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Caribbean Connection

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Apr. 28, 19981 viewer17.9K views

Caribbean Connection Lyrics

[Intro: Wyclef Jean]
Warning!

[Verse 1: Big Pun]
Yo, wanna rumble with the Pun, huh
*blows raspberry* Shit on the whole industry

Who puff more Owls than Pun? Pile on more styles than Pun?
Who the only one with over a thousand guns?
Running up in niggas cribs like I paid the bill
Make you squeal the combination to the safe for wealth
I lace your grill with the firestarter
Hit your wife with the sawed off
In the shower, power-drive ya daughter
I'm all about the fundamentals like Pun and pencil
A piece of paper, a decent caper and someone to strafe you
My mental's compatible with the radicals
My odyssey type qualities allow me to poli' with animals
Niggas is cannibals and the ghetto's the jungle
Where you either bet all your bundles
Or struggle or live civil and humble
My niggas'll rumble with any man for a Benny Fran'
Try to imagine what they can fathom for twenty grand
Niggas'll slice you and dice you into a thousand pieces
We pound out weak shit into the ground Uptown
Up in the Boogie Down, just wilding in jean
Pile on the green, surrounded in green like flowers in Spring
But now I'm a King, so it's more than money
All the honies used to call me Punny
'Cause my fam was always hungry

But now we rolling lovely and you feel worse
Want my money, let your steel burst
'Cause I'd rather see you in Hell first

[Chorus: Wyclef Jean and Big Pun]
Mucho trabajo poquito dinero
I'm selling perico
Yo what's the deally yo
I'm Uptown making moves just like Castro
Mucho trabajo (Yo yo yo) poquito dinero
I'm selling perico
Yo what's the deally yo
Huh, I'm Uptown making moves just like Castro

[Verse 2: Wyclef Jean]
Yo, yo, yo keep the lights, keep the camera, all I want is the action
The battle's on, where I roam in composition
A hardcore crowd waiting to see if I break
Like your first time in jail when you got fucked by an inmate
It'll never happen, I'm on balance like a Libra
And if I get murdered, Don't Cry For Me Argentina
Pour me a cup of vodka, bury me next to my father
In three days, I'll rise like Christ and still sober
Now my eyes open in my hands I got the Gatling
I'm looking for the guy that sent me to say hi to Satan
Fists of Fury, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry
I turn Mr. Roger's Neighborhood topsy turvy
Foes and enemies meaning the same in the dictionary
This ain't Pictionary, all you see is the cemetery
Bodies from World War I and II is there
You don't want a third war, that's nuclear warfare

So Big Pun, count the stacks, make it fast
Illegal money turns legal now we running a laundromat
Your hunchbacked and wack rap is packed in your backpack
You're better off in D.C. with the mayor smoking crack
This ain't a diss, Wyclef bomb threat
Run out of the building or get blast in your Guess
TEC for TEC or we can go text for text, oh
I forgot, you don't read so take this hole in your chest - blaow!
Hide the blood, give you the gun, run and hide
So when the DT shows up, he thought it was a suicide
Suicide, it's a suicide...

[Chorus: Wyclef Jean and Big Pun]
Mucho trabajo poquito dinero
I'm selling perico
Yo what's the deally yo
Uh, I'm Uptown making moves just like Castro
Mucho trabajo poquito dinero
I'm selling perico
Yo what's the deally yo
Uh, I'm Uptown making moves just like Castro
Mucho trabajo poquito dinero

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What did Big Pun say about "Caribbean Connection"?
Genius Answer

In an interview with the MTV Radio Network, Big Pun praises Wyclef for his versatility to hang with him on a gritty street track, as well as his usage of Latino elements in his music.

I like Caribbean Connection because that’s a song where Wyclef got to get real hard core, as opposed to his album where he has his style. That’s the thing of getting to do other songs with other people, you get to use styles your label won’t let you use.

I really respect Wyclef a lot, especially because to be a black artist and represent Latinos as much as he does, that’s real nice to recognize that. I’m a Latino artist and I recognize black music, so they should respect me for that.

What has Wyclef Jean said about the song?
Genius Answer

When Pun called me and was like ‘yo yo twin I need you to do this..’ you see but Pun knows I could really spit. So he was like ‘Yo Clef, I need that spitter in you, bring that chip out..’ you know what I mean.

And when people hear me spitting on a Big Pun they like ‘yo you done go in crazy, I need another verse like that’. And I’m like no that was for Pun. I’m not here to give you verses like I’m on a block.

Like if you catch me on the street and you want to rap battle me anytime, and I don’t have to get on my Uber, I will give anybody 3 minutes because thats the era we was from.

Wyclef via WiLD 949

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