Here's something I wrote a while back.
I Doon Like Rum
Rake & Scrape song
By Derek Catalano
a.k.a. Derek In Da yard
(chorus)
I doon like rum, but rum like me,
It stick on me like a dog wit’ a flea
Listen to me people, now can’tchu see
I doon like rum, but boy rum like me
When I can’ sleep, I take two shot or t’ree
I drink it erry mornin’ for my cup a tea
I use to work so hard, makin’ plenty money
Na I can’ keep a job because, rum like me
I hang out by da bar, scrappin’ all day long
Hustlin' rum money, for a drink real strong
When people look at me, dey doon like
what dey see
I say I look like dis because, rum like me
I see my bar room friend, wit a bottle a rum
He walk right up to me, an’ say if I wan’ some
I cross my heart and tell him very honestly
I don’t like rum, but boy rum like me .
Walkin’ dan da road, ya know I doon live far
Try ta cross da street, an’ mos’ get lick wit’ car
Da driver put on brakes, an’ man I had ta flee
He say I doon like my life, but boy rum like me
I back home naa, an’ I take a seat
I look at da grits, but I een wan’ eat
I wish I had a woman, who I could marry
But I can’ like no woman, only rum like me
I try ta sleep now, but it so scary
I seeing little creatures, ‘cause I gat DT's
Thru da winda booga-man, under ‘neat’ one tree
Dis is how I live because, rum like me
Again dis mornin’, I say Lord no more
Den I drink my rum tea, an’ I hit da door
No care in da worl’, no responsibility
But I een really free, because rum like me
Rum is very dangerous, in are country
We need ta ban da rum, it killin’ all a we
But da leaders and da people, jess can’ agree
‘Cause rum like dem, jess how rum like me
Lyrics, music & art by
derek catalano (c)2005.
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