TROUBLE SLEEP, YANGA WAKE AM

(lead vocal scats melody), sax solo, organ intro

 [bad word] 
RA RA-RA RA, RA-RA-RA-RA-RA
RA RA-RA RA, RA-RA-RA-RA-RA
RA RA-RA RA

When Trouble sleep,
Yanga go wake am,
Waking him dey find
 [bad word]  PALAVER, HE DEY FIND
Palaver**, he go get-e o **(trouble)
 [bad word]  PALAVER, HE GO GET
Palaver

When cat sleep,
Rat go bite him tail,
Waking him dey find,
 [bad word]  PALAVER, HE DEY FIND
Palaver, he go get-e o
 [bad word]  PALAVER, HE GO GET
Palaver

Tenant lost him job,
Him sit down for house,
Him dey think of job,
Mr. [bad word] wake am up,
He say, “Mister, pay me your rent”
Waking him dey find
 [bad word]  PALAVER, HE DEY FIND
Palaver, he go get-e o
 [bad word]  PALAVER, HE GO GET
Palaver

My friend [bad word] from prison,
Him dey look for work,
Waka* waka day and night, *(walk)
Police [bad word] stop am for road,
He say, “Mister, I charge you for wandering”
Waking him dey find
 [bad word]  PALAVER, HE DEY FIND
Palaver, he go get-e o
 [bad word]  PALAVER, HE GO GET
Palaver

Mr. Husband marry for church,
He make big party,
Then he start to spray**, **(tip, usually musicians)
Because him love him wife,
Him say, “wife [bad word] away”
Bank [bad [bad word] 
He say, “Mister, pay me your debt”
Waking him dey find, for Lagos e-o
 [bad word]  PALAVER, HE DEY FIND
Palaver, he go get-e o
 [bad word]  PALAVER, HE GO GET
Palaver

When Trouble sleep,
Yanga go wake am,
Waking him dey find
 [bad word]  PALAVER, HE DEY FIND
Palaver, he go get-e o
 [bad word]  PALAVER, HE GO GET
Palaver, he go get-e o

When cat sleep,
Rat go bite him tail,
Waking him dey find,
 [bad word]  PALAVER, HE DEY FIND
Palaver, he go get-e o
 [bad word]  PALAVER, HE GO GET
Palaver, he go get e-o

 [bad word] 
RA RA-RA RA, RA-RA-RA-RA-RA
RA RA-RA RA, RA-RA-RA-RA-RA
RA RA-RA RA

RA RA-RA RA, RA-RA-RA-RA-RA
RA RA-RA RA, RA-RA-RA-RA-RA
RA RA-RA RA

Explanation:

Don’t kick people when they are down,
Nor bother them at inappropriate times:
There is a limit to patience.

When things are calm,
Don’t start trouble by bothering people who are [bad word] to get by.