Riddim inna mi chest

Intro

(beep... beep... beep...)

(boom-ka... boom-boom-ka...)

"Doctor seh mi heart nuh beat straight"

"Mi seh... it beat inna riddim!"

(hey!)

Verse 1

Monday morning try fi put mi pon a leash

Nine to five a squeeze di life outta mi chest

Doctor check mi pulse and shake him head slow

(beep... beep...)

Seh "young man, dis nuh normal, take a rest"

But when di night come down and speakers start fi breathe

Something in mi ribcage come alive

Every likkle bassline a defibrillation

(boom-ka, boom-ka)

Dis a how mi body stay survive

Pre-Chorus

Feel it rising, feel it climbing

(beep-beep... boom-ka!)

Machine a beep but mi heart keep rewinding

(beep-beep... boom-boom-ka!)

When di riddim drop mi resurrect

"Selecta... pull up!"

Chorus

Riddim inna mi chest, riddim inna mi chest

(boom-boom-ka, boom-boom-ka)

Bass a mi bloodline, gyal a mi oxygen

(whoa-oh, whoa-oh)

Doctor cyaan fix it, nuh need no medicine

Just turn di speaker dem up again

(hey! hey!)

Riddim inna mi chest — a suh mi live and mi rest

Verse 2

Dem waan prescribe mi pills fi slow mi down

Seh mi condition serious, critical

But mi born wid subwoofer inna mi bones

(boom, boom)

Every heartbeat syncopated, physical

Sweat a run like waterfall pon di dancefloor

Bassline a mi blood transfusion line

If yuh waan know if mi still alive tonight

(beep-beep... boom-ka!)

Watch mi waistline read mi vital signs

Pre-Chorus

Feel it rising, feel it climbing

(beep-beep... boom-ka!)

Machine a beep but mi heart keep rewinding

(beep-beep... boom-boom-ka!)

When di riddim drop mi resurrect

"Selecta... pull up!"

Chorus

Riddim inna mi chest, riddim inna mi chest

(boom-boom-ka, boom-boom-ka)

Bass a mi bloodline, gyal a mi oxygen

(whoa-oh, whoa-oh)

Doctor cyaan fix it, nuh need no medicine

Just turn di speaker dem up again

(hey! hey!)

Riddim inna mi chest — a suh mi live and mi rest

Bridge

(beep....... beep..............)

"Wi a lose him... di riddim too low..."

(beeeeeeeeep...)

"Nuh give up — TURN DI BASS UP!"

(boom!)

(boom-boom!)

(boom-boom-ka! boom-boom-ka!)

"Him back! Him back! PULL UP, SELECTA!"

Final Chorus

Riddim inna mi chest, riddim inna mi chest

(boom-boom-ka, boom-boom-ka)

Bass a mi bloodline, gyal a mi oxygen

(whoa-oh, whoa-oh)

Doctor cyaan fix it, nuh need no medicine

Just turn di speaker dem up again

(hey! hey!)

Riddim inna mi chest — a suh mi live and mi rest

Outro

(boom-ka... beep... boom-ka... beep...)

"Patient stable, doctor"

"Diagnosis... dancehall fever. No cure."

(one more time!)

(boom-boom-ka...)