One Riddim, One Family

Intro

(Mm-hmm)

Evening settle on the lane

Chairs come out and speakers wake up slow

Verse 1

Miss Ivy lean out her window

Says she danced this very corner years ago

Young ones drift in from the bus stop

Curious what the big box got to show

Shopkeeper turns his sign around

Rubs his hands and joins the growing crowd

Two brothers haul a bench down the middle

Laughing loud as the sun goes down

Chorus 1

One riddim, one family

Every soul on this street tonight

One riddim, one family

The box is calling us all inside the light

(One riddim)

(One family)

Verse 2

Selector lifts a worn-out record

Blows the dust and sets the needle down

Then the bassline walk in like a neighbor

And the strangers start to move as one sound

A woman nods, a man extends his hand

Nobody here is standing still or alone

Something soft unlocks between us

And the whole lane feels like home

Chorus 2

One heartbeat, one family

Everybody finds the very same time

One heartbeat, one family

Trumpet rising up and answering the rhyme

(One heartbeat)

(One family)

Verse 3

Grandpa tap his foot on the pavement

Children spin where the grown-ups stand

Plates of food go passing hand to hand

Laughter rolls all the way to the sand

The speakers carry music down the alley

Past the fence and over every wall

Nobody here is a visitor

We all belong to the rhythm after all

Chorus 3

No distance, one family

Every mile dissolve into the drum

No distance, one family

Whole street breathing like a single lung

(No distance)

(One family)

Verse 4

Sky turn grey and the stars start leaving

Nobody want to be the first to go

Selector slow the last record down

We hold the feeling like a thing we know

When the box switch off and the quiet settle

Something stay behind that nothing can steal

We made a memory in this street together

And a memory like that is always real

Chorus 4

One promise, one family

Meet me here when the evening comes again

One promise, one family

Sing it with me till the very end

(One promise)

(One family)

Outro

(Mm-hmm)

Bass still walking soft and slow

One more chord before we let it go

(One family)