All Through Di Night

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Sun come up and mi shoes dem new

Whole town know what we gonna do

Grab mi bredrin grab mi cousin too

Tonight we move as one crew

Rude boy ready rude gyal sweet

Nuff good feeling down di street

Chorus

Ska ska ska everybody skank

Rude boy rude gyal come join di dance

Skank to di left skank to di right

We a skank together all through di night

Post-Chorus

Hey hey hey

Come on and skank with me

Hey hey hey

Di whole a we family

Verse 2

Pickney laughing and di elders smile

Aunty jump up inna single file

Mi best friend travel many mile

Just fi share dis joyful while

Nobody lonely nobody sad

Dis a di best night we ever had

Chorus

Ska ska ska everybody skank

Rude boy rude gyal come join di dance

Skank to di left skank to di right

We a skank together all through di night

Post-Chorus

Hey hey hey

Come on and skank with me

Hey hey hey

Di whole a we family

Horn Break

Breakdown

(Skank with me)

Lift up yuh hand

(Skank with me)

Clap fi yuh friend

(Skank with me)

Wave dem again

(Skank with me)

Bridge

One heart one rhythm one happy crowd

Sing it out loud

Sing it out proud

Chorus

Ska ska ska everybody skank

Rude boy rude gyal come join di dance

Skank to di left skank to di right

We a skank together all through di night

Chorus

Ska ska ska everybody skank

Rude boy rude gyal come join di dance

Skank to di left skank to di right

We a skank together all through di night

Post-Chorus

Hey hey hey

Come on and skank with me

Hey hey hey

Di whole a we family

Outro

Ska ska ska

Everybody skank

Ska ska ska

Everybody skank

Brass Outro

Horn Solo

Verse 3

When di morning come we nah go home

Sweet vibration inna mi bone

Little baby bounce upon mi knee

Granny a skank like she seventeen

Stranger turn to friend before di night

Everybody feel alright

Chorus

Ska ska ska everybody skank

Rude boy rude gyal come join di dance

Skank to di left skank to di right

We a skank together all through di night

Post-Chorus

Hey hey hey

Come on and skank with me

Hey hey hey

Di whole a we family

Crowd Participation

(We want more)

Sing it again

(We want more)

Loud as yuh can

(We want more)

One more time now

(We want more)

Verse 4

From Kingston town to foreign shore

Di same sweet feeling we adore

Rich man poor man standin side by side

Nuttin fi hide and nuttin fi fight

Hold mi hand and mi hold yuh own

Tonight we never walk alone

Chorus

Ska ska ska everybody skank

Rude boy rude gyal come join di dance

Skank to di left skank to di right

We a skank together all through di night

Post-Chorus

Hey hey hey

Come on and skank with me

Hey hey hey

Di whole a we family

Breakdown

(Everybody)

Stamp yuh foot

(Everybody)

Jump up high

(Everybody)

Wave goodnight

(Everybody)

Bridge

Sun a rise and we still a sing

Joy a di only king

Nah go stop dis happy thing

Final Chorus

Ska ska ska everybody skank

Rude boy rude gyal come join di dance

Skank to di left skank to di right

We a skank together all through di night

Final Chorus

Ska ska ska everybody skank

Rude boy rude gyal come join di dance

Skank to di left skank to di right

We a skank together all through di night

Post-Chorus

Hey hey hey

Come on and skank with me

Hey hey hey

Di whole a we family

Triumphant Brass Outro

Ska ska ska

Everybody skank

Ska ska ska

Everybody skank