Linton Kwesi Johnson

Linton Kwesi Johnson - Tings An' Times lyrics

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duped

doped

demoralised

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

demoralised

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 im 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

demoralised

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

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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

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