I was the Queen of Westmount Park It was all mine after dark Old willow tree, it was my throne 'Til I, 'til I went home Father used me like a wife Mother turned the blindest eye Stole my body, spirit, pride He did, he did each night One for the hate that loops and loops Two for the poison at the roots Three for the children breaking through Four for the day we're standing in the sun "These are the best years of your life" If I'd believed it, I'd have died Something told me that they lied Oh I, oh I survived Left home, I was just a child Slept in the graveyard, end of the Mile When the sun came up and found my skin I rose, I rose again One for the hate that loops and loops Two for the poison at the roots Three for the children breaking through Four for the day we're standing in the sun Slip streams and fever dreams Do you see what I can't see? Tell me, tell me, tell me I want to understand From the coast of Africa To the hills of Grenada To the cold of Montreal That whip, that whip still falls One for the hate that loops and loops Two for the poison at the roots Three for the children breaking through Four for the day we're standing in the sun One for the hate that loops and loops Two for the poison at the roots Three for the children breaking through Four for the day- One for the hate that loops and loops Two for the poison at the roots Three for the children breaking through Four for the day-

(Intro) Yah yusha Pharfar run track yea! Tasha passing thru... Go so now Chorus One Spliff a day, Good music haffi play And a dip inna the bay Will keep the bad tings away A so mi doctor say So Dung a yard mi haffi stay, Hey: Mi haffi follow mi heart JAH man One Spliff a day, Good music haffi play Take a dip inna the bay Will keep the bad tings away A so mi doctor say So Dung a yard mi haffi staaay Hey Verse1 Mi waan feel The breeze again I wanna find peace again The harder the struggle The stronger JAH people yea The heart beat a Africa Inna the island culture yah Mek mi caan believe how far Dem ship Jah warrior, Away All a mi Nubian bredren them From Tivoli Garden and grants pen Unu mek mi proud to be a African And feel seh mi home again, yeaa eyea. Chorus One Spliff a day, Good music haffi play And a dip inna the bay Will keep the bad tings away A so mi doctor say A Dung a yard mi haffi stay, One Spliff a day, Good music haffi play And a dip inna the bay Will keep the bad tings away A so mi doctor say So Dung a yard mi haffi staaay Verse2 Sudan a plead again The people them a grieve again Denmark a freeze up Mi Mumma beg mi nuh fi leave again Mi love the place weh mi born and life star Now mi roots dem a tear mi apart I'm traveling far to follow my longing arms Cant believe mi destiny And how mi soul all divided inna three But right yah now a yard mi find me melody, Melody, it go so. Chorus One Spliff a day, Good music haffi play And a dip inna the bay Will keep the bad tings away A so mi doctor say a Dung a yard mi haffi staaay, yea... One Spliff a day, Good music haffi play And a dip inna the bay Will keep the bad tings away A so mi doctor say Dung a yard mi haffi staaaay One spliff a day, one, one splif a day, One spliff a day ital food up pon mi plate, Hey, one spliff a day, rub-a-dub inna the shade One spliff a day, yuh dun know Verse3 Mi waan feel the breeze again I wanna find peace again The harder the struggle The stronger JAH people yea The heart beat a Africa Inna the island culture yah Mek mi cant believe how far them ship Jah warrior, Away One Spliff a day, Good music haffi play And a dip inna the bay Will keep the bad tings away A so mi doctor say, a Dung a yard mi haffi staaay, yeah One Spliff a day, Good music haffi play And a dip inna the bay Will keep the bad tings away A so mi doctor say Dung a yard mi haffi staaaay Right yah so mi haffi stay One Spliff a day, Good music haffi play And a dip inna the bay Will keep the bad tings away A so mi doctor say Dung a yard mi haffi staaay Here i come One Spliff a day, Good music haffi play And a dip inna the bay Will keep the bad tings away A so mi doctor say Dung a yard mi haffi sta...

I was born from love, and my poor mother worked the mines I was raised on the Good Book of Jesus 'Til I read between the lines Now I don't believe I want to see the morning Going down the stoney end I never wanted to go down the stoney end Mama, let me start all over Cradle me, Mama, cradle me again And I can still remember him with love light in his eyes But the light flickered out and parted As the sun began to rise Now I don't believe I want to see the morning Going down the stoney end I never wanted to go down the stoney end Mama, let me start all over Cradle me, Mama, cradle me again Never mind the forecast 'cause the sky has lost control 'Cause the fury and the broken thunders Come to match my ragin' soul And now I don't believe I want to see the morning Going down the stoney end I never wanted to go down the stoney end Mama, let me start all over Cradle me, Mama, cradle me again Going down the stoney end I never wanted to go I never wanted to go Mama, I never wanted to go

Songbird sings from the heart Each word can tear you apart I sing, you sing along You find your life in my song When you need the strength to carry on You've got me to turn to With the songs that I sing And the magic they bring They've helped you be strong now The song sets you free But who sings to me I'm all alone now Who sings for songbird Sometimes when I'm all alone I sing my saddest song Lonely and no one can see This time the song is for me I can touch your secret place inside And still you don't know me With the songs that I sing And the magic they bring You've learned to be strong now My song sets you free But who sings to me I'm all alone now Where is my songbird Where is my songbird Who sings his songs for me

Mother, you had me But I never had you I wanted you But you didn't want me So I, I just gotta tell you Goodbye Goodbye Father, you left me But I never left you I needed you You didn't need me So I, I just gotta tell you I gotta tell you Goodbye Goodbye Children, don't do What I have done I couldn't walk But I tried, I tried to run So I, I just gotta tell you I gotta tell you Goodbye Goodbye Mama, mama don't go Daddy, come home Mama, don't go Daddy, come home Mama, don't go Daddy, come home Mama, don't go Daddy, come home Mama, don't go