Mr Cop Lyrics

Cool down, down to the ground

Cool down your temper, Mr Cop, cool down
Hear me when I say, I say
Cool down your temper, Mr Cop, cool down

Put a smile on your face while passing through
Put away all the frown and that awful screw
We just sipping a cup and having some fun
And it's better than in the streets bashing guns
Telling me stay chilling


Cool down your temper, Mr Cop, cool down
They just licking a cup I said
Cool down your temper, Mr Cop, cool down
Say we are just sipping a cup

Meat be in market, marrow in a bone
What don't concern you, please leave it alone
Cos the grass was made for the cow and ass
And the herb on this land for the use of man

Tell 'em, Missa, tell 'em

Cool down your temper, Mr Cop, cool down
We're just licking a cup I said
Cool down your temper, Mr Cop, cool down
Say we are just sipping a cup
Cool down your temper, Mr Cop, cool down
Down down, down down
Go down, go down, go down
Coppy, stop you bothering me

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Mr Isaacs wants peace to smoke his ‘erb with his chums. Then along comes a pesky policeman…

Here is a lovely version with Macka B, recorded when Gregory Isaacs was much older:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT1pKC1lxXA

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1978
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