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is there someone who knows the don carlos lyrics called " dice cup " because i don t understand the chorus and i don t even know what the song talk about
could someone help me

thanks in advance

ites deh

the songs talk about the famous game of "dice" The Dice Cup played in every corner in Kingston by everyone...
i will try to put the lyrics here

respect everytime
dreadrecords

ites deh

here yu are
don Carlos-dice Cup

Dice cup Dice Cup
dice cup dice cup ohohohooooo
Everytime i hear the sound of the dice cup
Dice Cup
I remember how i've lost to in man faking
man Fakin
An Idren come with a lonely dice
and he started to play
And every throw him throw it was a nick
oh oh oh oh yes
and every nick him nick
its a double six
oh he soon far far
by the dice don't stop oh oh oh yes
oh me say far far
by the dice don't stop oh oh oh yeh
check up the cup
and throw the dice a make it roll
make me see what yu can play
cause if it play
every see is double six
then i know its a trick game
far far
by the dice don't stop oh oh oh yes
far far
by the dice don't stop oh oh oh yeh
i made an objection
but the house din't (?) quietly
Then i know dat the house was in fake
on the unfair player oh
far far
by the dice don't stop oh oh oh yes
far far
by the dice don't stop oh oh oh yeh
dice cup dice cup
dice cup
dice cuuup dice cuup dice cuup...
Dice cup Dice Cup
dice cup dice cup ohohohooooo
dice cup dice cup ohohohooooo
Everytime i hear the sound of the dice cup
Dice Cup
I remember how i've lost to in man faking
man Fakin
An Idren come with a lonely dice
and he started to play
And every throw him throw it was a nick
oh oh oh oh yes
and every nick him nick
its a double six
oh he soon far far
by the dice don't stop oh oh oh yes
oh me say far far
by the dice don't stop oh oh oh yeh
check up the cup
and throw the dice a make it roll
make me see what yu can play
cause if it play
every see is double six
then i know its a trick game ooh yeh.

by dreadrecords

respec everytime

i remember how i've lost in an unfair game. ..jejeje not man fakin

I thought it was "Bar, bar, bar the dice now star" (ie don't let him use those dice), but I'm not Jamaican!

What a nice tune! Check out the 10" on Hitbound for an even nicer mix than the version on "Them Never Know Natty Dread Have Him Credential".
I'm not a native speaker as well but i tried to make some corrections based on dreadrecords post (big up!):

don Carlos - dice Cup

Dice cup Dice Cup
dice cup dice cup ohohohooooo

Everytime i hear the sound of the dice cup (dice Cup)
I remember how i've lost in an unfair game
An Idren come with a loaded dice
and he started to play
And every throw him throw it was a nick
oh oh oh yes
and every nick him nick
its a double six

oh me say
bar! bar! bar di dice now star!
oh oh oh yes
oh me say bar! bar! bar di dice now star!
oh oh oh yeah

set up the cup and throw de dice
an make it roll make me see what it a play
cause if it play de same double six
then i know is an unfair game

oh me say
bar! bar! bar di dice now star!
oh oh oh yes
oh me say bar! bar! bar di dice now star!
oh oh yeees

i made an objection
but the house din't have no inquiry
Then i know that the house was in favor
of the unfair player

bar! bar! bar di dice now star!
oh oh oh yes
oh me say bar! bar! bar di dice now star!
oh oh yeees

the dice cup dice cup
the dice cup dice cup
dice cuuup dice cuup dice cuup...
dice cuuuuuup...

Everytime i hear the sound of the dice cup (dice Cup)
I remember how i've lost in an unfair game
oh oh yeees
An Idren come with a loaded dice
and he started to play
And every throw him throw it was a nick
oh oh oh yes
and every nick him nick
its a double six

oh me say
bar! bar! bar di dice now star!
oh oh oh yeah
oh me say bar! bar! bar di dice now star!
oh oh yeees

"Loaded dice" means faked dice.
Quote from Wikipedia: "A loaded or gaffed or cogged die is one that has been tampered with to land with a selected side facing upwards more often than it otherwise would simply by chance. There are methods of creating loaded dice, including having some edges round and other sharp and slightly off square faces. If the dice are not transparent, weights can be added to one side or the other. They can be modified to produce winners ("passers") or losers ("miss-outs")."

When he realised he has been tricked, he asked the house to straighten things out. Since they don't he knows that the house is involved in the scam, too.

That's what i understood at least.. Bless!

I see it's already been resolved in this thread, but here's another...

http://www.roots-archives.com/forum/rea ... #msg-58686