Now dis one dedicated to the girls dem
Wid di angel face and the devil heart
Yuh no say ragamuffin Chaka Demus an' youth
Called Pliers come to deal with case
Step up my youth, hear dis!
I know this little girl, her name is Maxine
Her beauty is like a bunch of rose
If I ever tell you 'bout Maxine
Yuh would a say I don't know what I know but
Murder she wrote (fi real, fi real)
Murder she wrote
Murder she wrote
Murder she wrote
Watch ya now, it name
A pretty face and bad character
Dem the kinda livin' can't hold Chaka, follow me!
A pretty face and bad character
Dem the kinda livin' can't hold Chaka
Seh gal yuh pretty
Yuh face it pretty but yuh character dirty
Gal yuh just act too, flirty flirty
Yuh run to Tom, Dick an' also Harry
An' when yuh find yuh mistake
Yuh talk 'bout yuh sorry, sorry, sorry (come now)
Have her cruise di corner
Where she jooks an' where she jam
She know about Lou, crack an' every money man
Make love with a coolie chinese, white man and Indian
Di wickedest kind a girl, that Mr. Pliers wuk upon
Now yuh heard about this girl, her name is Maxine
Her beauty is like a bunch of rose
And if I ever tell you 'bout Maxine
Yuh would a say I don't know what I know but
Murder she wrote (murderation man)
Murder she wrote
Murder she wrote, na na na
Murder she wrote
Watch yuh now stand still
Yuh no pay me light bill, if yuh tes di ragamuffin
Gal ya gwan get kill, gyal keep 'way
Caw yuh a crebbie crebbie
An' di limits of me talk of if me DJ
Gyal come out
Becaw yuh nuh shockout
Now when yuh hear di ragamuffin
Yuh haffi jump and shout
Now touch me gate
Yuh nuh pay mi water rate
Becaw great is great
Great yah underate, follow me!
Yuh pretty face an' bad character
Dem the kinda livin' can hold Chaka, follow me!
Yuh pretty face an' bad character
Dem the kinda livin can hold Chaka
Seh girl yuh pretty
Yuh face is pretty, but yuh character dirty
Gal yuh just act too, flirty flirty
Yuh run to Tom, Dick an' also Harry
An' when yuh find yuh mistake
Yuh talk 'bout yuh sorry, sorry, sorry
Now every middle of the year dis girl go have abortion
Fi di coolie white man, Indian no seekin' any fun
An jus' di other day me, see her six months pregnant
Now she up an switch her girl with other baby in a pram
Do yuh heard about this girl, her name is Maxine
Her beauty's like a bunch of rose
An' if I ever tell you bout Maxine
You would a say I don't know what I know but
Murder she wrote
Murder she wrote
Murder she wrote, na na na
Murder she wrote
Excuse me
Gal me never know yuh a so yuh stay
Ragamuffin Chaka Demus com fi flash it same way
Woah, follow me!
Yuh pretty face an' bad character
Dem the kinda livin' can hold Chaka, follow me!
Yuh pretty face an' bad character
Dem the kinda livin' can hold Chaka
Seh girl yuh pretty
Yuh face is pretty, but yuh character dirty
Gal yuh just act too, flirty flirty
Yuh run to Tom, Dick an' also Harry
An' when yuh find yuh mistake
Yuh talk 'bout yuh sorry, sorry, sorry
Di gal a pose an' a brag how she look sexy
All she worship is pure vanity
Di gal a pose and a brag, how she look ready
When she wash her clothes it dirty
Gal yuh no ready
If yuh cyaan cook fi mi
Gal yuh no ready
If yuh cyaan wash fi mi
Gal yuh nuh ready
If yuh know yuh flirty flirty, follow me!
Yuh pretty face an' bad character
Dem the kinda livin' can't hold Chaka, follow me now!
Yuh pretty face an' bad character
Dem the kinda livin' can't hold Chaka
So stand still
Yuh no pay me light bill
An if yuh tes di ragamuffin
Gal ya gwan get kill
Gal keep 'way
Caw yuh a crebbie, crebbie
An de limit seh me talk of mi DJ
Gal come out
Becaw yuh nuh shockout
Now when yuh hear di ragamuffin
Yuh haffi jump and shout
Now touch me gate
Yuh nuh pay mi water rate
Becaw great is great, great fi on di rate (come down)
Now yuh heard about this little girl, her name is Maxine
Her beauty is like a bunch of rose
Man an' if I ever tell you 'bout Maxine
You would a say I don't know what I know