Border Patrol

Border Patrol
[chorus]
it's getting harder, harder to get across the border, ain't no jive.
trying harder, harder to get across the border to hit the i-95.
i'll walk, i'll talk, but i not crawl on my belly like a reptile, jah know.
i'll walk, i'll talk, but i not crawl on my belly like a reptile. hmmm.

going to Miami via Vancouver coming from Jamaica.
don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding
i was on the outside, for some reason, they won't let me enter. hmmm.
i went to the border they say my passport was not in order. and so.
seven of us got back on the bus, felt like a looser. hmmm.
we went from rooms, we got some food, am i a dream a? hmmm.
i went to some club, they were playing reggae, rock, and blues a. hmmm.
i know i a winner, but this time they say i'm a looser.
but i said, hey. but i said, hey.
(chorus)
the next day i came back to the embassy.
don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding.
i was an early birdie at 8:30. hmmm.
set the mouse free. let him enter. hmmm.
don't forget him a ?? this country. hmmm.
out of all the people, me they decided to remove a. hmmm.
he said come this way, you look like somebody we a look for. hmmm.

searching my bag. take my shoe, ran it through the computer.
dong, ding-ding, ding-ding.
wump-pem-pay-ay
wump-pem-pay pay-pay pay-ow
oh-fizit-now-zet
wump-pem-pay-ay
wump-pem-pay pay-pay pay-ow
i'm about to expose it
(chorus)
cock-a-doodle-doo, doodle-doo-oo i am the rooster. hmmm.
stop spinning me around like i'm some roller coaster.
don-ding, don, ding-ding, ding-ding.
you make it seems i'm the most wanted. hmmm.
take me out of this room. it's so scary and haunted. hmmm.
jamaica, jamaica, i am a teacher. hmmm.
i'm an singer, and actor, born entertainer. hmmm.
you've taken away my passport and my visa. hmmm.
sending me away, back to jamaica. hmmm.
(prolonged chorus)
i was on my way to california coming from taiwan. mexican border. i was there with a mexican who was a poncho villa. hmmm.
he said to me, do you want ?? time for a salsa. hmmm.

i said i've got to go, i've got to go to california. hmmm.
immigration officer let me pass the border. hmmm.
you know what i got to do, a show in los angeles california. hmmm.
(chorus)
going to miami via vancouver coming from jamaica.
don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding.
i was on the outside, for some reason, they won't let me enter.
don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding.
i went to the border they say my passport was not in order. and so.
seven of us got back on the bus, felt like a looser.
don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding.
we got some food and we got some rooms in vancouver.
don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding.
we went to some club, they were playing reggae, rock, and blues a. i can not confuse a.
i guess i was winner, but this time they said i was a looser.
i not confuse a. what i said.
(reversed chorus)