Linton Kwesi Johnson - Di Good Life lyrics

Sowshallism Is a wise ole shephad I'm suvvie tru flood Tru drout Tru blizad Some people seh I'm a two hundred an odd years ole Addah people seh Notn noh goh soh Dat I'm a jus seventy odd years ole Some seh I'm is a ghost Some seh I'm is a sage But nohbady noh really know I'm riteful age are whey I'm come fram Fateful is I'm flock From di ewe to di ram to di Iam Right tru tick an tin Dem mostly cling to I'm Awftah all Noh I'm guide an sheltah an protect dem ? ( sometime a dem haffi protect I'm dow Like ow a dem haffi protect I'm now ) Look ow I'm stretch out pan I'm back Pan di brown gra** Di white hair pan I'm branze he'd Like a kushan gense di weepin willow tree Lookin bedraggled an tin Like seh life done wid I'm Like seh I'm is totally at peace widin Noh baddah goh feel sarry fi I'm Are goh tink poor ting Nat a ting noh dhu I'm All dat really happn Is dat due to di heat a di time Like lickle bwoy blue I'm drap asleep An a dream bout lickle bow peep An wan an two a I'm flock dem drif a way While di addah ism dem Jus a watch an a peep Jus a crawl an a creep An noh baddah ask if dem naw mek fun Fi confuse an cansume all di stray dem But everything is jus fi a time Soon di flack wi tek a stack an surmise Ow far fram di fole dem a stray Wen dem site ow di pack jus a staak dem Dem wi come back togeddah wance agen An shephad di sage to a highah graun Whichpawt di graas is greenah an sweetah Hichpawt di breeze blo