Desmond Dekker — Mother Pepper

Why, why, why, why Mother Pepper? Why, why, why, why Mother Pepper? Haul up you mouth and give me pass, Mother Pepper Haul up you mouth and give me pass, Mother Pepper Mother Pepper Mother Pepper Just stand and look at your mouth It big as the Gulf of Mexico And if some one say red, see ya Jah Ooh, you deh right den Like when dem say "fire under moos-moos tail And him think of cold breeze." Mother Pepper Mother Pepper Mother Pepper Haul up you mouth and give me pass, Mother Pepper Haul up you mouth and give me pass, Mother Pepper Mother Pepper Mother Pepper Gal what make you so hot And your foot dry like fe rat bat You hot like fire breaking a dish And your neck favor cutlass fish How could you say it's a sham And you mouth gettin caught in a jam Mother Pepper Mother Pepper Mother Pepper Mother Pepper Mother Pepper