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jahisbig

Song id

Post by jahisbig »

Does anyone know whos words these are?

"Im in the mafia we are in the mafia
dont understand how im living"

"Im gonna pick up my sword and go fight war"
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it sounds like, leroy brown i think but could be wrong on the artist, same guy that did colour barrier i think, we a mafia.
The one im thinking of goes,

We a mafia, i a mafia,....

dont let the green grass fool ya.....

I am right and u are wrong, oh no

we a mafia, i man a mafia.
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Ron
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Originally done by Lloyd Parks as "I Man a Mafia" on a Impact 7".

http://www.roots-archives.com/release/2 ... ight=34555


Redone by Bim Sherman (as Dub Syndicate) for On U Sound.

http://www.roots-archives.com/release/3 ... ight=52573
http://www.skysaw.org/onu/discography/d ... ds-onulp47
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The lyrics you type sounds like the Dub Syndicate and Bim Sherman - Mafia . .
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The im gonna pick up my sword and fight war again sounds like winston Hussey - Fight War
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the song i thought was by leroy brown is definatley by Lloyd Parks like the other person posted up, goes:
We a Mafia
I a mafia
Can't take no more of this living.....
I am right and u are wrong, oh no...
we a mafia, i a mafia

wicked tune...
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The melodica cut on flip, is very very good too...
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Post by selecta bing »

another good MAFIA track is by SNUFFY & WALLY
on Joe Gibbs Productions (SOUL JAZZ)
"me ama fia I man ama fia"
Lick it back Selecta!
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Post by bwoyrough »

sounds like same tune, maybe different version.
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