Reggae Fi Dada-Linton Kwesi Johnson

[ti:Reggae Fi Dada] [ar:Linton Kwesi Johnson] [al:Independant Intavenshan: The Island Anthology] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.58]Reggae Fi Dada - Linton Kwesi Johnson [00:08.68]Written by：Linton Kwesi Johnson [00:15.64] [00:16.89]Galang dada [00:17.56] [00:18.88]Galang gwwaan yaw sah [00:20.23] [00:21.33]Yu nevvah ad noh life fi live [00:22.92] [00:23.55]Jus di wan life fi give [00:25.13] [00:26.25]Yu did yu time pan ert [00:27.65] [00:28.28]Yu nevvah get yu jus dizert [00:29.84] [00:30.86]Galang goh smile inna di sun [00:32.45] [00:33.16]Galang goh satta inna di palace af peace [00:36.13] [00:38.54]O di waatah [00:39.39]It soh deep [00:40.23] [00:40.75]Di waatah [00:41.23]It soh daak [00:41.96]An it full a hawbah shaak [00:43.75] [00:44.39]Di lan is like a rack [00:45.54]Slowly shattahrin to san [00:47.49] [00:47.99]Sinkin in a sesa af calamity [00:50.47] [00:51.55]Where fear breed shadows [00:53.33]Dat lurks in di daak [00:55.25]Where people fraid fi waak [00:56.66]Fraid fi tink fraid fi taak [00:59.00]Where di present is haunted by di pass [01:01.49] [01:03.76]A deh soh mi bawn [01:05.19]Get fi know bout staam [01:06.56]Learn fi cling to di dawn [01:07.77] [01:08.41]An wen mi hear mi daddy sick [01:10.40]Mi quickly pack an tek a trip [01:12.20] [01:13.56]Mi nevvah have noh time [01:14.69]When mi reach [01:15.65] [01:16.69]Fi si noh sunny beach [01:18.04]Wen mi reach [01:18.91] [01:19.73]Jus people a live in shack [01:21.33]People livin back to back [01:22.66]Mongst cackroach an rat [01:24.57]Mongst dirt an dizeez [01:25.87]Subjek to terrorist attack [01:27.34] [01:27.85]Political intrigue [01:29.29]Kanstant grief [01:30.77]An noh sign af relief [01:32.34] [01:34.07]O di grass [01:34.66]Turn brown [01:35.38]Soh many trees [01:36.60]Cut doun [01:37.23]An di lan is ovahgrown [01:39.55]Fram country to toun [01:40.69]Is jus tissel an tawn [01:42.93]Inna di woun a di poor [01:44.34] [01:44.93]Is a miracle ow dem endure [01:47.07]Di pain nite an day [01:48.58]Di stench af decay [01:50.35]Di clarin sights [01:51.89]Di guarded affluence [01:53.55] [01:54.21]Di arrogant vices [01:55.64]Cole eyes af kantemp [01:57.77]Di mackin symbals af independence [02:01.16] [02:03.61]A deh soh mi bawn [02:05.07]Get fi know 'bout staam [02:06.27] [02:06.83]Learn fi cling to di dawn [02:08.11] [02:08.69]An wen di news reach mi [02:10.45]Seh mi wan daddy ded [02:11.90] [02:12.41]Mi ketch a plane quick [02:13.53] [02:15.17]An wen mi reach mi sunny isle [02:16.63]It woz di same ole style [02:18.62]Di money well dry [02:20.24]Di bullits dem a fly [02:21.63]Plenty innocent a die [02:22.92]Many rivahs run dry [02:24.81]Ganja planes flyin high [02:26.52]Di poor man im a try [02:27.86]Yu tink a lickle try im try [02:29.35]Holdin awn bye an bye [02:30.75]Wen a dallah cyaan buy [02:32.35]A lickle dinnah fi a fly [02:34.11] [02:36.04]Galang dada [02:36.81] [02:37.90]Galang gwaan yaw sah [02:39.21] [02:40.29]Yu nevvah ad noh life fi live [02:42.11] [02:42.67]Jus di wan life fi give [02:44.22] [02:45.36]Yu did yu time pan ert [02:46.68] [02:47.36]Yu nevvah get yu jus dizert [02:49.02] [02:50.07]Galang goh smile inna di sun [02:51.96] [02:52.71]Galang goh satta inna di palace af peace [02:55.88] [02:56.90]Mi know yu couldn't tek it dada [02:58.60] [02:59.14]Di anguish an di pain [03:00.79] [03:01.52]Di suffahrin di problems di strain [03:04.22] [03:05.05]Di strugglin in vain [03:06.52] [03:07.23]Fi mek two ens meet [03:08.94]Soh dat dem pickney coulda get [03:10.56]A lickle someting fi eat [03:12.68] [03:13.31]Fi put cloaz pan dem back [03:15.20]Fi put shoes pan dem feet [03:17.55]Wen a dallah cyaan buy [03:18.89] [03:19.46]A lickle dinnah fi a fly [03:20.89] [03:22.00]Mi know yu try dada [03:23.07] [03:23.73]Yu fite a good fite [03:24.92] [03:25.57]But di dice dem did loaded [03:27.43]An di card pack fix [03:28.78] [03:29.67]Yet still yu reach fifty six [03:31.58] [03:32.16]Before yu lose yu leg wicket [03:33.67] [03:34.83]A noh yu bawn grung here [03:36.02] [03:36.86]Soh wi bury yu a stranger's burying groun [03:39.02] [03:39.70]Near to mhum an cousin daris [03:41.30] [03:42.01]Nat far fram di quarry [03:43.84]Doun a august town