Chaka Demus, Pliers - Murder She Wrote

Murder She Wrote performed by Chaka Demus & Pliers
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Album: Bam Bam it's Murder
Lyrics:
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
--
#ChakaDemus #MurderSheWrote

[@barbwhitman5581]

2024, 39 years old and it STILL hits when it comes on

[@chaeyoung-xr5zu]

wdym its 32 years old

[@cbsharpe0824]

I'm 52 and it still hits to this day!

[@KM-202]

@@cbsharpe0824 🙏

[@cbsharpe0824]

@@KM-202 🙌🏽

[@ifeoluwalawal3868]

Yes, it rocks

[@Cabbitania]

2042 anyone?

[@joystick396]

I’m from 1942. WW2 is getting scary

[@annalise7320]

2049, me and the other replicants love this jam!

[@KrizpyNews23]

Heck yeah!! 1991 in da house ❤❤

[@TiananmenSquirrel]

I can't wait 18 years to comment 😮

[@STACY-ou4fj]

Jetsons anyone 😂

[@Jin-Kyung16]

Who here in 2024 👇🏻

[@user-yg7ty5jo6f]

Me

[@IbrahimoDaude-tq7sl]

Me😅

[@KM-202]

In the the house …. what up Jin K

[@sabrinacozzolino55.mz64]

Still listening to this his in 2024 🔥🔥🔥

[@kenyareap2944]

SAME🤞🏽🤞🏽

[@es.3656]

This song will forever be a hit!!

[@mrhood8076]

Still here in 2024. This music is Timeless ❤

[@snashqueen]

Am here 🤸‍♀️ 🤸‍♀️ 🤸‍♀️ 🤸‍♀️ 🤸‍♀️ 🤸‍♀️

[@tramekn]

Yep!

[@karissakazim5931]

Me

[@joyo.9562]

This song will FOREVER BE A HIT!!!🎉🎉

[@fortunagaming90210]

I remember bumping this in middle school out my Walkman.

[@edrickcolon2516]

This song hits hard in Puerto Rico. 🇵🇷

[@Icarus.19]

It hits hard in Ethiopia 🇪🇹

[@eddysplaceeventsplanning432]

2023 still dancing 💃 to this 🎶 music

[@janiaplaz4349]

Right love it

[@kamilahalamilla1576]

Fr

[@bradyrhino8030]

@@kamilahalamilla1576 I thought Stefanie Powers (known for being as Jennifer Hart in a similar mystery television series Hart to Hart) played a cameo role as a performer wearing a white nightgown who holds a torch in a horror/thriller play "Something Terrible" in the opening scene of the television film pilot "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes".

[@angelcakes1212]

ME TOOOO!!!! “Murder She Wrote! Murder She Wrote!”😅😅😅😅💃🏾🕺🏽💃🏾🕺🏽💃🏾🕺🏽💃🏾

[@atiyaqureshi8488]

​@@angelcakes1212 can you tell me when did this song came out 😅

[@mhando1]

2022 and still vibing🇹🇿👌

[@ennard9581]

Yes

[@mastelsiosio8367]

Fr

[@amongussussy6969]

Even us

[@iseeyoulookin]

Yasssssssss

[@dimudumu5378]

Ikr

[@joylannetter2451]

Today's the first time hearing this and DEFINITELY NOT the Last‼️

[@jillodhiambo2846]

let us gather here and experience greatness

[@ArnisGoldberg]

DJs still run this riddim late nights at the bar near where I work, thank god they play it loud enough so everyone can ear this. 🔥

[@ST-so-if]

and dance ! all !

[@etarock_rocks]

Who is here in 2024?

[@nomadicolours]

Especaially after the new Bollywood song by Raghav hehe

[@jar303]

Yes x

[@sagekahalnick7281]

“New”? Hah

[@lanaramjane]

Me

[@janisfesani3474]

Me, from Italy

[@phpotato184]

Childhood song right here 😂 every time we went to the beach this HAD to be on the cd 😂😂

[@Pooh_divinelyguidedIntuition]

80’s baby!!!!!

[@ChocolateMocha-nm7wl]

This song should be in the Jamaican dancehall hall of fame. I still whine it low to this song.😊😊❤❤

[@METABOY285]

2024 still jamming to this. This song is timeless with wonderful lyrics

[@Billy-the-weirdo]

I used to hear this when I was in preschool lol and I will always dance in my classroom 😂😂😂😂😂

[@UmmJannah5]

That means your teachers did a great job!😂💃🏾

[@gurobeat]

lmfaoaoa my dad plays this alllll the time

[@janiaplaz4349]

😂😂😂i dance every time

[@jacobrichardson1952]

WOW YO!!!!

[@lifewithaungelie5230]

@@janiaplaz4349cv 0:55 0:55

[@olichalcraft5048]

2023 and this song still isn’t old 🔥

[@ST-so-if]

And will never be ! Even if we do 😉💚💛❤

[@JonMalach]

Crazy that a song about abortion became our dancehall anthem

[@CashakaMikeMike]

That fact that this shit slap in the club and they’re talking about abortion is wild 😂😂!

[@user-dl8rt4rt6u]

Wait.....at what part of the song do they do that?

[@Randomeworksstudios]

i have huge chunk of my family who is from Haiti. They love this song in the cookouts. I swear everytime i hear this joint i can only think about my man uncle don cooking that jerk chicken and the honey's shaken it on the dance floor. good times man good times.

[@JonMalach]

The plot twist it everyone singing about abortions at a cookout and not knowing it 😅😅😅

[@michaelyawe9700]

2024 anyone ??

[@rosaliashady7661]

Yesssssss

[@mariojacobs8203]

Yes !!!

[@li.li.]

Yessir

[@IYANUOLUWAOMOLOLA-xv2bz]

Yeahhhhhh

[@dreymitchell3625]

Absolutely

[@EShavonRichardson]

This song never gets old

[@melindatyson9704]

SLAPPING THIS HELLA LOUD STILL IN 2023!!! GOOD MUSIC LAST FOREVER 💯💯💯💯❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@nutarchaswitzer2455]

Bring back memories from my child hood… I miss the 90’s 😢

[@laydeebez]

I’m pissed I just found this 😩😩😩 yet my heart is filled with joy 🥰

[@nataliejones3299]

Timeless masterpiece

[@ST-so-if]

4 sure ! 💚

[@derreonlop]

I'm Jamaican so this song is fire anyway🇯🇲

[@KM-202]

Jamaican very good …from the states big ups

[@mlimsuwan83]

I love this song so much it’s so funny

[@renaereid5428]

I truly hope that you and Mr Pliers + the producers are being properly compensated for EVERY single sample of this song because there are plenty.

[@javerleo]

A master piece !!! Totally underrated !!!

[@wxlfchan]

HOW THE HECK?! It has over 15K likes and 1M views!!!

[@bradyrhino8030]

@@wxlfchan I thought Stefanie Powers (known for being as Jennifer Hart in a similar mystery television series Hart to Hart) played a cameo role as a performer wearing a white nightgown who holds a torch in a horror/thriller play "Something Terrible" in the opening scene of the television film pilot "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes".

[@JonMalach]

Do you know what this song is about??

[@VickyF_]

Anyone who can listen to this without their hips going isn't human. I go from potato to pole dancer in about 10 seconds 😂

[@mfrenchcazenovia]

I had a culinary student named Maxine. Of course everyone called her Maxi. I asked her if she knew this song. OMG. Me, a 50+ year old white lady and my student, a Black girl, early 20s couldn’t believe I knew this song. Well, we bonded strait away. Miss her as she graduated and moved on.

[@Greg49-ht7ud]

Hey, why did you capitalized B in "black"? Also why did you even said "black girl" and "white lady"? Isn't that a bit racist?

[@mfrenchcazenovia]

@@Greg49-ht7ud because it’s appropriate to capitalize the B. I don’t think there’s anything racist about acknowledging someone’s ethnicity. I acknowledged my own. My daughter is ethnically Chinese. Should I not acknowledge that? She does and she’s very proud of it.

[@Greg49-ht7ud]

@@mfrenchcazenovia Okay, sorry for misunderstanding the comment.

[@mfrenchcazenovia]

@@Greg49-ht7ud No worries. It’s a good conversation to have. I’m glad you asked. My students, who were all Black, constantly discussed their different skin shades. That was eye-opening for me. A little girl once asked me why my daughter’s skin was “that color”. I didn’t really know how to reply.

[@jerry76411]

The great dancehall song of the decade for all people all the world 🌍 who loves reggae music this has to be in your play list 🎶🎶👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@rstone3353]

True, True, True!

[@choupirej]

decade??? 1992 you must unborn in that time

[@ZXRacing101]

I am white but I’m Jamaican!!!

[@ZXRacing101]

I love reggat

[@ZXRacing101]

People say you have to be black to be a Jamaican

[@benjaminleon7252]

This was that joint when I was in middle school (80's Baby) 🔥🔥🔥

[@IgorJemeljanov]

This song will never die ....... Biggest tune in 80s Jamaica......Then batty riders shorts came out... Wild dancehall nights....

[@SamMSP]

Yes!!!!!

[@mmartinez970]

2024 still viben✅️👌🏾🎶

[@Cnatasha7]

🇬🇾🎉 still dancing to this in 2024 and still will be in 2025

[@kazabakisengila5402]

ME 🎉

[@elaineparker7744]

This one of the best song I ever listen to.thank you Chaka Demi’s and pilers

[@quay6003]

2023 and still vibing ✊🏾🔥

[@valiizajames925]

This is a classic!! This is in "THE Culture's" playlist some how forrsure! 🥃...🔥🔥🔥🔥🇯🇲

[@keshirawynn159]

P

[@goofyahfilms]

Yay a fellow Jamaican🇯🇲

[@alishaaa.]

@@goofyahfilms yas I'm jamacian too

[@jamalmoore4877]

Whos here 2024

[@andreaperez2214]

Me

[@Cuishi10]

Me, Maxine

[@djackson6273]

Top 10 all time best Reggae 💿💯🏆Songs ever!

[@KM-202]

Bossman …. Sister Nancy Bam Bam my top 3

[@djackson6273]

@@KM-202 Oh yes, that's on my list as well Bruh!!! 💯

[@signumverum3427]

This. Song. Will. Never. Get. Old

[@melindatyson9704]

Not never

[@user-rx5cl2cc3o]

2024 and more, my friend greetings from Colombia 🇨🇴👍

[@robertmanley2116]

I'll be grooving to this in the nursing home

[@patrickgoodman8611]

I remember seeing this on rap city and Caribbean rythm back in the day still one of my favorite songs of all different types of music

[@saritabonita287]

same

[@mox9076]

The Bam Bam beat came from Sister Nancy. She's been around 40 years ago

[@benjaminleon7252]

@@mox9076 I didn't know about her until Belly came out but she got some 🔥🔥🔥

[@RockyFluffyWhiskas]

@@mox9076 A slight correction. The original version of Bam Bam is from Byron Lee & Dragonaires ft. Toots & Maytals (1967) 👍

[@jacobrichardson1952]

South Florida memories when i heard this song as a kid it's one of my favorites.

[@user-sb3qq7fy6p]

Big love From Eritrea 🇪🇷🇪🇷❤🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@faithcurrier9244]

2023 this will never get old 🗝️❣️🔥

[@christinewilliams4740]

I love Chaka Demus and Pliers and I also love this song ❤❤❤💜💜💜💗💗💗

[@mansisrivastava5744]

"Teri baato mei Aisa uljha jiya" got their tuning from this masterpiece..ohkk😯

[@ntyaan9877]

Ikr! I was just going to say this 😆 I was like finally Bwood made a banger of a tune….clearly not

[@Smiiley914]

2023 & still vibin 💯🫶🏼👌🏼

[@melindatyson9704]

Exactly 💯💯💯💯

[@adriansamuels9640]

Classic...big tuuuunnnnneeeee!!!! still repping in 2024

[@1919Denise]

The song part was smooth as silk. This is still 🔥

[@earwenlightleaf3281]

Thanks both of us for this iconic masterpiece !! For ever lit !! Body cant résiste 🌋🌋🌋🙌🙌🙌☀️☀️☀️

[@sagesaiyan6942]

The beat is to damn smooth

[@urdadsgf1177]

i ❤ this song.

[@Renee-zx2lo]

Love old school reggae my childhood 🇯🇲🫶🏽

[@josephburroughs5593]

This is my favorite jam 😍👏😍

[@shadonnamatthews3317]

I'm still jamming in 2024🎉 💃 💃

[@josemanuelgonzalezmorel709]

Mi recuerdo de mi adolescencia en los 90s. Buena música, desde República Dominicana

[@CameronMohlodi]

Memories this son brings....🥲

[@ItzJakefromstatefarm]

I could see why you spelled "song" wrong lmao 😉🤙🏼

[@Dannita_Tovar]

Quien más escucha esta canción en el 2024 ❤?

[@GhettoboyzKingfabero]

2024!! Let’s go!

[@harshitkumar7764]

Anyone from India. Bollywood picked the tune of this song in the starting to use it in 'Teri Baaton mein Aisa Uljha jiya' title song which is of the 2024 movie of same name.

[@virgin26]

Yep I just saw the film

[@normalperson8484]

Came to say this same comment! It was my fav song in the 90s

[@vineetarawat2209]

Yes

[@RobloxXxKing-nw4og]

Yeah indian stolen this music song

[@Taywill9980]

2023 and still vibing 🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@abrahampalmer8761]

One of my favorite songs ever

[@BreuneseLynch]

Great music back then❤❤❤

[@israelrocha8462]

Bam bam um dos melhores riddims de todos os tempos

[@juls092]

Que bueno que descubrí la versión original porque me gusta mucho la música pero no la letra ni la voz que canta "el taxi"!!! Ahora sí a disfrutar del dancehall 😍

[@user-vb1qv1ll8s]

Beautifull music 💪💪💪💪

[@ameliali593]

Clicked because I was curious, replayed because my ass couldn’t stop bopping

[@carlwheezer8398]

Still the best music.

[@noahduncan9596]

Big chune! 🕺🇯🇲

[@stephanyhamilton6499]

The Vibe 😂❤

[@kahwanda1916]

I had to be 5yo, sneaking on the steps to watch everyone dancing to this, at my brother $2.00 house party. Wow... I'm 37 now, and can still everyone dancing & grinding with the red bulbs on.

[@zay_the_gay]

Wow! I'm 10! ❤

[@jesusventesanchez7244]

Mirecurdo en los 90 colombiano presente lo mejor de lo mejor gracias jamaca por su música viva nuestra cultura

[@supadancool99]

I KNOW THIS LITTLE GIRL HER NAME IS MAXINE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 HER BEAUTY LIKE A BUNCH OF ROSE 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@zay_the_gay]

ohh that's the words

[@TechnicaEnterprise]

A pretty face and bad character Dem the kinda livin' can't hold Chaka (follow me) x2 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

[@adjoadande8456]

I knew this song when I was little like 7 and my family always sings it

[@AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb]

So lovely and beautiful 🌴🌴☀️☀️☀️

[@user-vf8tj1yh7s]

Song is like fine wine😂 the older it gets, the better😵‍💫

[@devereegreenwood8952]

CLASSIC BACKBEAT....💋

[@Joel_v4]

2023 and we still smiling :)

[@margretnachande8400]

2023 and still a hit😊😊😊

[@RyryJae]

I love this song 🎶

[@jahodwatts]

TIMELESS UNIVERSAL HIT

[@rasheemtazewell8624]

Classic vibes rudeboi music

[@Viv679]

The best song 🇯🇲

[@milagrosmorales2945]

2023 still the vibe

[@ruqhayaanika1403]

I'm Zanzibar and Spanish but this song love it

[@user-vr7gw7rt6c]

A legendary song fron the dancehall pull up men

[@kattypaul9478]

Love this song forever and it will always be a classic song and it will always make me laugh and be able to dance ❤❤❤

[@malesthacaboste7764]

Harvey Adaya The good old times

[@BTKonTheWay]

Vybez on point in 2024 🔥🇨🇼

[@rifqifajri2430]

Fiyaaaa🔥🔥🔥🏆

[@happygolucky7241]

TIMELESS🇯🇲🖤💛💚💯🔥

[@marcuspeters3894]

Who still listening in 2021

[@mykayla7674]

2022🥱

[@nicolemartinez3296]

Me

[@Daisys_editz]

2022

[@ilovemyself5582]

Me

[@ilovemyself5582]

Watch save the last dance on Netflix

[@user-qj9gq4kj6p]

Bad🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲😊😊😊