Oh Mama

Dem mortify so oh mama
Dem also strike so oh mama
I know dem bad so oh mama
From mi know dem tan so oh mama
Still I have plenty a hopes oh mama
And I think joyful thoughts oh mama
Till the table turn oh mama
Da race yah mos half run oh mama

Even when it dark all around
And even when our lives touch the ground
Fi grace and delight I am bound
And even in the most lonely night
When the wolves waan come down and waan fight
Our shuffle is just a coming by
Good love mama gimmi love mama because

Your cheeks are burning
Dem tears deh burn
Ain’t no returning just let dem flow
Your love is a day weh last forever
Put your palms pon mi heart tell it fi braver
So don’t go recognize yourself inna no market
Dem ago tek away yourself before your pocket
Yuh cyaan protect your heart after dem broke it
Red pen pon a paper ah so dem mark it