now watchta mistah man
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mi noh like di way yu tan
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an yu tan soh too lang yu know man
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a meditate yu a meditate pan di same sang soh lang ?
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well hear mi man :
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mi naw preach
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mi naw teach
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mi jusa show yu
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ow mi seit
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caw di trute well sweet
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jus like a African beat
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like wen yu si whey yu comin fram
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like wen yu site whichpawt yu reach
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soh mi noh care if yu waan vex
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ar even gwaan like yu perplex
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mi a goh show yu whey mi si mistah man
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yu jus sidoung an fole-up like a cabbidge
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like seh yu gat not andahstandin gat no nallidge
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like seh yu still noh realise seh a jus di addah day
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wi chuck-awf di chokin chains of bandidge
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dat in spite a di hateridge an disadvantage
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dow wi slip-up an stumble pan di way
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wi still reach far doun freedom street
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still mindful af di minefields pan di way
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soh mi a beg yu mistah man
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please come out a yu shell
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yu cyaan dwell inna di paas
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cat laas fi evah yu know mi bredda
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now dat di sun a shine brite
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please come out a di doldrums a di daak nite
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histri biggah dan mi ar yu know
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time cyaan steal but it can heal
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soh shake di dew from out yu hed
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wipe di cabweb fram yu face
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wi gat nuff work fi dhu
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far wi nob reach mount zion
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yet
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yes wi phudung a solid foundaeshan
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fi true
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an wan an two a wi well a get tru
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fi true
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but wi still noh bil di new jerusalem yet
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di time goin come agen
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yu can bet
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wen wi a goh march awn agen
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yu hear mi fren
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mobilise wi women an wi fren dem
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agen
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even di pickney dem a golb jine een
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agen
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for freedam is nat noh idealagy
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freedam is a human necessity
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it cycan depen pan now wan somebody
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is up to each an evry wan a wi
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mi naw preach
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mi naw teach
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mi jusa show yu
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ow mi seit
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caw di trute well sweet
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jus like a African beat
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like wen yu si whey yu comin from
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like wen yu site whichpawt yu reach
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soh mi noh gwaan like yu waan vex
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or even gwaan like yu perplex
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mi jusa show yu whey mi si mistah man
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Di Anfinish Revalueshan
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Linton Kwesi Johnson |