Dexta Daps is quoting scripture over a loaded barrel. His new single “Cross Pon Nozzle” opens with the line “Put a cross pon the nozzle ah di matic and knock it in the name of god,” and the rest of the snippet he posted keeps that same blend of church language and gun talk.
He announced the track on Instagram with a short call to action: “OUT NOW! Get familiar! Run it.”
The post opens with a clapperboard emoji and a siren, and he shared a chunk of the lyrics so fans could see where his head is before they even press play.
The excerpt is cold. “No heart inside, Old Spinnaz mek yuh duppy jump out,” he writes, using the Jamaican word for a ghost to describe what happens on the receiving end.
The second half points toward a specific target, even though no one is named. “Hear him mouth Dey but, Wey him dey,” he asks, before warning that a rival “cyan go ah him scheme” and that “Bockle Boom Mek him feel like ah hell him dey.” The verse closes with the line that may get quoted most: “Bou him born inna sin, well mi dwell in dey.”
That religious framing is the most interesting part of the record. Marking a cross on a weapon and invoking God before using it is a striking image, and the closing line flips the idea of sin from something you’re born into to something he claims to live in.
Some listeners will hear it as clever, dark wordplay, while others may wince at sacred imagery put into gun lyrics.
It’s also a sharp turn for an artist many fans first met through melodic, romance-leaning hits like “Shabba Madda Pot” and “7Eleven.”
Dexta has always had a harder side, but a track this direct puts it front and center. Listeners who love his lover-man material and those who want him rougher will probably hear this one differently.
The post tags two collaborators, @dretegs and @deadly_beats_ja, though it doesn’t spell out their exact roles on the track. He also signs off with the hashtag #burban, a tag that carries meaning for his core audience.
For now, the lyric drop is doing most of the talking, with fans picking apart the bars in the comments before the full song has fully circulated.
Whether the shots in the verse are aimed at someone specific is the question that will follow this record around.
