Words of The Week: Family Effort by Lutan Fyah

Family Effort

Tell yuh bout this great family effort. . .

Papa is a good man! [“”]

Sun toiling everyday for the better

And look how,

Hard Mama work! [“”]

When tings get hard she put out the effort

Papa is a good man! [“”]

Sun toiling everyday for the better

And look how,

Hard Mama work! [“”]

When tings get rough she put out the effort

Hey

Trust me

For every likkle ting give thanks

Ceaseless amount of Ises to The Almighty One

I see Mama work,

Til her belly bottom cramp

Papa neva leave us alone to be frank

Through all the years inna di ghetto ramshackle

It’s a struggle,

Just to put food on the table

I have never seen Papa miserable

The man overcome the stress and stay away from trouble

Mama hit di street,

Every early morning

Caan tek fi hear wi likkle pickney dem bawling

Wit a bucket upon di shoulder from Kingston to Spalding!

Straight streetside huslting

Papa is a good man! [“”]

Sun toiling everyday for the better

And look how,

Hard Mama work! [“”]

When tings get hard she put out the effort

Papa is a good man! [“”]

Sun toiling everyday for the better

Hey dey,

Hard Mama work! [“”]

Tings get rough she put out the effort

Hey fi mi Papa couldn’t be a deadbeat

He’s always there,

Inna famine or feast

Just to provide the corn or the wheat

Hey yes,

To make sure everything complete

Hey fi mi Mama spend nine months fi bring forth mi siblings

She neva waste time inna streetside giggling

Fi mi parents no perfect

But wi blessed from the beginning

And fi dat wi give thanks to The King!

I WILL ALWAYS CHERISH!

Fi my Mama teaching.

“Don’t point no finga”

Dat was my Papa warning

“Don’t be gravicious or stretch your neck like a gallin”

Well, hear me out

Papa is a good man! [“”]

Sun toiling everyday for the better

Hey look how,

Hard Mama work! [“”]

When tings get hard she put out the effort

Papa is a good man! [“”]

Sun toiling everyday for the better

And look how,

Hard Mama work! [“”]

When tings get rough she put out the effort

Whoa

{Speech}

Just so it go you know

Family unit is essential to the upbring of the children. [Papa is a good man]

Yuh seet?

We just haffi mek sure [Hard Mama work] and be sure dat we prepare the future for the youths [Papa is a good man].

That’s why we say Mama, we say Papa is an essential value [Hard Mama work], which we can’t change.

You know wha I mean!

{End of Speech}

Papa is a good man! [“”]

Sun toiling everyday for the better

Hey look how,

Hard Mama work! [“”]

When tings get rough she put out the effort

Papa is a good man! [“”]

Sun toiling everyday for the better

And look how,

Hard Mama work! [“”]

When tings get rough she put out the effort

Whoa

Taken from Lutan Fyah's album Rising Up

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