Łódź (Polish pronunciation: [wut͡ɕ] [WU-tsh]; Yiddish: לאדזש, Lodzh; English pronunciation: /luːdʒ/, [LU-dsh] /lɒdz/[LO-dz] or /wʊtʃ/ [WOO-tsh]) is the third-largest city in Poland. Located in the central part of the country, it had a population of 742,387 in December 2009. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is approximately 135 kilometres (84 mi) south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canting: depicting a boat. It alludes to the city's name which translates literally as "boat."
An important industrial centre, the city, dubbed the Polish Manchester, has been famous for its textile industry, however, after years of prosperity during the socialist era, the city experienced decline after the fall of communism throughout Central and Eastern Europe. In recent years, Łódź was seemingly forgotten by the government, investors, and travelers in favor for other cities, such as Kraków, Warsaw or Wrocław.
Łódź first appears in the written record in a 1332 document giving the village of Łodzia to the bishops of Włocławek. In 1423 King Władysław II Jagiełło officially granted city rights to the village of Łódź. From then until the 18th century the town remained a small settlement on a trade route between the provinces of Masovia and Silesia. In the 16th century the town had fewer than 800 inhabitants, mostly working on the surrounding grain farms.
In European elections, Łódź is a constituency of the European Parliament. It consists of the Łódź Voivodeship.
The relevant Polish legislation ("The Act of 23 January 2004 on Elections to the European Parliament") establishing the constituencies does not give the constituencies formal names. Instead, each constituency has a number, territorial description, and location of the Constituency Electoral Commission. The 2004 Polish National Election Commission and the 2004 European Parliament Election website uses the territorial description when referring to the constituency, not the electoral commission location.
Łódź is a Polish parliamentary constituency in the Masovian Voivodeship. It elects ten members of the Sejm and three members of the Senate.
The district has the number '9' and is named after the city of Łódź. It includes the county of Brzeziny and Łódź East and the city county of Łódź.
(Intro)
(Bad Girl)
Yuh Know Im bad right? Bad
(Bad Girl)
Everybody know Im bad
(Bad Girl)
Hey done know if yuh pass di place wi gonna get mad
dont it
(Bad Girl)
Huh, uh, yo
(Chorus)
Im the baddest girl on the block
Tell em eediat bwoy dem a puff an relax yo
Lady Saw me a real toppa top I was born dis way so yuh
know mi caan stop
(Bridge)
Uh mi a bad gyal
So dont try cross mi pack
Nah try draw mi out
Nah guh put mi to rack
Mi a mad gyal
So dont fly past mi nex
So eediat bwoy nah gyal caan jump inna mi chest
(Verse 1)
Mi family an mi man dem a mi first priority
So may we deepen bout a dem a true mi best ability
Nah beg nobody nutten
Cau mi bun charity
Lady Saw too rich an mi too bossy
Nah beg fi break fast
Nah give nobody ass
Dimly back inna mi radio betta move dem to
Ras a bun fire weh di fassy dem a try
If yuh dis Lady Saw yuh get boom bye bye
Cause
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
(Verse 2)
Watch it mek mi bruk it dung inna verse 2
Cau to win some sex dem dont have a clue
No matta dream whatta like a when a we inna do
Yuh nuh complish mi dream it neva easy fi do
No me caan access mi fan drip mi inna di bed
100 bushel
Buss more not less
Mek dem power up dem motor waan big up dem chest
Its obvious tell yuh
Its hard gi dem stress
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
(Verse 3)
An anodda ting
Juss listen to verse 3
To be Lady Saw its not easy fi mi
Dem waan cha fi di style an di personality
But Im still di bad gyal from St. Mary
If yuh tink I like den try step to mi
Whetha physically or
Lyrically
Try hurt mi pride an mi
Family
Den yu woulda bring out di dog inna mi
(Chorus x2)
(Bridge)
(Verse 1)
(Chorus x2)
(Outro)
Bad gyal fi years
(Bad girl)
Yuh done know nuh matta weh dem come wi nuh care