Banks of the Hope

Hey watch ya now, hey see yah now

Hey cooh ya now

Huh huh huh, huh huh, huh huh, ha huh ha

Ha haa huh huh haa, Haa haa, huh ha haa

Haa haa, huh haa haa, haa haa

Yea wi put Jah first and second and third

Watch wi blessings come forth, blessings come forth

Yow it is a miracle fi mek yuh thing shot and nuh end up at Gun Court

End up at Gun Court

Ahh aah, growing up on the banks of the Hope

Never give up and wi never lose hope

And wi never sell out and never sell dope

Now ironically everything that we say, they say is dope

Listen

It never break wi spirit growing up broke

Roll out smelling like Carbolic soap

Yes a regular wi run boat just fi stay afloat

And wi run joke just fi cope

Hear wha nuh

Social mobility, limited scope

But mama mek wi know seh time longer than rope

Wi nuh frighten fi nutten cause wi used to go without

From food stamps but now stamp full up wi passport

Hear wha, Juvenile nuh put no gun inna yuh Jansport

Fi collect no banknote, no that a di wrong sport

Hey everybody want a bus like public transport

But hold the fort, everything curry like goat

Put Jah first and second and third

Watch yuh blessings come forth

Blessings come forth

Yow it is a miracle fi mek yuh thing shot and nuh end up at Gun Court

End up at Gun Court

Ahh aah, growing up on the banks of the Hope

Never give up and wi never lose hope

And wi never sell out and never sell dope

Now ironically everything wheh we say, they say is dope

Listen

Marl Road, Top Road to Back Road

Have to make a mark like the chalk pon di blackboard

Hey, have to do a ting fi mama pot load

Swear wi nuh have to mek di Glock load

Hear wha now

The whole a Tavern, Hope Flat back to Common

Tin mackerel have to kill wi cause wi nah go bow fi salmon

And we nah go a no station answer to no summons

Putting up resistance just like Beres Hammond

Jah a first and second and third

Watch yuh blessings come forth

Blessings come forth

Yow it is a miracle fi mek yuh thing shot and nuh end up at Gun Court

End up at Gun Court

Ahh aah, growing up on the banks of the Hope

Never give up and wi never lose hope

And wi never sell out and never sell dope

Now ironically everything that we say, they say is dope

Ahh aah, growing up on the banks of the Hope

Never give up and wi never lose hope

And wi never sell out and never sell dope

Now ironically everything that we say, they say is dope