home, yuh done fi good Yuh hold di six-four? Yuh a block di trey? Yuh partner a cough? Tell him stop dat, mi hear him clear! Yuh sweat pon yuh lip? Yuh a pray to di sky? Him cyaan help yuh inna dis yah game Even di angels dem know mi name Hurricane come and di whole roof blow Mi and Mass Charlie still a play down below Current lock off, wi light one candle stick Mi tell him, count it, and mi hear di last click Doctor seh, Teacher, yuh pressure too high Mi seh, a dem pressure, doc, look inna dem eye When mi dead, nuh bother with di hymn and di flowers Just bring four chair and play fi hours Slap one double-six pon top a mi tomb Mi will knock back from under, and clear di room Six love! Lick it pon di board mek di whole lane hear Six love! Tell yuh granddaddy mi beat him last year Bang it, bang it, cover up di wood Nobody round yah ever play so good Six love! Go home, go home, yuh done fi good Next man! Who a next man? Nobody? Lawd, a lonely ting fi be so great Sonia, gimme a soda and a next plate