Sugar Minott ''Herbman Hustling'' Live @ Japan's Splash 86

It is not easy to write about Sugar Minott in the past tense. His presence dominated Jamaican music from the late seventies onwards and it is almost impossible to believe that he is no longer with us. Sugar was not only hugely popular with the reggae audience but was also massively influential, and inspirational, amongst his fellow musicians and vocalists.

Born 25th May 1956 in Kingston, Jamaica by the tender age of twelve Lincoln 'Sugar' Minott "started singing in an amateur talent contest near where I lived in Maxfield Park in Kingston..." One of the most successful careers in the history of Jamaican music sprang from these modest beginnings but Sugar Minott, "the ghetto singer", never ever forgot where he came from... "mostly inspired by his musical surroundings of sound system operators and kids who even danced to his singing without no musical accompaniment".

-Lyrics

Herb a diss a Herbman Hustlin
Bright an early in the morning
Herb a diss a Herbman Hustling
I know sergeant( Dreary?) is waiting
Herb a diss a Herbman Hustlin
i know it's my neck i'm risking
Herb a diss a Herbman Hustlin
but you see that's my daily living

Jump inna mini van we gone a country
Leff fi mi wife and mi hungry pickney
Jump inna mini van we gone a country
Leff fi mi wife and mi hungry pickney
we haffi travel over hills an valley
just fi find this yah good good sensi
we haffi travel over hills an valley
just to find this ah good good sensi

wrap up a draw fi the lawyer
wrap up a draw fi commissioner
wrap up a draw fi the docta
wrap up a draw fi natty binghi dreaad alrigghht

Herb a diss a Herbman Hustlin
Bright an early in the morning
Herb a diss a Herbman Hustling
I know sergeant Brown is waiting
Herb a diss a Herbman Hustlin
i know it's my neck i'm riskin
Herb a diss a Herbman Hustlin
but you see that's my daily living

dolla a stick boom ten dolla a pound sah
if you have a hundred dolla you get a weight?
when you smoke this ya one
you just a tear off mi gate
you just a tear off mi gaaate allright

smoke sensi and mi smoke lambsbread
and when you smoke it once you come back again
and when you come back again
you bring all your friends oh yeees

so Herb a diss a Herbman Hustlin
Bright an early in the morning
Herb a diss a Herbman Hustling
I know sergeant Brown is waiting
Herb a diss a Herbman Hustlin
but you see that's my daily living
Herb a diss a Herbman Hustlin
i know it's my neck i'm risking

wrap up a draw fi the lawyer
wrap up a draw fi commissioner
wrap up a draw fi mi docta
wrap up a draw fi mi idren(???)alright

Jump inna mini van we gone a country
Leff fi mi wife and wi hungry pickney
we haffi travel over hills an valley
just to find this yah good good sensi
The good good sensi alright
so gimmie me gimme good sensi-meelyah
ah gimme good sensi-meelyah
mi hear sah it good for the cancer ay
so gimmie good sensi meenlah

so Herb a diss a Herbman Hustlin
Bright an early in the morning
Herb a diss a Herbman Hustling
I said I know sergeant Brown he's waiting
Herb a diss a Herbman Hustlin
and i know it's my neck i'm risking
Herb a diss a Herbman Hustlin
but you see that's my daily living
oh yeah herbman hustling
allright
aahhhhhh

sometimes it's green and sometimes it shine?
but anywhere the sensi deh a it mi haffi find
oh Jah Jah guide I oh jah Jah
don't make I end up innna roadblock, Roadblaaak ohh no

cause this a Herb a diss a Herbman Hustlin
Bright an early in the morning


any corrections additions appreciloved thnx a