1 “I wen make one strong promise,
2 Cuz I tink, ‘Wat anybody goin get from da God Up Dea?
3 Da peopo dat do bad kine stuff, dey goin come wipe out.
4 God see eryting I do.
5 “Fo shua, I no live da way dat worth notting,
6 Den let God weigh me wit da kine scales
7 I neva tell ‘Laytas’ to da way God like fo me go.
8 I no make lidat. But if I wen do dat,
9 “I neva get da hots fo one wahine dat not my wife.
10 If I wen do dat kine bad stuff,
11 Cuz if I do dat shame kine stuff,
12 Az jalike one fire dat burn inside peopo an make dem wipe out.
13 “If I no do da right kine ting fo my worka guys an wahines,
14 Wat I goin do wen God poin finga me, aah?
15 Da same God dat wen make me inside my muddah, he make da worka guys too.
16 “If I neva help da peopo dat no mo notting,
17 If I wen stash my food ony fo me,
18 But dass not how was!
19 If I see somebody dying cuz dey no mo clotheses,
20 I erytime make dem warm wit da wool from my sheeps,
21 If I wen put up my hand fo vote agains da kids dat no mo faddah,
22 Den I like my arm fall down from my shoulda,
23 Cuz I stay sked dat God goin wipe me out fo no help da kids!
24 “I no trus my gold.
25 I no feel real good inside cuz I get plenny rich kine stuffs,
26 I no tink bout da sun cuz a how da sun shine,
27 I no go down in front dem jus cuz dey awesome,
28 If I wen make lidat,
29 “If one guy dat hate me get trouble an bad kine stuff happen to him,
30 But az not how stay!
31 My ohana guys neva tell,
32 An no guy from anodda place eva gotta sleep outside,
33 If I cova ova da bad kine stuff dat I do,
34 You tink I hide wat I do, an stay sked an shaking
35 “I like fo somebody lissen me!
36 Fo shua I goin wear dat paypa on top my shoulda.
37 I like tell da one dat lissen, eryting I wen do.
38 “If da land I wen farm yell agains me,
39 If I wen eat up eryting dat grow dea an neva pay,
40 Den I like da thorns come up an not da wheat,