1. |
Inna Jail
03:54
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Inna jail, inna jail, tuff life deh inna jail
Inna jail, inna jail, secret life deh inna jail
Inna jail, inna jail, ain’t no prophet inna jail
Inna jail, inna jail, nothing proper inna jail
Inna jail, inna jail, all the laughs dem run so fast deh
inna jail, inna jail, ain’t no first and super class deh
Inna jail, inna jail, unno cyaan forget your past deh
Inna jail, inna jail, only the fittest a go last deh
Dem say jail a mek yuh change,
jail a mek yuh pay the cost
forget everything yuh leave,
the whole a dem a get lost
sometimes life is so strange,
stranger is what we do we own
we build slum and penitentiaries
and dead man town
So who’s the wrong, who’s the right
why dem judge a man just at first sight
and who’s the wrong, who’s the right
why dem steal innocent man a life time
who’s the wrong, who’s the right
truth not always behind the eyes
and who’s the wrong, who’s the right
we mos affi know why, when and how deh
Dem a bit, dem a chat,
dem a split, dem a part
dem a try fi push we down
dem a hit, dem a talk,
dem a push, dem a lack
dem a jail we inna dem town
man to man the same old story
man to man is so unjust
Babylon yuh never have to trust
And if a man is a man
tell me what is a man
if him got to count him days
many more behind the bars of a jail
a go damn all dem praise
peace and love de pon your lips
and yuh cyaan stand a face to face
point me, point dem,
enemies and friends,
di youth inna rat race
Long time some man a go try fi explain,
and only few heart dem a know seh fi real
inna dis, inna dat, inna dem bwoy leer,
Babylon have a plan and dat is so clear
black out, black out,
dem a tell yuh what yuh mos
affi do, affi tell, affi claim, affi post
inna jail, inna jail all di right and unjust
dem a mek yuh pay the cost
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2. |
Something We Really Want
03:39
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Like a smile pon a face,
good things always bloom
inna dem exact right place:
guaranteed seh every beat it a go hit in it right way.
Di bang of feet pon di floor,
a go rumple all di audience
watching from di row,
got me singing every single memory
like an old guitar.
Inna mi place, inna mi town,
inna mi city di Stomp de pon,
good thing fi mi, good thing fi her,
good thing fi everyone,
tension on, di light is on, tek a sit, run,
mi cyaan hold on,
’cause I ticket yes I own… Yes.
Something she really waan,
something she really waan
Something mi really waan,
something mi really waan
Something we really waan,
something we really waan
Something we really waan,
something we really…
Dis a how I’m feeling about it:
levitate over my head I got nuff energy,
keep it low ‘ca we got some co-residents,
it is late, let dem sleep be permanent!
Freestyling pon di tune
until di melody comes out,
and di kick and di bass
mek mi crumble inna riot,
voices tell seh everything
dat you receive
you must be thankful,
so I will forever own this…
‘Cause what you do
tastes like sugar to my ego,
while man a run, man a jump
and meanwhile she rolls,
man a act, get in dat, man a keep out,
man, dem mek you fly high like an eagle!
After I spent sometime seeing you practice
after di things you do, well, I affi rock this.
There is no one dat coulda ever distract mi
Your emphasis it a really contact mi…
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3. |
Dat's Me (No Remedy)
03:19
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So push unnuself up so high
though it seems yuh find no sunshine
things go your way for the first time
yuh coulda neva find better time
So push unnuself up so high
though it seems yuh find no sunshine
things go your way for the first time
yuh coulda neva find sweeter time
Dat’s me, dat’s me
even when I see no remedy
dat’s me becaw in me it a dwell the worst enemy
dat’s me, dat’s me from the morning to the evening
me at night so check out what I’ve been giving in
Focus on me inner, di race is getting hotter
but me nah never leave the bakkle
mind run things so me de pon a brand new pattern
negative thoughts never matter!
Me see whole heap a people hide
becaw dem sick and dem scared
and try fi mek we blind till we find out no way,
but so soon di price have to be paid
and I no wait for nobody and no wait for no day
Smile nah complain, fear no man attack
lang time dem a come
with dem baga baga baga talk,
but the universe give each
and everyone a chance
to tek his stance and tek his balance
Well I say holla holla holla,
new fruits grow inna mi garden
holla holla holla,
some kid dem play inna mi yard and
holla holla holla,
whole heap a thing no longer harder
holla holla holla, a nuh nuh me fi nah go further!
Things can always change
when you waan it in a second
don’t rush but focus on your step
when you step on
dread at the control please gwaan record
me know my will my only weapon!
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4. |
Moses
04:38
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Let Moses divide the sea
and not the Russian Federation.
Hey unno hear me?
Dem all a try fi take over we,
divide and conquer every nation.
Dem wish life no pretty
I don’t wish dat
deh inna we town inna we city
I don’t wish dat
all citizen sickly
I don’t wish dat
is dat all up to we licking
how could I know dat?
Dem say money above all
but I don’t say dat
dem do everything at all
I don’t say dat
deh inna we heart inna we soul
we don’t say dat
gwaan tell di youth seh!
Big city and big town,
big pressure upon the ground,
taking over
green money get we down
green money pon di throne,
taking over
so cover rasta taking over,
run for cover me say rasta taking over
Divide di sea, divide di people,
weh di destination?
tearing likkle by likkle,
what a desperation
and from di blood of all di people
money run up to your throne
gwaan so gwaan so dem do wrong
Dem wear di crown dem have no limit
dem wish whole heap a people
a go imitate dem image
but let me tell em somth’n
if dem just wear di crown
I am di one weh a go rise pon di ground
Big city and big town
big pressure pon the ground, taking over
green paper get we down
green paper pon di throne, taking over
so cover rasta taking over,
run fa cover me say rasta taking over
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5. |
She's So Nice
04:10
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She’s so nice and she a gwaan get me out of control
yeh she wanna know how long
can me stand before me fall
she mek me mind get mad
and me heart nah go badda
She’s so nice, unno cyaan say no,
we spend a likkle time and I would never let her go
hey look inna her heart and she open all the doors
’cause it a go so it a go so I’m not insecure
But she cry for a while caw she miss me so
and she nah waan nobody else but me a likkle more
me go pon top a di hills and she name me a go shout
’cause “beautiful, beautiful” dat’s my thought so
Life with nobody is not life unno expect
some man de pon de street
alone a smoke cigarettes
but first yuh affi give yourself a big respect
di one weh nah care about di first weh a go flat
Uh she call me, uh she waan me,
uh she waan me at all
I never tek her for granted
’cause one day she could head for the door
all di girls dem smell like a rose
but she doesn’t need no pose
she bloom as di flowers
and tek me for hours deh into her world
she smell like a rose and she sing like the birds
me know how things a gwaan
when she gonna say those words
every breath seh come out a her mouth
a go mash me down
mek me jump and twist
till me really touch the ground
She’s the top
no contest, no race and no competition
all de woman try fi do like her
but she style is so pure
when she walk de pon di street
every man say “wow”
She swim like the fishes and she fly like a hawk
dis girl she drive me crazy like no woman before
well me think seh if a real love it a go long
ain’t no distance ain’t no jealousy
seh we cyaan stand
Dry girl me say dry those tears
if me deyah by your side we mos affi dry those tears
inna no eyes, inna no room,
inna no backyard those tears
laugh and dem a pass deh
from your face deh to your feet
dem go throughout the rivers
and galang deh to the sea
let me see yuh smiling yes indeed
Inna no trend, inna no style,
inna no standard, inna no file
inna no fashion weh di generation follow lang time
not even a million sign can describe weh me find
when she de pon me mind
She mek it harder,
me know seh dis girl she mek it harder
’cause she a murderer,
yuh know seh dis girl well she’s a murderer
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6. |
Refugee
05:25
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I know I can, come we go cross all bars,
and nothing I can’t, written in mi karma
I know I can, come we go cross all bars,
and nothing I can’t, written in mi karma
And mi left a likkle note under Cecilia’s door,
and mi used to feel at home inna Stefany’s store,
inna little Rosie’s eyes mi coulda pick up di core,
when mi was in front of Sofy mi was all insecure.
Memba when Lauper’s voice it was all I adored,
memba when dat cd was a thing I borrowed…
Sometime yesterdays dem give hope like tomorrows:
if u memba di good you’ll forgive di sorrow.
So behold alla dat memories dem inna session
and behold all of dem with kind of devotion
and behold although dat may bring vexation
‘ca now it is time to move on!
You had a little car, had a little bar,
had a little garb, you was a little star,
clear up your settle, try out your mettle,
don’t feel no nettle… Just find your way!
Could I mek metaphors
like di great Nazim,
could I itemize dem quick
like di hummingbird wings,
could I sparkle and gleam
like a new morning…
Like a light under skin man it a exocrine
Hold back di tears while you chock down a sub,
although dem all a try fe ripple and rob,
deyah white swan when you let your smile come out
A zillion of sparks and of glitters and hey!
Mi boil and mi bubble, mi coulda break marble,
so now mi clarify, well, let’s tek a while,
some words like coconuts dem twist mi jaws
from side to side,
got to soften and lime before dem glide
feeling like mi dreaming like mi steaming
so mi go so then:
Rain dogs, rain dogs,
rain dogs inna mi town,
drag mi inna di dirt and watch mi rise clean like a dawn
come kill mi seed watch mi grow another one,
invoke a tornado and watch how firm mi stand!
‘Ca everything, yeh, everything,
I can do everything,
mi coulda break gravity and cure without a medicine,
own all without havin’ it, live good without needin’ it,
sleep well without sleeping pills
and clean up mi city!
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7. |
Something So Sure
04:16
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Something is so sure, I need your loving girl
strong as the ocean when it treasures its pearl
let me tek your fingers, move a likkle with mi flow
always love yuh more
Tears falling down dem through my face
kneel down on the ground woman me feel your grace
’cause dis sweet sound inna mi heart it reigns
and now that I’ve found I would never leave again
Mek me feel stronger, stronger, as yuh are
nah fear the night girl nah fear the dark
look in your eyes me see seh beautiful you are
it seems seh yuh belong to the stars
Well she’s a woman she’s a smile just to everybody
she like to swim inna mi dream
and yeh she never bad
she’s no man gyal not at all
when she loves no other
and when she walk inna me yard
she’s hotta than gun powder
Waan me like a rain pon her back
waan me like a secret she talk
waan me like a rain fall like a drop fall to
fall pon her grass
waan her like a likkle attack,
likkle song she a go sing it rub a dub
waan her like a belly dancer,
wine wine wine wine wine de pon!
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8. |
Try Baby (feat. MoyMoy)
03:56
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Try baby, with all the love inna your heart
try baby, it won’t mek yuh fall apart
try baby, and those tears will let yuh go
try baby, seem just like the rain fall
Watch how di people dem a gwaan
I don’t care girl
dem only want to fuss and fight
with dem neighbour
and if the truth I never talk
dat’s for my ego
but I will kick it away
and it a let me go
She say she love
all the way that we stayed
but then somehow dem
a turn a wrong way so
don’t let your mind
work pon your heart seh fi real
’cause it would only spend time
just for us to separate
She say she nah leave no one so
and so she nah give no thanks so
and she nah give a damn
about those fucking foolish answers
all those desperate falling,
she was deh always calling
and there’s no one to be true with
and there’s no one fi hold her
So no matta who yuh are,
run gonna mek her like a star
’cause it’s no long no far,
and there’s no peace no war
love is the real reward,
we never gonna mek it hard
now she don’t wanna trick her heart
so she says…
Mi a go try until ma God
nah let mi try nah more
yuh see da love ina ma heart
dat be for life for sure
dem bwoy fi watch!
mi nah ga let it up
cos dat one man yeh
den yuh si dem afi drop back
tell dem gwey stop dat
av da key lock dat
trap dem a talk too bad
fa dem answer
Yuh simme deh fi gwan a different way
but it will spend time
just for us to separate
so me gwaan fi mek a change
stop with all da playing
cah u cant tek dis fa game
if yuh wann gimme ya name
cha!
What do you want me say?
I can “try again” if you are hardly the same
I can love you from the heart
love you with my all
but know that from the start
I am not your fool
your telling me try baby
go ahead try baby
but I say its gonna be bye baby
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9. |
Well Well Well
03:55
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Well well well,
just live nuh think about
ring of bells, truth is up to you
try fi spell how much yourself is good
nuh sell-sell, dat leave it fi di fools
Good God, I see, good God, I see.
Everyone, every man, woman, rise up!
Everyone, every man, woman, rise up!
Everyone, every man, woman, rise up!
Everyone, every man, woman, rise up!
Well well well,
you’ll say fi jail dem all
still remains: emperor destiny’s to fall,
yes it’s time fi di evil leave di heart
or, instead, angry people shall unite
Good God, I see, good God, I see.
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10. |
Man A Express
03:23
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Man a express, man affi deal with the sweetest caress
and do di thing seh Father God bless
man a no build fi no fuss and no stress
And we nah have time fi waste,
need fi know weh beat in we chest
we express and enjoy di taste
there’s no need to run inna race
Well it start from dis from dis dis land
unno nah gwaan seek di risk caw it’s a changing plan
know weh yuh here for things start fi gwaan
just do di thing weh yuh waan
And from di hills to di town from di street to di stones
weh yuh see a bare thing weh yuh nah know before
and yuh laugh and yuh cry and yuh smile ever more
caw the same thing yuh ever own
No man a talk, no man a chat
’bout nothing when dem nah know fi real, yow
no man a pose, no man a act
like dem a big boss and dem have no fear, yow
no man a judge, no man a grudge
no one a fall hill we all a go heal, yow
system a change, we rearrange
if yuh think can yuh feel?
Man fi know seh inna we life we nah have no limit
fulfil we mission guided by the Spirit
from we have a life to live
got to keep our heart beating
got to stop dem man from hitting
Mama know how to survire from bearing a lot of pressure
thing weh we do must be the healing of the nation
tick tick tock and me nah get stress out
who feels it knows it, Lord!
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11. |
My Girl
03:08
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She’s my girl
she gimmi smile,
she put love
at the end of the time,
she’s my girl
she gimmi smile,
she put love
at the end of the time
Me nah care, me nah waan those thing dem
me just stick to the love weh linger
I don’t wanna hang on something
seh a go slip out of my finger
she say she love me really
she wanna do it freely
oh she go fast, she’s gonna last,
me see dis girl is willing
So I just blow deh on my dust,
heal di scars dem from di past
close the door and jump around,
girl me wanna tek yuh far
is dis the love seh unno know,
just di love seh now we have
girl me wanna mek you smile,
I’m gonna tek you to the stars
Uh she wanna talk to me,
and she tell me patiently
seh she’s in love and I say
“babygirl come rock with me”
I tell her I’ll be strong
and I will do no wrong
and I will write pon a paper
all of those beautiful words
And I know seh di sweetest thing
is we when we waan stop to fuss
but I can see only few people bend
and kiss the grass
so if dat love weh know yuh know
is the love weh now yuh have
girl yuh gonna mek me smile,
yuh gonna tek me to the star
Caw me a gipsy
me hold mi memories de pon mi lips tip
me cyaan controll mi body like a tipsy
me hold mi desitny inna mi palm nip
alive with all the things weh surround me
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12. |
Cry Out
04:29
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Cry out, cry out,
those tears run on down your mouth,
your mouth and every time you tek a look
there’s no doubt, no doubt
I know instead of here
it’s right there your ground, your ground
There’s a space and there’s a road
that we don’t know
there’s a love and there’s a hope
that we don’t know
so ask me to listen to every single word
when you’re trying to speak, yeah,
and don’t leave your voice
out there in the cold
So tell me you’re ready to leave
the pain and the wrong
I’ll promise you baby I’ll love you forever more
Why this confusion?
some talk to me,
some worship illusions
they say don’t abuse of your fantasy
the earth is in our prison
and there it’s the wrong
and there it’s the right
and here we are, foolish, one more time
and dis when we talk
and dat when we cry
just look to your eyes and
Tell me you’re ready to leave
your negative thoughts
I’ll promise you baby I’ll love you forever more
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13. |
Real Hot
04:15
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Elevate your fault can, hold it for a second.
Take another big drop, till u feel di real hot:
Goes to your head and tears you shed,
some sips a burn.
Feel a pang in my middle,
red flash when flash a bleed and
rich fruit when it forbidden,
like tempest now she leadin’.
Thoughts thicken like a little fog,
she flash and blink in di middle mob,
round belly like di ripple globe,
here comes again dat little stab
With a little stock of a little pod,
I’ve got to cling to my little hope,
although it nuh givin’ mi a single hold,
come on, come on don’t beetle off…
Di tree a big mi a little axe,
has got mi beating to di max,
Come on pull it down,
come on don’t give up,
for she gwaan guide you on…
Nose out some sibilant sound
nose out coming in with her song
nose out seh she a get in close
sparkle just like a soap bubble
Thick fog and mi feel so silly
‘ca mi boil like tea inna billy,
her teeth dem white like lilies,
some things just come willy-nilly.
Prop of knees slide down, down, down
Tension build till di bone, bone, bones
Bass pon a lower tone, tone, tone
Troublesome seem gone, gone, gone
Dj ask a triple wheel,
everyone do di windmill
Run on and over till mi get sober
and confess all di things mi feel
Lights jugglering: dat a true.
Locks rumpling: dat a true.
Well she’s compelling: dat a true.
Give me di willies: dat a true.
Mi research and her mi spot,
take another sip of dat,
sondbwoy dem put Supercat…
(Uh, hear wha di man say!)
Tension dozes off, degree by degree,
now mi believe in a thing
mi coulda never believe,
now mi believe seh mi coulda
mek yuh wiggle and trill,
now mi could glut your appetite like a triple meal,
dis flash a nearly all weh mi recall,
lazily lily now mi move on
but when mi get back
deh deh back to her, back
deh deh back inna di track
me a easily go overcome!
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14. |
Immigrant Star
04:39
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Carolina smile today because it’s her birthday
and she tek a likkle piece of card
she got for her birthday
and mama and papa somewhere around
she can taste from her fingers
sixteen years away from Africa
where her love still linger
Don’t forget who you are little baby
even though life’s so tuff live forever
You can kill me one time, two time,
ten time in a day,
I will rise like the sun ova di water
She thought one day she’d be the star
now she’s crying for a while
and likkle, likkle will be the pain, for it drifted away
no pressure, pressure, no pressure, just living
she nah feel the pain, feel the pain
in every breathing
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15. |
Sunshine
04:48
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Baby you’re my sunshine
I’m so glad that you are mine
babygirl I love you so
let me tell you right and now
From the very first time you played
you took my breath away
you shook me up and down
so I affi tell you dis I know
let the music swing for us
as walking on the very green grass
and I come tell you seh, seh I run come move your way
I say rise let it be nice,
neva lose di words that make us survive
tek everything love still bring,
shift dem from pain and tek dem to spring
save all your gold, the breath of the world
and when dem say ‘hush still we say more
and I don’t give, I don’t give a damn about dis
From the very first time you played
you took my breath away
you shook me up and down
so I affi tell you dis I know
let the music swing for us
as walking on the very green grass
and I come tell you seh, seh I run come move your way
I say rise let it be nice,
neva lose di words that make us survive
tek everything love still bring
save all your gold, the breath of the world
and when dem say hush still we say more
and I don’t give, I don’t give a fuck about dis
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