Protect Your Neck-Tarrus Riley

[ti:Protect Your Neck] [ar:Tarrus Riley] [al:Strictly The Best Vol. 37] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Protect Your Neck - Tarrus Riley [00:02.50]Bulby yuh a listen [00:03.06]Ready [00:03.51]Protect yuh neck [00:04.51]Protect yuh neck [00:05.50] [00:06.13]Protect yuh head don't tek nuh check [00:09.06]Protect yuh neck [00:10.56]Look over yuh shoulder [00:11.62] [00:13.74]Yuh a hear mi now [00:15.06]Duh nuh come out afta midnight iyah [00:18.12]All inna broad daylight dem a tek life [00:21.50]So imagine afta dark when di action start [00:25.12]Wat a guh gwaan [00:26.94]Duh nuh come out afta x-30 [00:30.43]Dem yah yute yah well blood tirsty [00:33.93]Nuh mek sun down ketch yuh inna town [00:36.06] [00:36.69]Tek weh yuh self now [00:38.50]Ova war-rieka hill [00:41.63]War neva stand still [00:44.44]And inna garden [00:46.07]Mi neva see nuh cultivation nor nuh farming-a gwaan [00:50.25]Dem will done yuh inna kirk (dunkirk) [00:52.25]All ova watahouse a drought still dem will wet yuh [00:55.88]Is like yuh life nuh have nuh worth [00:59.07]I look inna callaloo bed [01:00.14]And nuh see nuh mo' vegetarian alone [01:01.63]And get dis straight sah [01:03.57]Chant for a safer jamaica [01:05.82]Who name dem place yah [01:10.24]Dem neva know seh word sound a powah [01:13.12]Yuh got to be care-ful [01:17.99]And protect yuh neck [01:19.24]Protect yuh head back [01:21.12]Careful and protect yuh neck protect yuh head [01:26.81]When yuh come out afta x-30 [01:30.12]Nuh trust nuh blue suit nor khaaki [01:33.31]Nuff a pose like police and dem a tief [01:36.00]Worst dan di klan weh wrap up inna white sheet [01:39.25]Freaks come out anytime it touch dark [01:41.88]Watch how yuh walk inside di park [01:45.07]He turn she and she turn he some sight to see [01:47.75]Swap identity and waah come mingle wid we [01:50.69]New kingston [01:53.38]Mi si dem a dust but mi nuh see nothing done [01:56.57]For my people [01:58.07]Still no one knows the reason [02:00.81] [02:01.63]And mi guh ask a hope road [02:03.75]Still it was hopeless cause no one would hear ma cry [02:07.51]Di struggle still continue [02:09.38] [02:10.13]And inna payneland burn di pain and mek wi hold a joy [02:13.20] [02:13.95]Get dis straight sah [02:16.19]Work for a safer jamaica [02:19.56]Sweetest land sweetest watah [02:22.12]Dash weh di pirate cultcha [02:25.86]Yuh got to be care-ful [02:28.62] [02:29.37]And protect yuh neck [02:30.87]Protect yuh head back [02:32.06]Careful and protect yuh neck protect yuh head [02:38.75]Yuh betta protect yuh neck [02:40.00]Protect yuh neck [02:41.50]Protect yuh head don't tek nuh check [02:44.51]Protect yuh neck [02:45.82]And look over yuh shoulder [02:48.13] [02:49.88]Mi well waah come out afta x-30 [02:53.37]Mi nuh waah nuh curfew country [02:56.19] [02:56.94]Woman and man tired fi lock up inna house [02:59.63]Well waah come out and sport all bout [03:02.32]When wi come out and start party [03:05.07] [03:05.70]Yuh nuh si nuh one hot like we [03:08.81]Nuh mek pagan mash up wi country [03:11.18]( in communit twist ) up in love and inity [03:14.69]Shooters hill [03:17.13]Di war neva stand still [03:19.87]And inna garden [03:21.37]Mi neva si nuh cultivation nor nuh farming [03:24.31]Now dem will done yuh inna kirk [03:27.44]All ova waterhouse a drought still dem will wet yuh [03:31.38]Is like yuh life nuh have nuh worth [03:33.62]And inna callaloo bed mi nuh si nuh mo vegetarian alone [03:37.25]Mek wi get dis straight sah [03:40.00]Chant for a safer jamaica [03:43.25]Who name dem place yah [03:45.69]Dem neva seh word sound a powah [03:48.75]Hey