Linton Kwesi Johnson - Reggae Fi Bernard lyrics

Wi nevah come fram di same blood-line But wi pawt kriss-kra** an jaine An alldow wid wananadah Wi wozn dat familiah All di same Wi woz family Dats why mi a beg pawdn an tek dis libahty An pudung a couple rime to yu mehmahry It come een like a jus di addah day Yu lef school an jaine di railway Wid nuff ambishan an a fewcha plan Yu wozn drawin big pay But yu woz well an yu way An jus wen yu ready fi staat Fi goh choo-choo choo-boogie Train cut yu journey Shaat Di day yu get yu laas send-awf Fram yu bawn-groun Before dem fly yu bady Doun to jamdoun Di sun stay away fram work dat day An di slate grey january day A sing a silent dirge Az daak clouds daat Inna diffrant direckshan Callide an canverge Merge an re-emerge Inna blustah a emoeshan Inna di church grey sky An di rain it a fall inna squal Like tear-tip arrows Piercin di awt a di mounah dem Di baptiss church It full-up to di brim Owevah-floty Pan di steps to di street Langtime-noh-si family an fren Meet an greet Taakin bout yu hayste retreat Inside mounful vices a sing Dem familiah bittah-sweet hym An it is well It is well Wid yu soul Rude boyz bruk doun in tears Mini skirted girls weep an wail Dere'z a pa**i a black an white workaz Fram british rail Yu calleeg dem fram yu shaat workin years An dere woz testimony awftah testimony Fram yu age mate dem Punctuated by spantaneous applauz Bout ow yu did tall an slim an good lookin Wid yu lang chin an yu captivatin grin Bout yu kineness Bout yu carin Bout yu tautfulness Bout ow big an ow broad in love yu woz Up to now wi still noh get noh prapah explanaeshan No witnis at di stayshan no police investigaeshan As to ow yu get fi en up pan di wrang side a Di track Ow yu face get fi tun fram front to back An a who yu did a taak to pan yu mobile Dem jus call it hacksident an close yu file Jamdoun woz yu true dream i-lan Noh deh soh yu did a plan Fi mek yu final destinaeshan Now yu dream come tru an yu touch doun Hashis to hashis Dus to dus Inna sent eluabet sile