What's Your Story

Tanya Stephens

Saturday night was our Anniversary
so I made something special for my man and me,
Go outta mi way do everyting right,
from the champagne chilling to the dim light,
Put on some music turn it way down low,
lovey dovey softies fi get the right flow,
Put on mi negligee we have the red glow
and after all the wretch never show,
10 oclock mi a say it a get late an
11 oclock me a contemplate an
seh mi nah go get vex me still a wait and
nuh watch the lateness cause we a Jamaican,
12 oclock when me nuh see him me start see red,
1 oclock anger turned into panic instead
mi start wonder if them rob him put a cap inna him head
and feel guilt how me vex when the man probably dead,
so me pick up the phone and start call up mi friends,
Jump inna mi car and go circle some ends.
Come back inna di house and start bawl pon di floor when BUP me hear a key inna di door. Guess who?

Chorus:
Stepping in at a quarter three, talk up whats your story?
Wha coulda be more important than me, talk up, whats your story?
You coulda deal, mi a go disturb the peace, talk up, whats your story?
Somebody please run go call the police, talk up, whats your story?
Cmon now, cmon now, wha yuh haffi seh to me, cmon now, cmon now

Him step inna the house a grin him 32 teeth,
with some spur o the moment flowers him pick up outta street.
Acting like him dont know something wrong,
somebody please sing him the first verse a di song.
Bout yuh s-s-stop dung a Juicy dem shop,
well 1:30 when mi pass Juicy did lock
Oh. Yuh lef dung a Juicy and go rounda Burro,
well mi did a check desso too and dem neva see yuh
bout yuh stop dung a the market play 2 hand a poker,
somebody please come rescue this joker.
Ketch himself afire hang himself wid dem rope ya,
all the fire brigade fi come clear up dem smoke ya.
Theres something about man weh mi dont understand,
always a wedge himself inna some tight likkle jam,
never taking the details into consideration,
and always underestimate dem woman.
A walk inna di house wid some half baked plan
and some very familiar lies wha yuh pick outta song,
Eh-Eh honey, please, yuh fegat seh a mi buy yuh di Beres Hammond collection?
Yuh better come out go look a next gal fi con

Chorus:
Stepping in at a quarter three, talk up whats your story
Wha coulda be more important than me, talk up, whats your story?
You coulda dead, mi a go disturb the peace, talk up, whats your story?
Somebody please run go call the police, talk up, whats your story?
Cmon now, cmon now, wha yuh haffi she to me cmon, cmon