Wen storm come

yuh bawl

'get flat'

an watch mountain

rub a dub

troo de sea

from Brixton

to Elleston Flats

yuh can see de wukkin riddim

ben de people dem back

 

'haad wuk kean kill yuh, son'

but Manson

kar im boson

gawn a boneyard

im sey a wouldn see im

wen a reach back home

an Aunt May gi mi a letta

to de relative a Englan, sey

time harder

dan weh did mek yuh lef

time hard

an yuh people dem a fret

de relative reply

a nuh forget we forget

but yah so nuh no betta

a me three pickney nah wuk

 

two side a de ocean

de laughline sink

like de mercury

prior to de storm

 

two side a de ocean

de riddim jus a bawl

'get flat, everybady get flat'

 

an ah see a whole sea

a ben back