Some A Holla, Some A Bawl

Some of dem a holler
Mi say some of dem a really bawl
Some of dem no really-really like
When di rain a fall
Dem time deh hungry belly pickney bawl
Pon dem parents dem a call
One hum out of di belly just a crawl
Some of dem a holler, some a bawl

Daddy, him gone at jail an'
Him cyaan get no bail
All day long him have fi
Peep through the rail
Him havе fi sleep on the cool concrete
Usе the paper for him sheet
Roll up on di bumpin' an' him poncho
Roll up on di bumpin' an' him poncho

Some of dem a holler
Mi say some of dem a really bawl
Some of dem no really-really like when
Di rain just a fall
Dem time deh hungry belly pickney bawl
Pon dem parents dem a call
One hum out of di belly just a crawl
Some of dem a holler, some a bawl

Daddy, him gone at jail an'
Him cyaan get no bail
All day long him just a peep through the rail
All day, all night in the jailhouse
Just some mingle with the flee an' the louse
Baby mother, she a bawl
Baby mother just a bawl

She band her belly with-a her seven pickney