Tarrus Riley - Mi Homeland

[Intro]
Yeah, yeah
Hey
[scat singing]
A no no
[scat singing]
Oh no
[scat singing]
A no no
[scat singing]
A no no

[Verse 1]
Jah know me return to me homeland
No water, high tax and gun man
Me forward from abroad
Crime cause still noweh no better than yard
Man still a badmind (fi wha'?)
We waan have a nice time ('round yah)

[Chorus]
And everyone's asking
"Who's gonna save Jamaica?"
Oh yeah
And everyone's asking
"Is this a crisis of the world?"
Oh yeah

[Verse 2]
And when me take up the paper (Jah no reclinin')
Turn on me TV (feel like hiding)
Innocent children dem kidnap and raping
And mothers crying, prices rising
And daddy hiding and still not providing
Underage pickney a grieve (fi wha'?)
Want a money man fi get dem things that glitter

[Chorus]
And everyone ask
"Who's gonna save sweet Jamaica?"
Yeah
And everyone's asking
"Is this a crisis of the world?"
Oh yeah
Everyone asking
"Who's gonna save sweet Jamaica?"
Yeah
And everyone ask
"Is this a crisis of the world?"
Uh huh

[Verse 3]
Me return to me country
Me see some man have up some style weh punkie
We a the land of herbs fi' no junkie
Nah bother shoot Mr. Man, put down your pumpy
Cool down your temper a yard
Brothers and sisters 'round yah

[Chorus]
The whole world a-look and ask
"Who's gonna save sweet Jamaica?"
Yeah
Everybody asking
"Is this a crisis of the world?"
And everybody asking
"Who's gonna save Jamaica?"
And everyone's asking
"Is this a crisis of the world?"
Oh

[Verse 4]
Natural disasters all over
Looking at yourself, you can't run for cover
We have the most church per capita
How many of you loving unno neighbour?
'Nuff man a-move like sissi (fi wha'?)
Woman put a price 'pon dem body (fi wha'?)

[Chorus]
And everyone ask
"Who's gonna save sweet Jamaica?"
Yeah
And everyone's asking
"Is this a crisis of the world?"
I don't know
Everyone ask
"Who's gonna save Jamaica?"
Everyone asking
"Is this a crisis of the world?"
Oh

[Outro]
[scat singing]
I don't know
[scat singing]
No
[scat singing]
I don't know
[scat singing]
Oh yeah
Ooh...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh
Hey
Man still a pull up...

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