Tings An' Times Lyrics - Linton Kwesi Johnson

Duped, doped 

Demoralized 

Dizzied, dozed 

Traumatized 

Blinded by resplendent lite of love 

Dazzled by di firmament of freedom 

Im couldn deteck deceit 

All wen it kick im in im teet 

Im couldn cry khorupshon 

An believe inna man 

Im nevvah know bout cleek 

Im did umble an meek 

Im nevvah know intrigue 

Im nevvah inna dat deh league 

Im nevvah andahstan 

Dat on di road to sawshalism 

Yu could buck-up nepotism 

Im wife dangerous 

Im bredda tretchero 

An im kozn very vicious 

Duped, doped 

Demoralized 

Dizzied, dozed 

Traumatized 

Now like a fragile fragment af lite 

Trapped inna di belly a di daak nite 

Like a bline man stuicified an dazed 

Last an alone in a mystical maze 

Fi days, upan days 

Upan days, upan days 

Watch I'm driffin craus di oweshan of life 

Widoutn ruddah nar hankah nar sail 

Fi days, upan days 

Upan days, upan days 

Cail im flumm af di tides a di times 

If yu like bus inna di labyrinth af ife, if yu like 

Duped, doped 

Demoralized 

Dizzied, dozed 

Dozed penalized 

Ship wreek gense di sons of di tides a ch times 

Meditorim pan di bud ale days 

Face doun pan di gleumin sea shore 

Not soh certn not soh sure like before 

Di salt a di sea pan di son inno im eye 

An im would qi R houk if am could cry 

Di soun of di surge of di sec 

Harmonize wid di swonnin bamboo trees 

An im brains jus a fick all kine a touts now inno ir 

Like dem despalfirote days of defiance 

Wen young rebels did a fite gense oppreshon 

Won young rebels did a fling flowbom 

Won dem march wid dem honnolas raised 

Chuntn freedom chonfin justike chonfin bled on fich 

Wen nuff crucial mail dicl a blaze 

Tekkn di struggle to a higholb stage 

Doped, demoralized 

Dizzied, dozed 

Porolized now wos bup 

Wenp, mosh-up im mise-up 

Kotch-up on sit up 

Wid im hen pun im low, on im bed a heng doun 

A konsideh ow young mbels get ole ow 

Some sell dem soul some get lef out in di cole 

Some get elevate some get depreciate 

Some fun miggle clans some a gamble race hams 

Some a try fi live clean some get vicious on mean 

Some plaque wid dout some still a R# it out 

Won on two a fife di struggle in dem bed 

Lead di lecdohless inno dem bed 

Win di revolueshon in dem bed 

Oil a fun prime ministch in dem bed 

Duped, doped 

Demoralized 

Dizzied, dozed 

Traumatized 

Now im wombiffin pondobrin konsidolfinn 

Posin oil kine a riddle to imself like 

Now dot wi come out o, di won foam dern 

On timer on fowchune been some c wi fren 

Now dot wi got wi council fifint 

On wi dis on wi dot 

Wi colloh nee vee on oil di mod con 

Now dot wi create some space 

On nuft a wi own a fickle place 

Now dot wi got M mp on wi black ip 

Blacks pan di radio, blocks pan fee vee 

Wi si on wi load an wi mbe 

A figot wi figot or a it dot? 

Do wi need onnofidoh muses 

Fi neck wi crops di sea 

An a gwoon weak cmos oonu free ocou free 

As wi entch di twerorfirst century 

Or wi long peas dot deh era dot dela stage 

On is each an owywon who hoffi rise now 

Fi meet di downin of a diffinpont age? 

Int woz wandohdn jordalfirm konsidelinn 

Wen im hear 9 vice like di win seh 

A jus tings on times wandohs on sines 

But noh get mystic be realistic 

On im hein a nex vice like di sea seh 

Sometimes di pugent owedoh of decoy 

Signal sch bran new lib defi pan di way