| It doesn’t get any harder than this | 
| Rub-a-dub sound from the hardcore genesis | 
| We play it slow and we playin' it fast | 
| Shelly wants to leave but she just can t go, no | 
| She member the waterpumpee she know the della move | 
| She say she nuh go leave until she get her stella groove | 
| She do it cool and deadly inna her dancing shoes | 
| Tonight she is a winner, cannot lose | 
| So here we go | 
| This a the heart of a rub-a-dub sound | 
| Straight from Kingston the streets of Jamdown | 
| Here we go | 
| This a the heart of the ragga ragga sound | 
| Turn it up nuh go turn it down low | 
| Here we go | 
| This a the heart of the rub-a-dub sound | 
| Straight from Kingston the streets of Jamdown | 
| This a the heart of the rude boy sound | 
| Turn it up nuh go turn it down low | 
| Dem say call the police | 
| Want put reggae music 'pon pause | 
| Wanna put new clause inna laws | 
| Beat man make dem mash up and a rub up inna gauze | 
| No if not but because | 
| Soundman haffi go stick to the task | 
| Good music have to broadcast | 
| Standing ovation round of applause | 
| Dem say call the police | 
| And nuff Babylon just appear | 
| From sky and road everywhere | 
| Inna the vibe dem want interfere | 
| But none a we have no fear | 
| Just drink two guiness and beer | 
| Me and me squaddy dem come from here | 
| Selector go hard or lock off | 
| Inna rub-a-dub stylee | 
| So here we go | 
| This a the heart of a rub-a-dub sound | 
| Straight from Kingston the streets of Jamdown | 
| Here we go | 
| This a the heart of the ragga ragga sound | 
| Turn it up nuh go turn it down low | 
| Here we go | 
| This a the heart of the rub-a-dub sound | 
| Straight from Kingston the streets of Jamdown | 
| This a the heart of the rude boy sound | 
| Turn it up nuh go turn it down low | 
| That s what we live that’s what we give that’s how we feel | 
| Like birds of a feather like magnet to steel | 
| Big box steel horn with the sublow | 
| Turn it up til it buck make the whole world know | 
| This is the party maker budungkadung go shake the shaker | 
| Broader than broadways the sounds of Jamaica | 
| Now feel the chemistry whole leap of energy | 
| Put it in the big box and turn up the speaker | 
| So here we go | 
| This a the heart of a rub-a-dub sound | 
| Straight from Kingston the streets of Jamdown | 
| Here we go | 
| This a the heart of the ragga ragga sound | 
| Turn it up nuh go turn it down low | 
| Here we go | 
| This a the heart of the rub-a-dub sound | 
| Straight from Kingston the streets of Jamdown | 
| This a the heart of the rude boy sound | 
| Turn it up nuh go turn it down low |