[Intro: Heavy D]
Yo! Check this out man!!! Uh huh! Delilah!
Delilah, Delilah (Uh huh Uh huh!)
Delilah (Uh huh Uh huh!) Delilah, Deliliah, Delilah, Delilah....CHO!!!
[Chorus: Heavy D]
A mi seh Oh Delilah, Delilah
How yuh a go dance and yuh caan even buy new shoes?
How yuh a go boogie when yuh caan even find yuh groove?
But yuh still mek moves, a mi seh ohhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! Delilah!
[Verse 1: Heavy D]
She's a teenager
But with the pressures of the world on her shoulders she's much older
Sweet sixteen already a baby's mother, baby father on the move
A mi seh ohhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! Delilah! (Check It!)
[Chorus: Heavy D]
A mi seh Oh Delilah, Delilah
How yuh a go dance and yuh caan even buy new shoes?
How yuh a go boogie when yuh caan even find yuh groove?
But yuh still mek moves, a mi seh ohhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! Delilah!
[Verse 2: Heavy D]
She's always, struggling and trying to do better
But it seems like this life just won't let her
So she still mek moves
And she still haffi dance and boogie widout her shoes
Delilah oh, Delilah, pretty baby
How yuh feel when yuh walk dung a empty road?
Pretty girl and, how yuh feel when yuh just caan bare yuh load?
Yuh haffi cry on yuh own
A mi seh ohhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! Delilah!
[Chorus: Heavy D]
A mi seh Oh Delilah, Delilah
How yuh a go dance and yuh caan even buy new shoes?
How yuh a go boogie when yuh caan even find yuh groove?
But yuh still mek moves, a mi seh ohhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! Delilah!
[Bridge: Heavy D]
A mi seh, oooh, hey, haffi dance and get up
Peo-ple haffi dance and get up
Peo-ple yuh haffi move and get up
Peo-ple yuh haffi dance and get up
Peo-ple yuh haffi move and get up
Peo-ple yuh haffi dance and get up
A mi seh ohhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! Delilah!
A mi seh, oooh, hey, haffi dance and get up
Peo-ple haffi dance and get up
Peo-ple yuh haffi move and get up
Peo-ple yuh haffi dance and get up
Peo-ple yuh haffi move and get up
Peo-ple yuh haffi dance and get up
A mi seh ohhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! Delilah!
[Chorus: Heavy D]
A mi seh Oh Delilah, Delilah
How yuh a go dance and yuh caan even buy new shoes?
How yuh a go boogie when yuh caan even find yuh groove?
But yuh still mek moves, a mi seh ohhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! Delilah!