Now dis one dedicated to the gyals
Dem wid di angel face and the devil heart
Yuh no say Ragamuffin Chaka Demus an' youth called Pliers
Come to deal with your case
Step up my youth, hear dis!

I know this little girl, her name is Maxine
Her beauty is like a bunch of rose
If I ever tell you 'bout Maxine
You would a say I don't know what I know, but
Murder she wrote (fi real, fi real) murder she wrote
Murder she wrote, murder she wrote

Watch ya now, it name
A pretty face and bad character
Dem the kinda livin' can't hold Chaka - follow me!
A pretty face and bad character
Dem the kinda livin' can't hold Chaka
Seh gal yuh pretty, yuh face it pretty
But yuh character dirty, gal yuh just act too, flirty flirty
Yuh run to Tom, Dick, an' also Harry
An' when yuh find yuh mistake
Yuh talk 'bout yuh sorry, sorry, sorry - come now!
Have her cruise di corner where she jooks an' where she jam
She know about Lou, Crack an' every money man
Me talk about coolie chiney, white man and indian
Di wickedest kind a girl whey Mr. Pliers buk upon

Now when yuh heard about this girl, her name is Maxine
Her beauty is like a bunch of rose
If I ever tell you 'bout Maxine
You would a say I don't know what I know, but
Murder she wrote (murderation man) murder she wrote
Murder she wrote, na na na, murder she wrote

Watch yuh now stand still, yuh no pay me light bill
If yuh tes di Ragamuffin, gal ya gwan get kill
Gal keep 'way! Caw yuh a crebbie crebbie
An' di limits of me talk of if a DJ
Gal come out, becaw yuh nuh shockout
Now when yuh hear di Ragamuffin yuh haffi jump and shout
Now touch me gate, yuh nuh pay mi water rate
Becaw great is great, yuh cyaan underate - follow me!
Yuh pretty face an' bad character
Dem the kinda livin' can Hold Chak - follow me!
Yuh pretty face an' bad character
Dem the kinda livin' can Hold Chaka
Seh gal yuh pretty, yuh face it pretty
But yuh character dirty, gal yuh just act too, flirty flirty
Yuh run to Tom, Dick, an' also Harry
An' when yuh find yuh mistake
Yuh talk 'bout yuh sorry, sorry, sorry

Now every middle of the year dis girl go have abortion
Fi di coolie, white man, indian no seek inna nail fun
An' jus di other day me see her six months pregnant
Now she up an' switch her girl with other baby inna pram

So yuh heard about this girl her name is Maxine
Her beauty's like a bunch of rose
An' if I ever tell you 'bout Maxine
You would a say I don't know what I know, but
Murder she wrote, murder she wrote
Murder she wrote, na na na, murder she wrote

Excuse me! Gal me never know yuh a so yuh stay
Ragamuffin Chaka Demus com fi flash it same way
Waoh woa, follow me!
Yuh pretty face an' bad character
Dem the kinda livin' can Hold Chaka - follow me!
Yuh pretty face an' bad character
Dem the kinda livin' can Hold Chaka
Seh gal yuh pretty, yuh face it pretty
But yuh character dirty, gal yuh just act too, flirty flirty
Yuh run to Tom, Dick, an' also Harry
An' when yuh find yuh mistake
Yuh talk bout yuh sorry, sorry, sorry

Di gal a pose an' a brag how she look sexy
All she worship is pure vanity
Di gal a pose an' a brag how she look ready
When she wash her clothes it dirty
Gal yuh no ready, if yuh cyaan cook fi mi
Gal yuh no ready, if yuh cyaan wash fi mi
Gal yuh nuh ready, if yuh know yuh flirty flirty - follow me!
Yuh pretty face and bad character
Dem the kinda livin' can't hold Chaka, follow me now
Yuh pretty face an' bad character (murder she wrote)
Dem the kinda livin' can't (murder she wrote) hold Chaka
So stand still (murder she wrote)
Yuh no pay me light bill (na na na)
An' if yuh tes di Ragamuffin (murder she wrote)

Gal keep 'way, caw yuh ahaffi back way
An' di limit see me talk of him a DJ
Gal come out, becaw yuh nuh shockout
Now when yuh hear di Ragamuffin yuh haffi jump and shout
Now touch me gate, yuh nuh pay mi water rate
Becaw great is great is yuh gong fi di rate - come now)

Now yuh heard about this little girl her name is Maxine
Her face is like a bunch of rose
Man a if I ever tell you bout Maxine
You would a say I don't know what I know