1. |
For Everything
03:16
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Shubb out early a suh mi thing start
Give thanks another day pass.
Hot cup a tea, big spliff breakfast.
Wah mi do next, brush off mi Clarks
Consciously mi never want talk,
Bout mi attire but yu haffi dress sharp.
Same suh di lyrics from mi head part.
Cutting dem fast if dem mek mi get crass.
Suh, a di same ansa fi weh yu ask.
Exile is it about the image or the craft ?
Honestly today nobody give a what naat.
Today yu top the chart, tomorrow become asphalt.
Suh I
CHOROUS
Gather my gather my things.
Do it fi everything, do it fi everything
And handle my handle my biz.
Do it fi everything, put that pon everything
So many time I heard it was out of my reach.
Still do it fi everything, me do it fi everything.
Still find a way over I build my own bridge.
Do it fi everything, put that pon everything
VERSE 2
Different day, same plan.
Change up the place upgrade the program.
Still a meditate roots mi nuh stray from.
I and I lifestyle a fi dem slogan.
EHE!! Mi know dem fake from how long.
Smile in a yu face but dem a Trojan.
Tell di promoter pay di door ram.
Cause faith without pay equal a broke man.
CHOROUS
Gather my gather my things.
Do it fi everything, do it fi everything
And handle my handle my biz.
Do it fi everything, put that pon everything
So many time I heard it was out of my reach.
Still do it fi everything, me do it fi everything.
Still find a way over I build my own bridge.
Do it fi everything, put that pon everything
VERSE 3
Suh mi nuh know bout you but fi me, a from music man live.
Suh mek mi talk bout music and biz
Still everybody want fi move dem family.
To a better place suh dem youth dem can live.
Long term thinking views mi transit.
Di message a di same, choose yu language.
Create yu owner lane pave it, brand it.
So much fi explain bu the song soon finish soo.
CHOROUS
Gather my gather my things.
Do it fi everything, do it fi everything
And handle my handle my biz.
Do it fi everything, put that pon everything
So many time I heard it was out of my reach.
Still do it fi everything, me do it fi everything.
Still find a way over I build my own bridge.
Do it fi everything, put that pon everything
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2. |
Tuff Stone
03:13
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Intro
Heh!! Hey yu P Nyne, in a real time.
Mek dem know!!
Bout the raggy a di road yeh, we still a cope yeh.
You know why?
CHOROUS
Man well TUFF TUFF, TUFF TUFF
Man grow TUFF TUFF, I a Rock Stone
Man well TUFF TUFF, TUFF TUFF
Man grow TUFF TUFF, rock stone
VERSE 1
Jamaica, man grew up pon di rock hard nut fi crack.
Wah dem a try do to di Ras mi nuh new to dat.
Coming from the sufferation not looking back.
Badmind all want fi cut mi locks.
Dem should a glad she man Ras ,
We seh wise instead mek it knock.
Well back to the grind heading to the top, weh di ladder at?
Di struggle real but you know we never stop.
Because man
CHOROUS
TUFF TUFF, Guess dem never tell you TUFF TUFF
Nuh baddy never tell you, TUFF TUFF
No dem never tell you Man a Rock Stone
Well TUFF TUFF, Guess dem never tell you TUFF TUFF
Nuh baddy never tell you, TUFF TUFF
I guess dem never tell you I a Rock Stone
VERSE 2
Diamond in a di ruff only diamond can cut.
Escape the cut from so much fighting and fuss.
Cops corrupt and want tighten handcuff
But we buss and open up every door dem try shut.
Man haffi get out even though a we dem try lock in.
Instead a rise machine and guh voice appeal.
No one man nuh island much stronger as a team.
Together tougher dem call di link graphene .
You know me well from Portmore to Papine.
Been through it all, so much thing I’ve seen.
The board house, the zinc fence and the pit latrine.
Suh di sufferation mi know wah dat mean.
Still never mek nuh a dat kill my dreams.
I kept my eyes on the prize like it raffling.
Could you imagine, now things happening.
Dem hook pon we style, cafine.
CHOROUS
TUFF TUFF, TUFF TUFF
Man grow TUFF TUFF, I a Rock Stone
Well TUFF TUFF, TUFF TUFF
Man grow TUFF TUFF, rock stone
Well tuff
VERSE 3
Well if dem ask, you know who I am.
Braveheart, show defiance.
P Nyne one a mi oldest alliance.
Keep a small circle, can’t tame di lion.
Remember David a him did slay di giant.
Hard work bring success never change the science.
Love or hate game time Kobe Bryant.
Never get week pon the road to zion.
Because man
CHOROUS
TUFF TUFF, Guess dem never tell you TUFF TUFF
Nuh baddy never tell you, TUFF TUFF
No dem never tell you Man a Rock Stone
Well TUFF TUFF, Guess dem never tell you TUFF TUFF
Nuh baddy never tell you, TUFF TUFF
I guess dem never tell you I a Rock Stone
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INTRO
Amlak- Yeh!! heading out there enuh
Exile – Another day pon di work, in di office enuh
Amlak- Yeh
Exile – From city to city a di same ting yu namean
Amlak – Current Situation!! UUHH!!
CHORUS
The hardest city weh wi come from, yeh yeh
Regardless dis a weh wi come from, yeh yeh
Weh dem target is fi every young one
But man pree smart suh wi side step destruction
Exile – Hey, cause we been suffering for so many years
Amlak- The people under pressure and it hard fi bare yeh.
Exile – Suffering for so many years
Amlak- But now di youth dem sight di mission and dem start see it clear yeh.
VERSE1
Exile Di Brave :
I was in the ghetto singing to a song that,
If some others hear it sure dem would a ban that.
Wasn’t your average child playing in a sand box;
Learn fi survive skip di baby stage a Pampers.
Amlak!! Babylon “Under-stand” das why dem cannot
“Over-Stand” why I and I so firm, I came in contact,
With di one weh fly di seal and lef it unlocked.
Now I am free and I can see suh tell wi congrats.
CHORUS
The hardest city weh wi come from, yeh yeh
Regardless dis a weh wi come from, yeh yeh
Weh dem target is fi every young one
But man pree smart suh wi side step destruction
Exile – Hey, cause we been suffering for so many years
Amlak- The people under pressure and it hard fi bare yeh.
Exile – Suffering for so many years
Amlak- But now di youth dem sight di mission and dem start see it clear yeh.
VERSE 2
Amlak Redsquare:
Exile while rolling on di beat, the beast is in di streets.
Dilly dally round di corner yeh wi skilful and discreet.
Not only talk a bag a lyrics rebel practice weh wi preach.
Think I’m lying ask di coast weh opposite from di east.
Hey we talking bout di west, visit di bay ease some stress,
From you know who, seam red or blue.
Chartered flight a forward wid at least a pound or few.
A rebel nation, EDB a pass through and rolling through.
CHORUS
The hardest city weh wi come from, yeh yeh
Regardless dis a weh wi come from, yeh yeh
Weh dem target is fi every young one
But man pree smart suh wi side step destruction
Exile – Hey, cause we been suffering for so many years
Amlak- The people under pressure and it hard fi bare yeh.
Exile – Suffering for so many years
Amlak- But now di youth dem sight di mission and dem start see it clear yeh.
OUTRO
Amlak- HEH HEH yow yu a hear mi Exile
Exile - Seen Amlak
Amlak- Weh dem seh
Exile - Yard city,
Amlak- yeh yu Know
Exile - nuh matter which city
Amlak - Or which shituation
Exile - Yeh yu namean, escape dem city way tion
Going out to all nation, di man seh di rebel nation
EDB!!, Triple crown. !!
Amlak - Uhu Yeh!!
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4. |
Lock the Road
02:34
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Intro
BRAVHEART!!!
Well this is Exile Di Brave representing, Lawwwd!!
Hear mi a seh nuh di whole entire world,
When yu si wi, better know dis!!
Tell dem
CHOROUS
We a Lock the road, we a lock the road
Tek over the streets like how taxi roll
We a lock the road, yes wi lock the road
This yah Rasta a nuh freak dis a nuh Poppy show
We a lock the road, yes wi lock the road
Style unique and everybody done know seh wi
Lock the road and we lock the road
Yow wi high like a cloud.
VERSE 1
Man seh everything lock, everything lock
A nuh overnight it tek fi reach to di top
Nuff a dem guh try follow right off and crash
Haffi learn fi separate the weed from the mash.
Touch di road and clean and wi trash
Oil gone up but di jeep full a gas
Who mek di honey comb? Its di bees not di wasp
Before mi reach home yes mi need some a dat.
CHOROUS
Suh wi Lock the road, we a lock the road
Tek over the streets like how taxi roll
We a lock the road, yes wi lock the road
This yah Rasta a nuh freak dis a nuh Poppy show
She wi lock the road, yes wi lock the road
Style unique and everybody done know seh wi
Lock the road and we lock the road
Seh wi high like a cloud.
VERSE 2
Hey!! This yah winner never lose, haffi mek a food.
September mawning pickney fi guh a school.
Brand new shoes, khaki suit.
Mi nuh wuthless puppa suh mi haffi mek a move.
Sacrifice haffi mek, live and direct.
Cut the crap, bring di cash or cut a check
Good, better, best, rise from di mess.
Rastafari mi seh living in togetherness.
CHOROUS
Suh wi Lock the road, we a lock the road
Tek over the streets like how taxi roll
Seh w lock the road, yes wi lock the road
This yah Rasta a nuh freak man a nuh Poppy show
Seh wi lock the road, lock the road
We a lock di thing and everybody done know
Lock the road and we lock the road
Weh Yu seh OWWWH ?.
VERSE 3
Everything lock everything lock
Life it good things fimi comfat
But where I a come from I can’t figat.
From board house a shingle pon roof top
Mommy in a di kitchen shi a grate a carrot.
We hide inna di bar fi guh play jupe box.
Portmore mi come a di truth dat
Kingston a which part mi nable string slash.
Exile Di Brave a tell dem sekkle and relax
Dem never know seh mi have it like dat.
CHOROUS
Seh wi Lock the road, we a lock the road
Tek over the streets like how taxi roll
We a lock the road, yes wi lock the road
This yah Rasta a nuh freak this is no Poppy show
We a lock the road, yes wi lock the road
Versatile everybody done know seh wi
Lock the road and we lock the road
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5. |
I Hope So
03:20
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INTRO
Warning Warning warning
I seh who is gonna hold?
Or who is gonna fold?
Well this going out to each and every house!!
VERSE 1
Spinners pon yu waist, story of Bonanza Lost on yu way, looking for an ansa Family a pray, mama have cancar Now you full a rage, full a angar Grew up in a lane, place full a gangsta Some a look a break, waiting for a sponsa Tek the fast lane, some nah waite pon the amba Mi hear three get slain, mi wonda ?
CHOROUS
I hope suh , hope suh yu nuh one a dem I hope suh, hope suh yu nuh one a dem Hey causing problems and so much mayhem Now yu wasting away, wasting away I hope suh, hope suh yu nuh one a dem I hope suh, hope suh yu nuh one a dem Now listen to mi what i am saying breda man Don't be wasting away, wasting away
VERSE 2
Bappa !!! Bappa !!! Bappa !!! Morning to night nuh stopp yah Sounds a siren or police in helicopter I haffi wonda, bulldozer, wall chopper ? Its like dem mining fi lead or copper, non stop yah. The neighbors are waring suh pull down yu shutter dem Tomorrow morning tarpaulin gone up again Curfew drop, soldier tent gone up again I wonda when will it end ?
CHOROUS 2
I hope suh , hope suh yu nuh one a dem I hope suh, hope suh yu nuh one a dem Hey a yu dem seh a cause some much problem Wasting away, wasting away I hope suh, hope suh yu nuh one a dem I hope suh, hope suh yu nuh one a dem Hey yu betta listen exactly what i am saying breda man Don't be wasting away, wasting away
VERSE 3
Police man fed up, Bad man fed up And when dem buck up the whul place lef red up Di whul a dem a ghetto yute, tell dem get up Rise yu head up, look how the system set up The poverty is getting big and everyone get caught in it Illiteracy growing more in a di colleges History shows, when yu create a class privilege What yu lef is civil war fi hits
CHOROUS 3
I hope suh , hope suh yu nuh one a dem I hope suh, hope suh yu nuh one a dem Hey responsible for so much problems Now yu wasting away, wasting away I hope suh, hope suh yu nuh one a dem I hope suh, hope suh yu nuh one a dem Hey i really hope seh yu nuh one a dem That be wasting away, wasting away
VERSE 4
Watch yah !!! Shi got the looks, proper body, proper shape Di same one weh useto reach a school late All over the lane shi a gi man headache But a general shi want because a him a lock the place Now yu son born and tek him fada space Come in a di house wid a big 38 Dis a di result yu contribution create Mama wipe di smile off yu face
CHOROUS 4
I hope suh , hope suh yu nuh one a dem I hope suh, hope suh yu nuh one a dem Hey who have a hand in a so much problem? Now yu wasting away, wasting away I hope suh, hope suh yu nuh one a dem I hope suh, hope suh yu nuh one a dem Hey yu betta listen to everything i'm saying Don't be wasting away, wasting away
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6. |
A Week Ago
03:26
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INTRO
And you know seh mi never want believe it or know so,
But we di conclusion seh, bad mind is evident.
VERSE 1
It was all good just a week ago
Now mi ask myself, how wi reach yah suh?
Yes I need to know, can’t figure out.
Cause everything did cool and running like di river flow.
What I’m speaking bout? What I’m missing out?
It’s like mi never see the “she” or “he-ego”
Oh really though !! a mi fi tell yu bout
Di ones weh neva buy nutten but wi sell yu out fuss.
These are the ones weh lost faith but the first fi come and grab di likkle food from yu plate.
Run away, or one way, or run away? But nutten nah change much if I stay.
Know that they still gonna hate. Worst when dem see your roof top a renovate
Elevate from di snakes, they out trying to make fake links ma’an they so China made.
You see a man’s heart but yu can’t see him face?
That’s why mi friend’s list have a very small space.
If a back in a di days I would have done something stupid,
But nuh time fi waste man a look it.
CHOROUS
Just a week ago we were so good
Now we find out dem up to no good
So we cut dem off fi wi own good
Own good my own good
Couple weeks ago we were so good
Now we find out their up to no good
Haffi cut dem off fi wi own good
Own good my own good.
VERSE 2
So has the clock it strikes, everything keep turning that is life.
I can’t imagine why you want fi stop yu breda from have him slice.
WELL!! A still me a couldn’t you this
Di friendship get over abusive, huh
Suh mi haffi get exclusive,
Cause it nuh mek semse arguing with a foolish man.
Because dem really can’t see mi seh dem really can’t see
Dem lack of vision and it a guh cost mi.
A likkle advice weh mi gi mi chargy, mi hand him a book from Marcus Garvey.
Tell him, self-reliance mek yu build largely, then yu nuh haffi complain seh yu hungry.
Suh !! Tek knowledge before technology.
Pon top a dat dem still sell out Garvey. Damnn!!
CHOROUS
Just a week ago we were so good
Now we find out dem up to no good
So we cut dem off fi wi own good
Own good my own good
Couple weeks ago we were so good
Now we find out their up to no good
Haffi cut dem off fi wi own good
Own good my own good.
VERSE 3
A wise man seh everything change with time
Suh when wi change for di better dem a waste dem time
Everything did crisp yeh back in a di days was fine.
But yu figat di phrase “make hay while sun shine”
Instead a look forward yu remain recline.
Yu never save a dime now “gimmie and lef a ting” a yu favourite line.
It was all good just a week ago
Now mi ask myself, how wi reach yah suh?
Yes I need to know, can’t figure out.
Cause everything did cool and running like di river flow.
What I’m speaking bout? What I’m missing out?
It’s like mi never see the “she” or “he-ego”
Oh really though !! a mi fi tell yu bout
Di ones weh neva buy nutten but wi sell yu out fuss.
CHOROUS
Just a week ago we were so good
Now we find out dem up to no good
So we cut dem off fi wi own good
Own good my own good
Couple weeks ago we were so good
Now we find out their up to no good
Haffi cut dem off fi wi own good
Own good my own good.
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Intro: (Malcolm X)
“We suffer political oppression, economic exploitation and social degradation, all of them from same enemy. The government has failed us, and all these other sources to which we’ve turned have failed, we stop turning to them and turn to ourselves”.
VERSE 1
I a bring di truth in di news suh di youths can remember.
Rasta tek dem back to school like di beginning of September.
Di topic for today is coming straight from di sender.
Haile teachings everyday every day on this Calendar.
After Babylon try rise mi temper, find di solution Marcus Garvey number 1 agenda.
Fix yu inner self but don’t be selfish as yu render.
Bun pretender man nuh com yah suh fi linger.
This is the end a procrastination no defender.
I call on every member of this elite force nuh care di gender.
Brother, sister, Bruce or Brenda.
Stand firm and hold yu centre, nuh mek di evil enter.
See di soul is so delicate, di temple is so tender.
Wah yu a juice in a yu blender?
Mi nuh use dem pharmaceutics mi chew pon some Moringa.
Who lost in a dilemma? guh reason wid di elders.
You might learn fi break yu fall like di end a November.
CHOROUS
GREAT!! Got to heal yourself
GREAT!! From all the aches you felt.
DO IT!! DO IT!!
DO IT!! DO IT!! DO IT!! DO IT!! (Take Charge and Claim your wealth)
GREAT!! GREAT!! Got to heal yourself
GREAT!! GREAT!! GREAT!! GREAT!! (From all the aches you felt.)
DO IT!! DO IT!!
DO IT!! DO IT!! DO IT!! DO THINGS!! (Take Charge)
VERSE 2
LOOK!! I am di light, yes di fire and flare
From long before man a fight wid spear
To the typewriter, computer interfere
See di i-anciency trod through time and air.
See empire rise and fall, and when dem build dem great wall show signs of fear.
Di eagle a get weak now di dragon is here.
And a who tek side wid di bear? I nuh care.
Di whul a dem a run when di lion appear.
Tell di leaders seh wi tired fi hear, dem dead promises
Dis a nuh Dwight nor Dianna affair.
Mr Greedy!! A yu fight fi share?
A guh find out it rotten when yu slice di pear.
Super star want climb di stairs,
Find out she di top is very lonely when yu finally there.
Lift the veil vision from your third eye fi clear.
Become!
CHOROUS
GREAT!! Got to heal yourself
GREAT!! From all the aches you felt.
DO IT!! DO IT!!
DO IT!! DO IT!! DO IT!! DO IT!! (Take Charge and Claim your wealth)
GREAT!! GREAT!! Got to heal yourself
GREAT!! GREAT!! GREAT!! GREAT!! (From all the aches you felt.)
DO IT!! DO IT!!
DO IT!! DO IT!! DO IT!! DO THINGS!! (Take Charge
VERSE 3
Wah mi a try get a cross look within better grasp.
No past then present a guh mek di future lost.
HEY WAH YU A TALK? Yu nuh see wah mi a talk?
Di city full a zombie suh much dead a walk.
And so much weh yu learn was only to be a part
Of them theory dem practicing and profiting off.
Lef school wid high marks but still in lesser class.
Di trap was made for us to never start.
But as far as di earth stretch from south to north
Dem a guh hear di roar coming from lion’s heart.
Change is coming so don’t you laugh.
I a change and di chains we must tek dem off from di minds, reconstruct, process mi thoughts.
Study di pie charts, our slice dem short.
Fall off yu high horse when yu live life fast
But follow di right path you’ll master di fine arts.
CHOROUS
GREAT!! Got to heal yourself
GREAT!! From all the aches you felt.
DO IT!! DO IT!!
DO IT!! DO IT!! DO IT!! DO IT!! (Take Charge and Claim your wealth)
GREAT!! GREAT!! Got to heal yourself
GREAT!! GREAT!! GREAT!! GREAT!! (From all the aches you felt.)
DO IT!! DO IT!!
DO IT!! DO IT!! DO IT!! DO THINGS!! (Take Charge
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8. |
Know Jah
03:35
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INTRO
Wah di man a seh Jah?
Well di man seh there is no other like Jah.
Well I seh Jah, we seh Jah and some seh Yah
Yeh the all possible manifesting things in this reality for i and i.
The one who practice righteousness, steadfast love and justice throughout this earth.
So I hail Jah !!
SELAH!!
CHOROUS
As long as yu have life dis yah journey it nuh over
Yet still I rise look a weh wi a come outta
Because we know oh Jah, and man fi know oh Jah
Some a dash oil while some a sprinkle powder
Nuff lose faith and a bath wid cream soda
Because dem nuh know oh Jah, but man fi know oh Jah
Suh all true soldier weh stay to di culture
Never sell out and yu never bend over
I say you know oh Jah and man fi know oh Jah
Suh eyes pon da road yah, hold my composure
Success a forward and it a get closer
Because wi know oh Jah and wi chose Jah
VERSE 1
Mi wonder, where would I be without di most high?
Jah Jah a di captain a di plane while I a co-fly.
Problems dem arise, dem gone in no time.
Suh round my neck yu would a never see a rope tie.
Rastafari mi gi mi whole life, suh mi know mi in a good hands no lie.
Suh when di devil dem approach i
Dem get cut down before night.
CHOROUS
From yu have life dis yah journey it nuh over
Yet still I rise look a weh wi a come outta
Because we know oh Jah, and man fi know oh Jah
See dem a dash oil while some a sprinkle powder
Nuff lose faith and a bath wid cream soda
Because dem nuh know oh Jah, but man fi know oh Jah
Suh all real soldier weh stay to di culture
Never sell out and yu never bend over
Because you know oh Jah and man fi know oh Jah
VERSE 2
SHE MAN FI KNOW JAH!!
You know it? Sing it likkle louder!! Every righteous soldier.
Love in a di session yes and I am di promoter
Suh tell mi wah dem a fight over?
Fi build nuclear weapon really dat dem proud of?
A sense dem have a bad aura.
Yu better drop your arms, wake up from yu coma.
And guh be a love donor.
CHOROUS
Long as yu have life dis yah journey it nuh over
Yet still I rise look pon weh wi a come outta
Because we know oh Jah, and man fi know oh Jah
Some a sprinkle oil, some a dash powder
Some lose faith and a bath wid cream soda
Because dem nuh know oh Jah, but man fi know oh Jah
Suh all true soldier weh stay to di culture
Never sell out and yu never bend over
Yes cause yu know oh Jah and man fi know oh Jah
VERSE 3
Suh Bob “Jah Live Children Hey!”
Who nah seh life den yu tell dem gweh
How yu fi get yu blessings an a fing dem weh ?
Suh di righteous song yes mi sing dem Yeh!
Jah Jah a di light, di lead and di way
Nuff a dem nuh learn until dem pay
Nuff a dem a waite until dat day before dem guh down pon dem knees and pray
Too late..
Now call pon Jah in a yu everything, call pon Jah in a yu everything
I said call pon Jah in a yu everything before yu mek di judgment sekkle in.
I said call pon Jah in a yu everything because Jah Jah a wi everything
Oh oh, oh yes Oh Oh Jah!!
CHOROUS
As long as yu have life dis yah journey it nuh over
Yet still I rise look pon weh wi a come outta
Because we know oh Jah, and man fi know oh Jah
Some a dash oil while some a sprinkle powder
Nuff lose faith and a bath wid cream soda
Because dem nuh know oh Jah, but man fi know oh Jah
Suh all true soldier!
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INTRO
Yeh deh yan inuh
Know di work haffi gwaan still
Suh whats most important?
Wah di most important thing for me, for you?
Just a guh give yu a little day in di life a di brave one
VERSE 1
Wake up about something past five
Huh, rub out mi eye. Wah mi hear? Yes mi daughter did a cry.
Check-up pon har mek sure di pampers dry.
Daddy deh yah suh yu know protection high.
When mi get mi son from then mi realise.
Nuff things a guh change in a life, for every mission I should execute and decide.
Friend dem weh mi keep and crew mi a ride with.
Yeh even di tune weh mi write.
Yu still want fi fit mi shoes and mi size?
Yu haffi bleach in a dew in a night.
Early in a di morning nuh mis yu plane flight
See success it nuh blew overnight, cause last night mi deh in a di booth a recite
Guh check mi file!! Yes di truth can’t hide.
CHOROUS
Any given time
I’ll be there for you rainy days or sunshine.
It’s a different time
What a blessing, you’re the best thing in my life
Any given time
I’ll be there for you rainy days or sunshine.
It’s a different time
What a blessing, you’re the best thing in my life
VERSE 2
Suh when di pressure crack di pipe
And di thing look like, blury like dem dim di light
And yu goals dem deh way out a sight.
Grab mi fist dem tight, chin up ready fi di fight.
Force fi do wrong but we haffi do di right, cause now mi a di leader fi bout few more lives.
Driven well overdrive, meditation pon a higher heights.
And every step wi tek well precise cause mi youth dem haffi more than survive.
Some only see when we arrive, but journey was a hill and gully ride.
Now yu see di reason why mi stay alive, it’s from things weh arise.
CHOROUS
Any given time
I’ll be there for you rainy days or sunshine.
It’s a different time
What a blessing, you’re the best thing in my life
Any given time
I’ll be there for you rainy days or sunshine.
It’s a different time
What a blessing, you’re the best thing in my life
VERSE 3
Suh listen to mi voice, look in these eyes.
Man a talk bout family ties.
Haffi hustle hard fi build di bees hive, suh mi queen can have whatever she likes.
Nuh lef nuh corner turn master this device.
Climbing to di top nuh matter how di tree high.
Lyrics mi nuh write but everything well revise.
Suh who a lock di city heh, di key might fall in a wi hands wi seize might.
For doing what we doing right nuh matter wah di price.
Amun-Ra sun power, can’t turn off mi light.
Laminated ever bright a wah yu feel like.
CHOROUS
Any given time
I’ll be there for you rainy days or sunshine.
It’s a different time
What a blessing, you’re the best thing in my life
Any given time
I’ll be there for you rainy days or sunshine.
It’s a different time
What a blessing, you’re the best thing in my life
Repeat.
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10. |
Wish You The Best
03:39
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INTRO
We out here!! I know some good friends out there.
Mmmh!! Raise your cups in the air
CHOROUS
I wish you never go broke, broke.
I wish fulfil all your dreams.
I wish you never have a drought, drought.
I wish you flowing like the springs.
See the same I wish for me
Is the same thing I wish for you.
Good fortune, a life of ease
I beg Jah guide your every move.
VERSE 1
Cause I know that you been through so much, so much.
Seh you been through so much, di road blocks.
So what if the sun come and shine for us? I praying the sun come and shine for us.
Not just me alone, a nuh me alone a plan fi touch di road and bring dinner home.
Maan!! Circumstances wah di arouse try fi slow yu down but yu figure out.
HUH!! Yu figure it out and for this I’m proud
Glad to see you sailing on a bigger boat, on a bigger boat!!
Nuh bad vibes when mi gi yu a shout, yu know what this about!!
CHOROUS
I wish you never go broke, broke.
I wish fulfil all your dreams.
I wish you never had a drought, drought.
I wish you flowing like the springs.
Because the same I wish for me
Is the same thing I wish for you.
Good fortune, a life of ease
I beg Jah guide your every move.
VERSE 2
I wish you never go broke, NO!! Man a wish you all the best.
I hope you find a way out to relief you from the stress.
The place where we coming a wild wild west.
But somehow still we escape the snares of death.
So I wish you better days, we all try to get away
From the scenes where nines and berretta blaze.
Skip another page, when yu see your friends a mek it yu fi congratulate, I mean never hate.
Mi love the steps that you taking from the other day, Jah know it motivates.
Suh forgive me if I never say it, I hope I’m not too late.
CHOROUS
I wish you never go broke, broke.
I wish fulfil all your dreams.
I wish you never had a drought, drought.
I wish you flowing like the springs.
See the same I wish for me
Is the same thing I wish for you.
Good fortune, a life of ease
I beg Jah guide your every move.
VERSE 3
Suh anytime mi a lock a reverence
Pray fi mi family, well wishes and mi friend dem.
A good word guh a far way suh tell dem
“You getting better, one you’ll become a legend”
I remember my first time tek up di pen and
A write down lyrics and a try recite every sentence
Mi friend dem seh “Gwaan do it, one day yu a guh get better”
Suh if a never dem mi wouldn’t deh yah.
A suh mi know
One a di best way fi gi a friend a strength with words of encouragement.
It worth more than dollars and cents, its upliftment.
CHOROUS
I wish you never go broke, broke.
I wish fulfil all your dreams.
I wish you never had a drought, drought.
I wish you flowing like the springs.
Because the same I wish for me
Is the same thing I wish for you.
Good fortune, a life of ease
I beg Jah guide your every move.
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11. |
What You Waiting For
04:04
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INTRO
Skala music
Providahs Collective think about it!!
Yow we going on it woowww!!
I’m tell you now, telling you now
Hah hah, time is running
Oh yeh, I’m on the train and I’m coming.
Heh!!
VERSE 1
Got home from work, a little break I deserve.
I gotta make a phone call, I wanna know where you are.
I hope you can come over to spend a little time.
See I’m feeling lonely and something’s on my mind.
She ask me “What you waiting for? It’s been too long”
CHOROUS
So what you waiting for really?
I ain’t waiting much baby
So what you waiting for really?
You should take this love from me.
What you waiting for really?
See I ain’t waiting much baby
So what you waiting for?
You should take some more.
VERSE 2
Suh lets tek it pon di next level move on.
Cause when di time come and man a wait too long.
And di vibes weh yu gimmi getting too strong.
Then she reply and tell mi “A nuh you one”.
“Can’t wait fi yu si mi in a true form”.
Seh di temperature far from lukewarm.
Anyway yes mi love it when yu cool, calm.
She seh “trust is something fi improve on,
Suh fi now keep yu shoes on”.
MI SOON COME!!
What you waiting for? It’s been too long
CHOROUS
So what you waiting for really?
I ain’t waiting much baby
What you waiting for really?
You should take this love from me.
What you waiting for really?
See I ain’t waiting much baby
So what you waiting for?
You should take some more.
VERSE 3
Suh mi gi yu permission
We waiting a while, but time it be slipping.
Can’t waste time in the time that we living.
So let me be the one to untie your ribbons.
It nuh matter where the time be
You mi want beside me
Whether cruising or high speed
Nuh matter if roomy or tight squeeze.
Done know yu ready
Done know mi ready.
Tell mi seh yu ready
Mi ready, wi ready.
CHOROUS
So what you waiting for really?
I ain’t waiting much baby
What you waiting for really?
You should take this love from me.
What you waiting for really?
See I ain’t waiting much baby
So what you waiting for?
You should take some more.
OUTRO
Tada dap dap
Tada dada dap dap
Time it a tick baby tada dap dap
Tada dap dap
Tada dada dap dap
What’s that knocking baby? tada dap dap
Tada dap dap tada dap dap
We a we a tek it now tada dap dap
Tada dap dap
Tada dada dap dap
Tada da da dap
Now!! Now!!
CHOROUS
So what you waiting for really?
I ain’t waiting much baby
So what you waiting for really?
You should take this love from me.
What you waiting for really?
See I ain’t waiting much baby
So what you waiting for?
You should take some more.
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12. |
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INTRO
HEH!! Yow Kezzi!!
You know where we heading to right?
Because we know where we from.
Mmmh GREATNESS!!
I will tell you about it.
Got to know where you’re from.
You know that’s the first rule, you know what I mean.
Yu know wah mi a seh!!
CHOROUS
See I’m ever bless, survive every test.
Brought in the west but the mind never left
Cause I never lose my Africaness
I never lose lose my Africaness
VERSE 1
Hey Hey!!
Big things a gwaan, are you down with it?
Mix a likkle black and likkle brown wid it.
Still I love everyone though.
Colour is not an issue but you made it so.
OHHH!! It’s what it is, what it is?
Repping for the culture cause we loving these kids.
Uh uh!! Suh mek mi tell yu wah gwaan.
Di future depend pon how we perform.
Wow!! Whul heep a things happen before mi born
Now it’s seems everyone figet weh dem a come from
See I’ve been on since the breaking a dawn
Look in the earth you can see the lion’s palm.
CHOROUS
I’m ever bless, survive every test.
Brought in the west but the mind never left
Cause I never lose my Africaness
I never lose lose my Africaness
What they hide and they kept, still I couldn’t forget
Different names and title we get
Still I never lose my Africaness
I never lose my Africaness.
VERSE 2
I said I never lost, never lose, never lose it.
Nutten nuh change, never diluted.
Yu can’t kill di star a di movie
I will return like Tuesday
HEYA!! Seh di kids a cry suh loud.
We are one I beg yu don’t divide di crowd.
When yu mek a search then you’ll find it out
Who you are you’ll be standing suh proud.
Who we are? Still ain’t got a answer.
You won’t hear the truth from a gambler
Cause he knows knowledge neutralise anger
You’ll be smarter than a banker.
BRIDGE
Holding on firm strong, never will I forget where I’m from.
Connect to di root, to di stem, to di branch
Alkebulan stretch forth her hands.
Holding on firm strong, never will I forget where I’m from.
Connect to di root, to di stem, to di branch
Alkebulan stretch forth her hands.
Interlude
Choirs Sings………….
CHOROUS
See I’m ever bless, survive every test.
Brought in the west but the mind never left
Cause I never lose my Africaness
I never lose lose my Africaness
What they hide and they kept, still I couldn’t forget
Different names and title we get
Still I never lose my Africaness
I never lose my Africaness.
OUTRO
Kezzi Di Rebel and Exile Di Brave
Never will forget from whence we came
Di Brave Di Rebel Di Brave Di Rebel
Di Brave Di Rebel Di Brave Di Rebel
Improve Ha Ha Exile
Never forget
Out and about.
Naipenda Africa
NAIPENDA AFRICA!!!
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13. |
Memories
03:33
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INTRO
See yesterday we had a blast
Yeh they say it’s the past.
But today wi deh yah looking forward
Hope to see you when I see you
VERSE 1
Hey yow Blacks!! Anyweh yu at
Is like yesterday we use to pon di block
When di Biggie tape just drop
Yu bring dis and seh “Clayton listen dis, dah breda yah shat”
Huh!! Roll round a Miss Tatt shop
Pound a chicken back and flour hussle up fi run a pot
Memba dat?!!
Now yu gone and mi wish mi could a bring yu right back.
Now a just….
CHOROUS
Memories, memories yeh yeh
All yu lef mi wid a memories, memories yeh yeh
Mi want cry from di memories, memories yeh yeh
Still haffi smile from di memories, memories yeh yeh
HEY HEY!!
VERSE 2
Can’t believe mi friend drop out.
Wah dat bout?
Before yu time yu drop out soon.
Di place tun a empty room, haa haa
Look up in moon and I look up to di sun
I wish I could a bring yu back, tell me how it’s done? Haa haa
It was such fun!!
CHOROUS
Memories, memories yeh yeh
All yu lef mi wid a memories, memories yeh yeh
Now a jus memories, memories yeh yeh
Remember you like how you remember me
Memories yeh yeh
OH HEY!!
VERSE 3
Lost mi aunty to, lost mi uncle to, lost mi granny to oh oh
Sometime mi feel like mi alone on di straight road road
A few dawgs lef, a few warriors pon di bakklle field
And whul heel drop out, now tell mi how mi should a feel?
Should a grieve but mi smile when yu look into my eyes.
Yes a just…
CHOROUS
Memories, memories yeh yeh
All yu lef mi wid a memories, memories yeh yeh
Mi want cry from di memories, memories yeh yeh
Still haffi smile from di memories, memories yeh yeh
Oh Oh!!
BRIDGE
Weh yu gone now? Haa haa
Wi a guh link up, tell mi weh yu gone now?
All mi have a just these, memories
Just these… one day wi a guh link up soon.
A just these… Memories…. Family….
Oh yeh…. Yeh yeh!!
One day we a guh link up
OUTRO
Friend, life never ends, it just transcend.
Mmh mmh…..
Yeh yu know we have these memories.
See you soon….
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14. |
Change Only
03:08
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INTRO
Uuuoowwwwh!! Oh oh ooh
One thing is for sure oh oh
That’s the change only change only
I ain’t the same homie
huh huhoo
VERSE 1
You ready now?
Still nuh sure asking whats next to do?
Evolve from the old accept the new
Cause when yu stuck nuh body nah rescue you
Wah yu fraid a? DO IT!! You have less fi lose.
Sometime we get caught up in a comfort zone
Don’t wanna be far, far away from home
See everybody wins but you lose alone
Better to break a heart than break a bone.
Why mi seh suh? Want kno why mi seh suh?
Sometimes to hold on yu haffi let go.
Let go of the things wah hold yu down and tried to net you.
Let your bravery redirect you.
Take on it don’t wait on it
I know you wanna grow, suh one thing is for sure……
CHOROUS
Change only change only
Take on it don’t wait on it
I ain’t the same homie no oh
Change only.
VERSE 2
YEH yeh yeh …. Suh mi seh
Anytime yu do nutten and regret
Nuh badda fret things can be different
Still have life, Grave nuh dig yet
Great people are the one weh society reject.
See mistake mi learn from dem
Mi lose some but somehow the other hand mi earn frm dem.
Dem seh di table a guh turn from when
Can’t wait on that I got to create my own circumference
Some friends think yu turn from dem, no
We have the same goal but different drive,
I realise I couldn’t make mines by sitting on the same damn ends.
I embrace di challenge, Suh wah mi do……
CHOROUS
Change only change only
Take on it don’t wait on it
I ain’t the same homie Oh No
Change only. (Couldn’t wait on it got to take on it)
Change only change only
CHANGE ONLY HAA HAA!!
I ain’t afraid of the change no no no no
OUTRO
Cause life is full with changes
And we changing for the good that’s the best thing
Seh change only, that’s one thing for sure
HUH!! Change only
Hey Scaley you know what it is
Dats why wi deh pon da riddim yah inuh, change up di thing.
Change only…..
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Exile Di Brave Kingston, Jamaica
Exile Di Brave, born Clayton Johnson, is a Reggae, Dancehall and World Music artist, hailing from the sunshine city of Portmore, Jamaica. Raised on a hearty concoction of the musical beats of the 1980s, He was ultimately usurped by the sweet melodies of Jamaican Roots Reggae and the political messages it tells. Exile Di Brave has captivated audiences by Deploying social commentary in his lyrics ... more
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