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 dreamer, 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.

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

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 immigrants build 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
Who feels it knows it

Wump-pem-pay-ay
Wump-pem-pay pay-pay pay-ow
I'm about to expose it

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.

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 a singer, an actor, born entertainer, hmmm.
You've taken away my passport and my visa, hmmm.
Sending me away, back to Jamaica, hmmm.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.