Yard Talk

Intro

Yeah

Mm-hmm

Yow

Verse 1

Mi wake before the sun touch the zinc

Tell the bredren dem fi gather round quick

Two pot a stew pon the fire a bubble

Every hand in the yard pull a weight

Nobody stand up like statue

We move like river through the gate

Chorus

So mi say forward

Forward

Every man and woman hold a corner

Mi say forward

Forward

Nuh bodda look back pon no border

Post-Chorus

Hey

Yow

Hey

Yow

Verse 2

Grandma call mi name from the veranda

She say mind how yuh treat the stranger

Mi answer her soft with a nod and a grin

Mi carry the message deep inna mi skin

Work till the shadow stretch out long

Then we sing the whole way home

Chorus

So mi say forward

Forward

Every man and woman hold a corner

Mi say forward

Forward

Nuh bodda look back pon no border

Post-Chorus

Hey

Yow

Hey

Yow

Bridge

Listen

Listen

One love pon the left and the right

One voice in the cool of the night

Tell dem mi deh yah

Tell dem mi deh yah

Chorus

So mi say forward

Forward

Every man and woman hold a corner

Mi say forward

Forward

Nuh bodda look back pon no border

Post-Chorus

Hey

Yow

Hey

Yow