AmDmAmDm
It's getting harder, harder to get across the border, ain't no jive
AmDmAmDm
Trying harder, harder to get across the border, to hit the i-95
AmDmAmDm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, jah know
AmDmAmDm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, hmmm
[Verse]
AmDmAm
Going to Miami via Vancouver coming from Jamaica
AmDm
Don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding
AmDmAmDm
I was on the outside, for some reason, they won't let me enter, hmmm
AmDmAmDm
I went to the border, they say my passport was not in order and so
AmDmAmDm
Seven of us got back on the bus, felt like a looser, hmmm
AmDmAmDm
We went from rooms, we got some food, am I a dream, hmmm
AmDmAmDm
I went to some club, they were playing reggae, rock and blues a, hmmm
AmDmAm
I know I'm a winner, but this time they say I'm a looser
AmDm
But I said, hey, but I said, hey
[Chorus]
AmDmAmDm
It's getting harder, harder to get across the border, ain't no jive
AmDmAmDm
Trying harder, harder to get across the border, to hit the i-95
AmDmAmDm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, jah know
AmDmAmDm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, hmmm
[Verse]
AmDmAm
The next day I came back to the embassy
AmDm
Don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding
AmDmAmDm
I was an early birdie, at eight-thirty, hmmm
AmDmAmDm
Set the mouse free, let him enter, hmmm
AmDmAmDm
Don't forget immigrants build this country, hmmm
AmDmAmDm
Out of all the people, me they decided to remove a, hmmm
AmDmAmDm
He said come this way, you look like somebody we a look for, hmmm
AmDmAm
Searching my bag, take my shoe, ran it through the computer
AmDm
Dong, ding-ding, ding-ding
[Refrain]
Am
Wump-pem-pay-ay
DmAm
Wump-pem-pay pay-pay pay-ow
Dm
Oh-fizit-now-zet
Am
Wump-pem-pay-ay
DmAm
Wump-pem-pay pay-pay pay-ow
AmDm
I'm about to expose it
[Chorus]
AmDmAmDm
It's getting harder, harder to get across the border, ain't no jive
AmDmAmDm
Trying harder, harder to get across the border, to hit the i-95
AmDmAmDm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, jah know
AmDmAmDm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, hmmm
[Bridge]
AmDmAmDm
Cock-a-doodle-doo, doodle-doo-oo, I am the rooster, hmmm
AmDmAm
Stop spinning me around like, I'm some roller coaster
Dm
Don-ding, don, ding-ding, ding-ding
[Verse]
AmDmAmDm
You make it seems I'm the most wanted, hmmm
AmDmAmDm
Take me out of this room, it's so scary and haunted, hmmm
AmDmAmDm
Jamaica, Jamaica, I am a teacher, hmmm
AmDmAmDm
I'm an singer, and actor, born entertainer, hmmm
AmDmAmDm
You've taken away my passport and my visa, hmmm
AmDmAmDm
Sending me away, back to Jamaica, hmmm
[Chorus]
AmDmAmDm
It's getting harder, harder to get across the border, ain't no jive
AmDmAmDm
Trying harder, harder to get across the border, to hit the i-95
AmDmAmDm
It's getting harder, harder to get across the border, ain't no jive
AmDmAmDm
Trying harder, harder to get across the border, to hit the i-95
AmDmAmDm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, jah know
AmDmAmDm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, hmmm
[Verse]
AmDmAmDm
I was on my way to California coming from Taiwan, Mexican border
AmDmAmDm
I was there with a Mexican who was a poncho villam, hmmm
AmDmAmDm
He said to me, do you want burrito, time for a salsa, hmmm
AmDmAmDm
I said I've got to go, I've got to go to California, hmmm
AmDmAmDm
Immigration officer let me pass the border, hmmm
AmDmAmDm
You know what I got to do, a show in Los Angeles California, hmmm
[Chorus]
AmDmAmDm
It's getting harder, harder to get across the border, ain't no jive
AmDmAmDm
Trying harder, harder to get across the border, to hit the i-95
AmDmAmDm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, jah know
AmDmAmDm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, hmmm
[Verse]
AmDmAm
Going to Miami via Vancouver coming from Jamaica
AmDm
Don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding
AmDmAm
I was on the outside, for some reason, they won't let me enter,
AmDm
Don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding
AmDmAmDm
I went to the border, they say my passport was not in order and so
AmDmAm
Seven of us got back on the bus, felt like a looser,
AmDm
Don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding
AmDmAmDm
We got some food and we got some rooms in Vancouver
AmDm
Don-ding, don, ding-ding-ding
AmDmAm
We went to some club, they were playing reggae, rock and blues a,
Dm
I can not confuse a
AmDmAm
I guess I was winner, but this time they said I was a looser
Dm
I not confuse a, what I said
[Outro]
AmDmAmDm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile, jah know
AmDmAm
I'll walk, I'll talk, but I not crawl on my belly like a reptile,
Dm
ain't no jive
AmDmAmDm
It's getting harder, harder to get across the border, ain't no jive