Nuff time mi did just want let this ting guh
Cah mi cya afford fi get caught in a di hype and ego
And now mi get fi ovastand really
How things guh!
The industry full a lie mi n dem cya sync up
On the radio is just garbage
Let mi talk it, let me talk it
Regardless, every tune weh mi drop it just a bloom like an orchid
N careful of your favorite artist
Cuz now a days dem sell dem souls to the trends of the market
And now a days respect based on the
Depths your pockets
From video sets to selling light deps in da market
From the stress of sellin these deps
While on these tours that we departed
More time mi feel fi give up on this journey
I departed
But den mi think a di fans n
Where it started
Performing for my first university party
That's when mi and university parted
Start fi move boxes in da parking
Fi pay for di studio recording
32 bars yes straight 16
A beat and a mic is really all need.
Mi kno fi a fact some couldn't stomach these losses
And still find life's joys as time passes
We still made more than those label advances
Still found ways to make these songs reach the masses
Never sold masters to dese slave masters
Standing ovations, toasting we glasss
Living this life
Til this flesh turns to ashes
True happiness is when the family rejoices
A w artist learn the power of what a voice is
That's when they make the music no
Compromises
All sacrifices
Real recognizes
The real from the plastic
This time gets so drastic
Mi freedom mi risk it nuh chance it
Steam up mi tangie inna mi fresh mesh ganzie
Fresh bank no strap tight inna lastic
32 bars Selassie I live
32 bars yes yeh 16
A beat and mic is all I need