Texty: Tanya Stephens. Gangsta Blues. Tek Him Back.
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(Phone Conversation)
Tanya: Hello, Natalie? This is Tanya.
Natalie: Tanya who? You mean Tanya who tek meh man and gwaan like she waan broke fight pon mi pon top ah it?!
Tanya: But Natalie datta when me was young and foolish.....
Natalie: Foolish?! That was last year!
Tanya: But people change...
Natalie: No change! No, I don't waan hear it!
--Hold On-
Verse 1:
Back inna day me an me friend dem used to move ex
cut and go tru das how deh crew used to flex
any man we see and we waan we jus tek
gyal talk too hard get ah kick inna she neck well
couple of times you used to call me pon de phone
cuss me how fi left your husband alone
ah jus now me ah fully understand
why me really need fi leave your man
cuz him refuse to look wuk so his pockets stay bruck
cant mash ah ants but him want to chuck
you say you really love me nah fight dat
wifey please come tek him back
Chorus:
And you can find im clothes dem pon de lawn
if when you come you nuh see me me gone
'cause me no love how yuh man ah peform
so, tek him back, wifey, tek him back
Look how me used to brag and show off
down inna de end you have de last laugh
even if it even means dat mi haffi pop off
you ah go tek him back, wifey, tek him back
you betta tek him ( repeat), you haffi tek him back (repeat), you betta tek him back ( repeat)
Verse 2:
Me tink him was ah de toppa de top even bottom ah top
Ah him friendly wid every piece ah ice imma rock
ah tell me bout him have ah drop-top and ah yacht
meh caan believe ah gyal like me fall fi dat!
if me nevah did so vex me woulda find it funny
when me ready fi spend and find out him nah have no money
Free paper wa me geh him meh have to turn down buddy
me ah givim back to you cuz him ah really your honey
Me look kinda magga widdim , himm look kinda cute
but youfi really have im cuz you have him youth
say you realy love him but me nah fight dat
wifey, please, come tek him back!
Chorus
Verse 3:
Well ah de 1st rule ah shopping
let de buyer beware
be careful how yuh tek a gyal man go dere
yuh might grab someting when she jus about fi dash
cuz one gyal treasure is anudda gyal trash
me notice certain likkletrend datta gwaan
man alwayz look betta inna de nex gyal arms but im neva fail soon as de nex gyal gone
de newness rub off and de man lose de charm
When de clothes dem reach de lawn
You woulda pray to God him would pack and gwaan
have a cute face but him nah perform so tek him back
wifey tek him back
Look how me used to brag and show off
down inna de end you have de last laugh
if it even me say me haffi pop off
you haffi tek him back
yuh betta tek him back
Song out
(Phone Conversation)
Tanya: Hello, Natalie? This is Tanya.
Natalie: Tanya who? You mean Tanya who tek meh man and gwaan like she waan broke fight pon mi pon top ah it?!
Tanya: But Natalie datta when me was young and foolish.....
Natalie: Foolish?! That was last year!
Tanya: But people change...
Natalie: No change! No, I don't waan hear it!
--Hold On-
Verse 1:
Back inna day me an me friend dem used to move ex
cut and go tru das how deh crew used to flex
any man we see and we waan we jus tek
gyal talk too hard get ah kick inna she neck well
couple of times you used to call me pon de phone
cuss me how fi left your husband alone
ah jus now me ah fully understand
why me really need fi leave your man
cuz him refuse to look wuk so his pockets stay bruck
cant mash ah ants but him want to chuck
you say you really love me nah fight dat
wifey please come tek him back
Chorus:
And you can find im clothes dem pon de lawn
if when you come you nuh see me me gone
'cause me no love how yuh man ah peform
so, tek him back, wifey, tek him back
Look how me used to brag and show off
down inna de end you have de last laugh
even if it even means dat mi haffi pop off
you ah go tek him back, wifey, tek him back
you betta tek him ( repeat), you haffi tek him back (repeat), you betta tek him back ( repeat)
Verse 2:
Me tink him was ah de toppa de top even bottom ah top
Ah him friendly wid every piece ah ice imma rock
ah tell me bout him have ah drop-top and ah yacht
meh caan believe ah gyal like me fall fi dat!
if me nevah did so vex me woulda find it funny
when me ready fi spend and find out him nah have no money
Free paper wa me geh him meh have to turn down buddy
me ah givim back to you cuz him ah really your honey
Me look kinda magga widdim , himm look kinda cute
but youfi really have im cuz you have him youth
say you realy love him but me nah fight dat
wifey, please, come tek him back!
Chorus
Verse 3:
Well ah de 1st rule ah shopping
let de buyer beware
be careful how yuh tek a gyal man go dere
yuh might grab someting when she jus about fi dash
cuz one gyal treasure is anudda gyal trash
me notice certain likkletrend datta gwaan
man alwayz look betta inna de nex gyal arms but im neva fail soon as de nex gyal gone
de newness rub off and de man lose de charm
When de clothes dem reach de lawn
You woulda pray to God him would pack and gwaan
have a cute face but him nah perform so tek him back
wifey tek him back
Look how me used to brag and show off
down inna de end you have de last laugh
if it even me say me haffi pop off
you haffi tek him back
yuh betta tek him back
Song out