The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Well Daniel saw the stone roll down in a Babylon
I and I found the weed of wisdom on the grave of Solomon
Tell dem is the healing of the nation
Come take it from the Don Die Hearted-Dog Heart Reggae Icon
Anytime me talk dem haf fe understand
A wa me tell dem Rastaman
A lot of crackhead nah get no smokin' tonite
Heh Heh Heh
Well a lot a crackhead won't got to stand up and fight - Lord
'Cause smoking ration
All deh pon their mind is the coke pan
Oonu send them go a Rehabilitation
Or else police a go carry them a go a station
Tell dem herb is the healing of the nation
When you smoke it you get a meditation
Fe smoke de coke me seh is abomination
Mr. Cat come fe tell it to the nation
Crack head you too greedy
I beg oonu fe lef de crack pipe
crack head you too greedy
Oonu deh-deh an' slap it all night
Budda-bye-bye budda-bye-bye
For me seh poisoness substance dem find it in a tobacco
And cigarette a kill we and a give we cancer
Well crack a turn de youth dem I seh in a pauper
An' Doctor find de cure now in a marijuana
If ya sick and ya na fit you fe lick the chalwa
And a lickle after that you a go feel talawah
Well Rasta gauge it up an' pass it through de window
I seh the Kutchie is like Tropi-Gas cylinder
And when I slap it an' pass it to I neighbor
Neighbor when him slap it an' de Kutchie catch a fire
Him go down pon him knee and give some praises to Jah-Jah
Say chalice can burn and him seh more weed it deh yah
Why crack head so greedy
A time fe oonu lef fe crack pipe
Oonu hear I
Crack head you too greedy
Oonu de deh an' a slap it all night
Crack head you too greedy
An' a time fe Oonu lef fe crack pipe
Oonu hear I
Oonu hear I
I waan you listen to de truth
Crack it a mash up de future in a de youth
Crowd of people - Twenty-One gun salute
It turn mi sister dem in a pan coot
Oonu hear I
From mi eye deh a mi knee me a lick de chalwa
From mi eye deh a mi knee me a lick de chalwa
Lick it over Jungle me and Donkey Collar
An' Slap it over Rema me and mi brethren Shabba
An' lick down a Garden me and my Ithren Bya
An' up a Warika me and de Lion Copper
An' me and Jungle Jesus lick it over Havana
An' lick it in a Pen wid Early 'B' de Doctor
An' slap it in a London me and Ranking Trevor
An' lick it in a de Bronx me and my brethren Fire
Crack head you too greedy
A beg Oonu fe lef fe Crack pipe
Crack head you too greedy
A time fe oonu satisfy
Only crack head can do it
Dem deh-deh an' a lick it all night
Oonu hear that
Oonu hear that
Me smoke mi chalice on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday night
An' me teach de lickle youth them na fe smoke nothing white
But a hard smoker dem come turn now over night
Na come out in a day only in a dark night
And a profile de place like a vampire rise
And some a do the wrong and dem still know de right
Well from the drugs a white you keep it out of mi sight
An' a listen Mr. Cat a come fe teach dem tonight
Oonu too greedy
Crack head I beg oonu lef de crack pipe
Crack head you too greedy
A time fe oonu satisfy
Crack head you too greedy
A beg oonu fe lef de coke pipe
Ha Ha Ha Ha
Come follow me
Lot of crack head nah get no smokin' tonite
Well a lot a crack head won't got to stand up and fight Lord
'Cause smoking ration
All deh pon their mind is the coke pan
Send them go a Rehabilitation
I and I found the weed of wisdom on the grave of Solomon
Tell dem is the healing of the nation
Come take it from the Don Die Hearted-Dog Heart Reggae Icon
Anytime me talk dem haf fe understand
A wa me tell dem Rastaman
A lot of crackhead nah get no smokin' tonite
Heh Heh Heh
Well a lot a crackhead won't got to stand up and fight - Lord
'Cause smoking ration
All deh pon their mind is the coke pan
Oonu send them go a Rehabilitation
Or else police a go carry them a go a station
Tell dem herb is the healing of the nation
When you smoke it you get a meditation
Fe smoke de coke me seh is abomination
Mr. Cat come fe tell it to the nation
Crack head you too greedy
I beg oonu fe lef de crack pipe
crack head you too greedy
Oonu deh-deh an' slap it all night
Budda-bye-bye budda-bye-bye
For me seh poisoness substance dem find it in a tobacco
And cigarette a kill we and a give we cancer
Well crack a turn de youth dem I seh in a pauper
An' Doctor find de cure now in a marijuana
If ya sick and ya na fit you fe lick the chalwa
And a lickle after that you a go feel talawah
Well Rasta gauge it up an' pass it through de window
I seh the Kutchie is like Tropi-Gas cylinder
And when I slap it an' pass it to I neighbor
Neighbor when him slap it an' de Kutchie catch a fire
Him go down pon him knee and give some praises to Jah-Jah
Say chalice can burn and him seh more weed it deh yah
Why crack head so greedy
A time fe oonu lef fe crack pipe
Oonu hear I
Crack head you too greedy
Oonu de deh an' a slap it all night
Crack head you too greedy
An' a time fe Oonu lef fe crack pipe
Oonu hear I
Oonu hear I
I waan you listen to de truth
Crack it a mash up de future in a de youth
Crowd of people - Twenty-One gun salute
It turn mi sister dem in a pan coot
Oonu hear I
From mi eye deh a mi knee me a lick de chalwa
From mi eye deh a mi knee me a lick de chalwa
Lick it over Jungle me and Donkey Collar
An' Slap it over Rema me and mi brethren Shabba
An' lick down a Garden me and my Ithren Bya
An' up a Warika me and de Lion Copper
An' me and Jungle Jesus lick it over Havana
An' lick it in a Pen wid Early 'B' de Doctor
An' slap it in a London me and Ranking Trevor
An' lick it in a de Bronx me and my brethren Fire
Crack head you too greedy
A beg Oonu fe lef fe Crack pipe
Crack head you too greedy
A time fe oonu satisfy
Only crack head can do it
Dem deh-deh an' a lick it all night
Oonu hear that
Oonu hear that
Me smoke mi chalice on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday night
An' me teach de lickle youth them na fe smoke nothing white
But a hard smoker dem come turn now over night
Na come out in a day only in a dark night
And a profile de place like a vampire rise
And some a do the wrong and dem still know de right
Well from the drugs a white you keep it out of mi sight
An' a listen Mr. Cat a come fe teach dem tonight
Oonu too greedy
Crack head I beg oonu lef de crack pipe
Crack head you too greedy
A time fe oonu satisfy
Crack head you too greedy
A beg oonu fe lef de coke pipe
Ha Ha Ha Ha
Come follow me
Lot of crack head nah get no smokin' tonite
Well a lot a crack head won't got to stand up and fight Lord
'Cause smoking ration
All deh pon their mind is the coke pan
Send them go a Rehabilitation
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Too Greedy Lyrics as written by W. Williams Clement Seymour Dodd
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