Sean Paul Encounters Bob Dylan, Vol. 1 - "Maggie's Farm"

Have you ever taken the time to read Sean Paul's lyrics? If you have, you know that underneath the hard veneer and over-sized gold cannabis chains lies the soul of a true poet.

Some (like Josh) consider him "the Jamaican Bob Dylan." Others (like Stella) consider him the Chaucer of the Caribbean. Let's roll with the first one, for now, because translating "The Canterbury Tales" into this particular dialect is a fairly major undertaking. Best to save that for a three-day weekend or something.

Without futher adieu, here's the first in a potential series of Bob Dylan songs, as re-imagined by me, while imagining Sean Paul:

(For reference, the original lyrics can be found here)

Dat Farma Maggie (Won Wan Worka Dere Noma)

Well I don really waan work a dat farm a Maggie nama
Nah I don really waan work a dat farm a Maggie nama
Wokka da morning
Folda hans aska jah fer rain
Up in my head gots I dee ahs
Dat be run mah insane now now
Tis a shame dat she make I scrubba scrubba
No I don really waan work a dat farma Maggie nama

I don really waan work fa da broda a Maggie nama
No I don really waan work fa da broda a Maggie nama
Hand I dat nickel
Hand I dat dime
Flash dat toof an won aska if I is havin a good good time
Den gone rob a broda each a nanna slam a da door
I don really waan work fa da broda a Maggie nama

I don really waan work fa da Maggies poppa nama
No don really waan work fa da Maggies poppa nama
Burn dem trees in I dreads
Just ta passa he kicks
Dat dere glassa
Done be put up wit brick
‘e strappa policeman down by de door
Ah, I don really waan work fa da Maggies poppa nama

I don really waan worka da Ma da Maggie nama
No, I don really waan worka da Ma da Maggie nama
Bitch haffi tellem da worker
Bout de man, de Jah and de law
All dem heads dem say
Dem say she be dat brain onna Pa
Old and wrinkly wrinkly she be
But tellem dat she be twenty and a fo
No, I don really waan work fa da Ma da Maggie nama

I don really waan work fa da farma Maggie nama
Nah I don really waan work fa da farma Maggie nama
Try I be best
Be jus like I and I am
Alla dem wanna ya
Be frontin jus like a dem
Bus dat hotness while a I workin and man jus be getting bored
I don really waan work fa da farma Maggie nama