Words of The Week: 'Long Road' by Jahdan Blakkamoore

'Long Road'

Wi tell dem fi watch out fi traps and di snare
Tell di youths dem beware
Babylon is a scare yow

Yeah weh Ras Blakkamoore tell dem seh
Alright!
Yow. Hey. Boom. Yow

It’s gonna be a long road
But oh Mama, I’m strong
I’ll put up the fight, I’ll carry this heavy load
They love to hate I, dem can’t eliminate I
Covetousness - Mi fling dat overboard
It’s gonna be a long road
But oh Mama, I’m strong
I’ll put up the fight, I’ll carry this heavy load
They love to hate I, dem can’t intimidate I
Filthiness - Mi fling dat overboard

Well dem ah try slander mi name, try put mi to shame
But mi neva get weary yet
Stumbling block inna mi way, try turn mi astray
But mi neva get weary yet
I give thanks for mi life, for mi health and mi strength
Cah mi neva get weary yet boom!
Nuff ah dem ah hate and ah discriminate
But mi neva get weary yet
All dem ah go down and ah send peer tricks
And mi neva get weary yet
One ah dem try perpetrate war, dem instigate
But mi neva get weary yet
Dem ah come inna mi face and ah intimidate
But mi neva get weary yet
I man ah keep up di pace and ah hold up di faith
Cah mi neva get weary yet
Blakkamoore caan get crackin if mi don’t set straight
Cah mi neva get weary yet
Trust in The Most High
HE’s the defender!
And always remember
Alright. Yow. Hey!

It’s gonna be a long road
But oh Mama, I’m strong
I’ll put up the fight, I’ll carry this heavy load
They love to hate I, dem can’t eliminate I
Filthiness - Mi fling dat overboard
It’s gonna be a long road
Oh Mama, I’m strong
I’ll put up the fight, I’ll carry this heavy load
They love to hate I, dem can’t intimidate I
Covetousness - Mi fling dat overboard

So what’s your reason - fighting good people down?
You take away their rights and now they cannot be found
You’re destroying their communities, dem gone underground
Soon, anywhere you go you ahgo hear the gun sound!
Still no peace nowhere to be found yeah
Yow

It’s gonna be a long road
But oh Mama, I’m strong
I’ll put up the fight, I’ll carry this heavy load
They love to hate I, dem can’t discriminate I
Covetousness - Mi fling dat overboard
It’s gonna be a long road
But oh Mama, I’m strong
I’ll put up the fight, I’ll carry this heavy load
They love to hate I, dem can’t discriminate I
Filthiness - Mi fling dat overboard

So make a joyful noise
And give thanks for life, you definitely raise me right
I represent the truth and mi bun out antichrist
I put a message in my music bringing insight
Wi revolutionary come to pay the sacrifice
So neva you worry, I’m protected by The Most High
HE leads the way and IS my guiding light
Well Blakkamoore him sing and mi seh

It’s a long road
But oh Mama, I’m strong
I’ll put up the fight, I’ll carry this heavy load
They love to hate I, dem can’t eliminate I
Filthiness - Mi fling dat overboard
It’s gonna be a long road
But oh Mama, I’m strong
I’ll put up the fight, I’ll carry this heavy load
They love to hate I, dem can’t intimidate I
Covetousness - Mi fling dat overboard

It’s a long road
But oh Mama, I’m strong
I’ll put up the fight, I’ll carry this heavy load
They love to hate I, dem can’t eliminate I
Filthiness - Mi fling dat overboard
It’s gonna be a long road
Oh Mama, I’m strong
I’ll put up the fight, I’ll carry this heavy load
They love to hate I, dem can’t intimidate I
Covetousness - Mi fling dat overboard

Taken from the album "Babylon Nightmare"
Jahdan Blakkamoore @ Myspace