(reggae instrumental lead-in)

No meter, no rhyme
No meter, no rhyme
No meter, no rhyme
No meter, no rhyme

Mos-Mos-Most reggae music often rhymes a bit
An' its rhythm is loud on steel drums

Lissa-listening to the musicians...yeah!
Mingle with the good people you meet...yeah

Good-a friends our band, oh, good friends sing this song
...this song they pla-a-ay...yeah!

But this song's chorus alone has rhyming beats
And most of the rest has...yeah...

No meter, no rhyme
No meter, no rhyme...ehh--yeah
Ah music critics, go chug some beers
No meter, no rhyme

Yeah...Drum, drum, drum on that fif-ty, a-five-a-gallon-a steel drum!
On the Esplanade park in Boston...yeah

And then maybe we'll rhyme a line or two...
...I say...
A lotta Phillies burning a-through the night...yeah!

Then we could cook rhymes real horrid...
...I'd say...
And which we'll share with you --- yeah!

"Desert sand is very arid"
And see?
That rhyme simp-a-ly won't do!

Now rhyme a-long ---

Ev'rything's gonna be alright, ya!
Ev'rything's gonna be alright
Heavy things' gonna be non-light, ya!
Heavy things' gonna be non-light
Chevy wings too heavy for flight, ya!
Chevy wings too heavy for flight
Reggae sings betta with red sight, ya!
Reggae sings betta with red sight

Hey,
That's...meter, and, rhyme!
That's,
Meter and rhyme!
I say ---
Oh critics, oh music critics, don't plug no ears!
There's,
Meter and rhyme!
Yeah!
There's meter, yes meter, yes meter and rhyme!
There's,
Meter and rhyme!
One more time I got to say ---
Oh critics, music critics, please don't plug no ears!
There's,
Meter and rhyme!

(reggae instrumental fade-out)