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Artist: Sister Nancy
Track: Bam Bam

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Ah me seh one thing Nancy cyaan' understand
One thing Nancy cyaan' understand
Wah mek dem ah talk 'bout mi ambition?
Seh, wah mek dem ah talk 'bout mi ambition?
Cah me seh some ah dem ah ask me where me get it from
Seh some ah dem ah ask me where me get it from
Ah true dem nuh know it's from creation
Ah true dem nuh know it's-a from creation

Bam bam, ay, what a bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Ay, what a bam bam
To what a bam bam

This woman never trouble no one
I'm a lady, I'm not a man
MC is my ambition
I come fi nice up Jamaican

So bam bam, to what a bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Ay ah me seh what a bam bam
Tell 'em, tell me seh what a bam bam
Ay, tell 'em, tell 'em

Me born and me grow inna Princeton 6
I Nancy write mi crissest lyrics
When you hear dem it sound like Christie's biscuit
You come inna di place and me seh well well slick

Bam bam, ay seh what a bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Ay seh what a bam bam, ay seh what a bam bam

Ah some ah dem ah seh me one come mash up dem plan
Ah true dem nuh know me ah one business woman
Sister Nancy she ah one inna three million
Sister Nancy she ah one inna three million

So bam bam, seh what a bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam, ay

Seh go, Sister Nancy, beg you go
I tell you seh fi go, Sister Nancy, beg you go
I know it from mi head straight down to my toe
Ah tee-ta-toe, Sister Nancy on di go
Ah some ah dem ah ask, "Ah Sister Nancy mek you bad so?"
Slang-dung-diddly, Sister Nancy mek you bad so?

E bam bam, what a bam bam
E bam bam dilla, bam bam
E bam bam dilla, bam bam
What a bam bam, ay
Tell me seh what a bam bam

This woman, I never trouble no one
I'm a lady, I'm not a man
MC is my ambition
I come fi nice up Jamaican

So bam bam, seh what a bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam, ay

Ah me seh one ting Nancy cyaan' understand
Ah one ting Nancy
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Sister Nancy
Sister Nancy, born Ophlin Russell-Myers, now works as a bank accountant in New Jersey. I will take the shows as far as Israel on weekends, but I must be back at my desk on Monday
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