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galang dada |
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galang gwwaan yaw sah |
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yu nevvah ad noh life fi live |
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jus di wan life fi give |
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yu did yu time pan ert |
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yu nevvah get yu jus dizert |
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galang goh smile inna di sun |
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galang goh satta inna di palace af peace |
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o di waatah |
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it soh deep |
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di waatah |
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it soh daak |
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an it full a hawbah shaak |
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di lan is like a rack |
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slowly shattahrin to san |
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sinkin in a sesa af calamity |
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where fear breed shadows |
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dat lurks in di daak |
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where people fraid fi waak |
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fraid fi tink fraid fi taak |
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where di present is haunted by di pass |
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a deh soh mi bawn |
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get fi know bout staam |
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learn fi cling to di dawn |
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an wen mi hear mi daddy sick |
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mi quickly pack an tek a trip |
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mi nevvah have noh time |
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when mi reach |
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fi si noh sunny beach |
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wen mi reach |
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jus people a live in shack |
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people livin back-to-back |
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mongst cackroach an rat |
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mongst dirt an dizeez |
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subjek to terrorist attack |
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political intrigue |
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kanstant grief |
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an noh sign af relief |
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o di grass |
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turn brown |
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soh many trees |
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cut doun |
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an di lan is ovahgrown |
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fram country to toun |
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is jus tissel an tawn |
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inna di woun a di poor |
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is a miracle ow dem endure |
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di pain nite an day |
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di stench af decay |
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di clarin sights |
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di guarded affluence |
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di arrogant vices |
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cole eyes af kantemp |
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di mackin symbals af independence |
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a deh soh mi bawn |
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get fi know bout staam |
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learn fi cling to di dawn |
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an wen di news reach mi |
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seh mi wan daddy ded |
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mi ketch a plane quick |
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an wen mi reach mi sunny isle |
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it woz di same ole style |
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di money well dry |
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di bullits dem a fly |
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plenty innocent a die |
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many rivahs run dry |
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ganja planes flyin high |
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di poor man im a try |
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yu tink a lickle try im try |
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holdin awn bye an bye |
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wen a dallah cyaan buy |
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a lickle dinnah fi a fly |
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galang dada |
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galang gwaan yaw sah |
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yu nevvah ad noh life fi live |
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jus di wan life fi give |
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yu did yu time pan ert |
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yu nevvah get yu jus dizert |
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galang goh smile inna di sun |
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galang goh satta inna di palace af peace |
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mi know yu couldn't tek it dada |
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di anguish an di pain |
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di suffahrin di prablems di strain |
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di strugglin in vain |
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fi mek two ens meet |
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soh dat dem pickney coulda get |
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a lickle someting fi eat |
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fi put cloaz pan dem back |
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fi put shoes pan dem feet |
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wen a dallah cyaan buy |
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a lickle dinnah fi a fly |
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mi know yu try dada |
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yu fite a good fite |
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but di dice dem did loaded |
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an di card pack fix |
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yet still yu reach fifty-six |
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before yu lose yu leg wicket |
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' a noh yu bawn grung here' |
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soh wi bury yu a Stranger's Burying Groun |
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near to mhum an cousin Daris |
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nat far fram di quarry |
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doun a August Town |