Di Anfinish Revalueshan Lyrics - Singles - Linton Kwesi Johnson

now watchta mistah man 

mi noh like di way yu tan 

an yu tan soh too lang yu know man 

a meditate yu a meditate pan di same sang soh lang ? 

well hear mi man : 

mi naw preach 

mi naw teach 

mi jusa show yu 

ow mi seit 

caw di trute well sweet 

jus like a African beat 

like wen yu si whey yu comin fram 

like wen yu site whichpawt yu reach 

soh mi noh care if yu waan vex 

ar even gwaan like yu perplex 

mi a goh show yu whey mi si mistah man 

yu jus sidoung an fole-up like a cabbidge 

like seh yu gat not andahstandin gat no nallidge 

like seh yu still noh realise seh a jus di addah day 

wi chuck-awf di chokin chains of bandidge 

dat in spite a di hateridge an disadvantage 

dow wi slip-up an stumble pan di way 

wi still reach far doun freedom street 

still mindful af di minefields pan di way 

soh mi a beg yu mistah man 

please come out a yu shell 

yu cyaan dwell inna di paas 

cat laas fi evah yu know mi bredda 

now dat di sun a shine brite 

please come out a di doldrums a di daak nite 

histri biggah dan mi ar yu know 

time cyaan steal but it can heal 

soh shake di dew from out yu hed 

wipe di cabweb fram yu face 

wi gat nuff work fi dhu 

far wi nob reach mount zion 

yet 

yes wi phudung a solid foundaeshan 

fi true 

an wan an two a wi well a get tru 

fi true 

but wi still noh bil di new jerusalem yet 

di time goin come agen 

yu can bet 

wen wi a goh march awn agen 

yu hear mi fren 

mobilise wi women an wi fren dem 

agen 

even di pickney dem a golb jine een 

agen 

for freedam is nat noh idealagy 

freedam is a human necessity 

it cycan depen pan now wan somebody 

is up to each an evry wan a wi 

mi naw preach 

mi naw teach 

mi jusa show yu 

ow mi seit 

caw di trute well sweet 

jus like a African beat 

like wen yu si whey yu comin from 

like wen yu site whichpawt yu reach 

soh mi noh gwaan like yu waan vex 

or even gwaan like yu perplex 

mi jusa show yu whey mi si mistah man