Sowshallism
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is a wise ole shephad
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im suvvie tru flood
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tru drout
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tru blizad
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somme people seh
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im a two hundred an odd years ole
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addah people seh
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notn noh goh soh
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dat im a jus seventy odd years ole
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some seh im is a ghost
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some seh im is a sage
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but nohbady noh really know
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im riteful age ar whey im come fram
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fateful is im flock
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from di ewe to di ram to di Iam
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rite tru tick an tin
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dem mostly cling to im
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awftah all
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noh im guide an sheltah an proteck dem ?
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( sometime a dem haffi proteck im dow
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like ow a dem haffi proteck im now )
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look ow im stretch out pan im back
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pan di brown grass
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di white hair pan im branze hed
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like a kushan gense di weepin willow tree
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lookin bedraggled an tin
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like seh life done wid im
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like seh im is totally at peace widin
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noh baddah goh feel sarry fi im
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ar goh tink poor ting
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nat a ting noh dhu im
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all dat really happn
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is dat due to di heat a di time
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like lickle bwoy blue im drap asleep
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an a dream bout lickle bow peep
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an wan an two a im flock dem drif a way
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while di addah ism dem
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jus a watch an a peep
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jus a crawl an a creep
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an noh baddah ask if dem naw mek fun
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fi canfuse an cansume all di stray dem
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but evryting is jus fi a time
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soon di flack wi tek a stack an surmise
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ow far fram di fole dem a stray
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wen dem site ow di pack jus a staak dem
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dem wi come back togeddah wance agen
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an shephad di sage to a highah graun
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whichpawt di graas is greenah an sweetah
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whichpawt di breeze blow is like a balm
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whichpawt di stream run quietah an coolah
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whichpawt life can pleasant can be calm
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Di Good Life
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Linton Kwesi Johnson |