《Reggae Fi Dada》歌词

[00:00:00] Reggae Fi Dada - Linton Kwesi Johnson

[00:00:08] Written by：Linton Kwesi Johnson

[00:00:16] Galang dada

[00:00:18] Galang gwwaan yaw sah

[00:00:21] Yu nevvah ad noh life fi live

[00:00:23] Jus di wan life fi give

[00:00:26] Yu did yu time pan ert

[00:00:28] Yu nevvah get yu jus dizert

[00:00:30] Galang goh smile inna di sun

[00:00:33] Galang goh satta inna di palace af peace

[00:00:38] O di waatah

[00:00:39] It soh deep

[00:00:40] Di waatah

[00:00:41] It soh daak

[00:00:41] An it full a hawbah shaak

[00:00:44] Di lan is like a rack

[00:00:45] Slowly shattahrin to san

[00:00:47] Sinkin in a sesa af calamity

[00:00:51] Where fear breed shadows

[00:00:53] Dat lurks in di daak

[00:00:55] Where people fraid fi waak

[00:00:56] Fraid fi tink fraid fi taak

[00:00:59] Where di present is haunted by di pass

[00:01:03] A deh soh mi bawn

[00:01:05] Get fi know bout staam

[00:01:06] Learn fi cling to di dawn

[00:01:08] An wen mi hear mi daddy sick

[00:01:10] Mi quickly pack an tek a trip

[00:01:13] Mi nevvah have noh time

[00:01:14] When mi reach

[00:01:16] Fi si noh sunny beach

[00:01:18] Wen mi reach

[00:01:19] Jus people a live in shack

[00:01:21] People livin back to back

[00:01:22] Mongst cackroach an rat

[00:01:24] Mongst dirt an dizeez

[00:01:25] Subjek to terrorist attack

[00:01:27] Political intrigue

[00:01:29] Kanstant grief

[00:01:30] An noh sign af relief

[00:01:34] O di grass

[00:01:34] Turn brown

[00:01:35] Soh many trees

[00:01:36] Cut doun

[00:01:37] An di lan is ovahgrown

[00:01:39] Fram country to toun

[00:01:40] Is jus tissel an tawn

[00:01:42] Inna di woun a di poor

[00:01:44] Is a miracle ow dem endure

[00:01:47] Di pain nite an day

[00:01:48] Di stench af decay

[00:01:50] Di clarin sights

[00:01:51] Di guarded affluence

[00:01:54] Di arrogant vices

[00:01:55] Cole eyes af kantemp

[00:01:57] Di mackin symbals af independence

[00:02:03] A deh soh mi bawn

[00:02:05] Get fi know 'bout staam

[00:02:06] Learn fi cling to di dawn

[00:02:08] An wen di news reach mi

[00:02:10] Seh mi wan daddy ded

[00:02:12] Mi ketch a plane quick

[00:02:15] An wen mi reach mi sunny isle

[00:02:16] It woz di same ole style

[00:02:18] Di money well dry

[00:02:20] Di bullits dem a fly

[00:02:21] Plenty innocent a die

[00:02:22] Many rivahs run dry

[00:02:24] Ganja planes flyin high

[00:02:26] Di poor man im a try

[00:02:27] Yu tink a lickle try im try

[00:02:29] Holdin awn bye an bye

[00:02:30] Wen a dallah cyaan buy

[00:02:32] A lickle dinnah fi a fly

[00:02:36] Galang dada

[00:02:37] Galang gwaan yaw sah

[00:02:40] Yu nevvah ad noh life fi live

[00:02:42] Jus di wan life fi give

[00:02:45] Yu did yu time pan ert

[00:02:47] Yu nevvah get yu jus dizert

[00:02:50] Galang goh smile inna di sun

[00:02:52] Galang goh satta inna di palace af peace

[00:02:56] Mi know yu couldn't tek it dada

[00:02:59] Di anguish an di pain

[00:03:01] Di suffahrin di problems di strain

[00:03:05] Di strugglin in vain

[00:03:07] Fi mek two ens meet

[00:03:08] Soh dat dem pickney coulda get

[00:03:10] A lickle someting fi eat

[00:03:13] Fi put cloaz pan dem back

[00:03:15] Fi put shoes pan dem feet

[00:03:17] Wen a dallah cyaan buy

[00:03:19] A lickle dinnah fi a fly

[00:03:22] Mi know yu try dada

[00:03:23] Yu fite a good fite

[00:03:25] But di dice dem did loaded

[00:03:27] An di card pack fix

[00:03:29] Yet still yu reach fifty six

[00:03:32] Before yu lose yu leg wicket

[00:03:34] A noh yu bawn grung here

[00:03:36] Soh wi bury yu a stranger's burying groun

[00:03:39] Near to mhum an cousin daris

[00:03:42] Nat far fram di quarry

[00:03:43] Doun a august town