Oceans
Shades Lawrence
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Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, I landed with no mat Ackee and cowries, I've never been mad I hold my head and lean back, when pop music plays Black music wave, dichotomy, never been a slave Did my ancestors pave, build a house that stayed Granny 500, sipping overproof, brave like The land here, stand clear, hemisphere I'm near, door of return, hurricane, spruce beer Labor pains, windowpanes, chains disappear I-and-I revered, ancestors dear Projection of Caribbean land I adhere to Sweaters here, truth, no pressure seers to Fufu, sweet potato, brown gravy, kitchen staples Concessions, stable, the road, homes, gables Poems, maples, these fables are cradles These storms round tables, shapes, forms Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Slave days, hardly paid, later that may Have been the issue, no tissues, I played drum for my kinfolk Field to field, .... struggles real I underdealed, under dealt, Kingston to St. Ann's St. Mary's, under felt, left my hand's, welts On my skin and bone, I hardly phoned home Hardly, stones, partly alone I toned down, found lists of slaves Lists of names, ...., sugar cane I am peace Floating on oceans in the belly of beasts I never lead, no white witch haunts me Wolof, Fulani, Asante Nanny's hardly, on the 500 To remind me, I been disgruntled Two goats, ackee tree Saltfish, royalty Queens and kings in my ancestry Sing the shore, stars will be Wolof, Fulani, laugh with me Two goats, ackee tree Saltfish, royalty Queens and kings in my ancestry Sing the shore, stars will be Wolof, Fulani, laugh with me Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Oceans way back, waves mad Stepped off the boat, asked for black tea The strongest cup, England reminds me Sugar sweet, cotton deep .... in blood I tithed my way to heaven, is she above Or below. I only spoke maps, a song My only hope .... I'll be strong Asante dove off the boat, escaped slavery Before becoming a slave, saving me Not bravery, not born to lead Born to speak, born to be Granny at 20, land remembers me Ackee and 20 for a patty, understand me Colonialism, triangular trade Bamboo alley, I-and-I watch the waves Saltfish, out of many, one people, I don't pray One of my homelands, don't know when slavery Stopped
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Written by: STEPHANIE LAWRENCE
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