I said we friendship come first, the band did come second
And that's why I decided to put it in a song
So listen crowd of people and throw up unnuh hands
If you love dem their style and you love dem pattern
Reggae music can't refuse it
So give us what we want and mek we gwan
Reggae music can't refuse it
So give us what we want and mek we gwan
I said yes crowd of people we come back again
I man Thriller E. And all me best best friends
I know most of dem from age eleven
And some of dem even even before then
We travel the whole world, think it could never end
But don't get me wrong it a no big problem
'Cause reggae what we love and that's what we defend
And that there love that could a never end
Reggae music can't refuse it
So give us what we want and mek we gwan
Reggae music can't refuse it
So give us what we want and mek we gwan
So let me get back to the subject of me friends
'Cause me respect and love love the whole of dem
And that there love that could a never end
And now it is time to hail the whole of dem
Me love me Mickey V. him in a category
Robin on guitar him just a nice up every bar
Me love me Astro because him deh pon de go
Me love me Norman 'cause him a don gorgon
Me love me Ali C. with his golden voicee
Him nice up every dance nice up every party
Me love me Brian T. pon the saxophone
Buttons pon the bone, Patrick him a hit the high C
Them bad pon their own or in a section of three
And that only leaves me and Jimmy
Jimmy a the drummer me a the base
And that is the whole of UB40
Reggae music can't refuse it
So give us what we want and mek we gwan
Reggae music can't refuse it
So give us what we want and mek we gwan
I said we friendship come first, the band did come second
And that's why I decided to put it in a song
So listen crowd of people and throw up unnuh hands
If you love dem their style and you love dem pattern
Reggae music can't refuse it
So give us what we want and mek we gwan
Reggae music can't refuse it
So give us what we want and mek we gwan
I said yes crowd of people we come back again
I man Thriller E. and all me best best friends
I know most of dem from age eleven
And some of dem even even before then
We travel the whole world, think it could never end
Don't get me wrong it a no big problem
Reggae what we love and that's what we defend
And that their love that coulda never end
Reggae what we love and that's what we defend (reggae music)
And that their love that coulda never end (can't refuse it)
Reggae what we love and that's what we defend (so give us what we want and mek we gwan)
That they're love that coulda never end
Reggae music (that they're- that they're- that)
Can't refuse it (that they're love that coulda never end)
So give us what we want and mek we gwan (reggae what we love and that's what we defend)
(That they're love that coulda never end)
(Th-that they're love that coulda-)
Reggae music can't refuse it (the finest ingredients are right in the lakes)
So give us what we want and mek we gwan (the finest ingredients)
(The finest ingredients)
Reggae music can't refuse it (the finest ingredients are right in the lakes)
So give us what we want and mek we gwan (the finest ingredients are right in the lakes)
Reggae music can't refuse it (the finest ingredients are right in the lakes)
So give us what we want and mek we gwan (the finest ingredients are right in the lakes)
Reggae music can't refuse it
So give us what we want and mek we gwan