D.J.'S/A MESSAGE TO YOU RUDY
(Originally recorded by Sublime / The Specials)
from the UK
Spiderwebs single (CD2) and the Australian
Happy Now? single
This is a song by Sublime that No Doubt worked up in January 1997 to play at the Enough Already benefit for Bradley Nowell, who lost his life to a drug overdose. By April it became a staple in the set, and became a crowd favorite. The coda of the song incorporates the Specials' "A Message To You Rudy" (the original version by Sublime does as well).
All of the D.J.'s surely have taken a lesson
Start talking trash and I'll come with my Smith and Wesson
A little competition comes my way
Bittybye but it always winds up the same
Ah but the stone that the builder refuse
Shall be the end corner stone and ah
There ain't nothin' wrong, ain't nothin' right
And still I sit and lie awake at night
Oh all of the D.J.'s surely have taken a lesson
Try talkin' trash and I'll come with my Smith and Wesson
Enough D.J.'s come - enough, enough stylee
But when I bust my lyrics we all know it's wicked and wily
Ain't nothin' wrong, ain't nothin' right
And still I sit and lie awake all night
Oh you finish that with your gat if you wanna walk with me
You bound to come down with the new stylee
Rock a rubadub known as reggae music
You gonna come down with the new lyrics
Cause it just ain't no thing - oh I said it's been a real long time
Ain't nothin' wrong, ain't nothin' right
And still I sit and lie awake all night oh, oh yeah
Ah Dreddy's got a job to do but he might fulfill his mission
To see his pain will be his greatest ambition
We will survive in this world of competition
Truly God set around the nation - bo bo bo!!!!!!!..........
I won't wait so long
Ooh I said I won't wait so long for you
Oh oh see now ooh woh
Stop your messin' around
Better think of your future
Time you straighten right out
Or you'll wind up in jail