Biography:
John Kenneth Holt (born 11 July 1947 in Kingston, Jamaica; died 19 October 2014 in London, England) was a reggae singer and songwriter who first found fame as a member of the Paragons before establishing himself as a solo artist. Amongst the songs he wrote was "The Tide Is High" (later made famous by Blondie and also covered by Atomic Kitten).
On an island renowned for its superb vocalists and composers, John Holt remains head and shoulders above the rest as one of Jamaica's sweetest singers and enduring songwriters.
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Police man in the streets, searching fi collie weed
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Police man in the streets, searching fi collie weed
Police men in the fields, burnin the collie weed
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Police in helicopter, a search fi marijuana
Police man in the streets, searching fi collie weed
Police man in the fields, woy yoooow, burnin the collie weed
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Poli
Annotatece in helicopter, a search fi marijuana
Police man in the streets, searching fi collie weed
Soldiers in the field, burnin the collie weed
But if you continue to burn up the herbs, we gonna burn down the cane fields
If you continue to burn up the herbs, we gonna burn down the cane fields
Soldier in the herb field, burnin the collie weed
Police in helicopter, a search fi marijuana
Police man in the streets, searching fi collie weed
But if you continue to burn up the herbs, we gonna burn down the cane fields
If you continue to burn up the herbs, we gonna burn down the cane fields
Ohh
Police in helicopter, a search fi marijuana
Police man in the streets, searching fi collie weed
Police men in the fields, burnin the collie weed
But if you continue to burn up the herbs, we gonna burn down the cane fields
If you continue to burn up the herbs, we gonna burn down the cane fields
We don't trouble your banana, we don't trouble your corn
We don't trouble your pimento, we don't trouble you at all
So if you continue to burn up the herbs, we gonna burn down the cane fields
If you continue to burn up the herbs, we gonna burn down the cane fields
If you continue to burn up the herbs, we gonna burn down the cane fields
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Woyy
Police in helicopter, a search fi marijuana
Police man in the streets, searching fi collie weed
Police man in the fields, woy yoooow, burnin the collie weed
But if you continue to burn up the herbs, we gonna burn down the cane fields
If you continue to burn up the herbs, we gonna burn down the cane fields
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