PROTOJETHE 8 YEAR AFFAIR

01. The 8 Year Affair

Here we are once more / Meeting up along this journeyAs I express what’s going on in this mind of mineAnd sharing this time with I, you know? / Let’s go

I've always made it clear / That you would be here with me in this Eight Year AffairSo you should have no fear / ‘Cause I will be there, no burden you alone shall bearI've always made it clear / That you would be there with me in this Eight Year Affair

So don't ever worry now / Don't ever worry now

The spirit of Jacob, the spirit of Hugh / Spirit of Macintosh, that spirit never movedThe spirit of Marley, yeah that spirit fought / You have the spirit of Walter, oh they will assault you

Sit and pick apart too, you know the biggest mouthDeh pon dem freedom of speech, we have freedom of thought

Seven Year Itch drop, nuh even cuss a “claat” / But you still coulda feel the passion him a talkI hear the trouble coming, I say the trouble start / Empresses and princesses, battles for heartsKnowing all that I want deh right within ma grasp / And only my fault can break this thing apart

And so I see my weaknesses when I see my past / And I see they façade, that’s why me go so hardAnd knowing all these rivers that Jah get me ‘cross / And so I never lost

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I’ve got to keep it in my lane ‘cause all the praise you gainCan be taken all the same, I've seen it happen to UsainThat made no sense to me because look at his resume

Ready to say you finish just ‘cause of a second placeWell I guess those are the problems that the legends face

Imagine staring at the mirror in a legend’s faceThey say get used to it, I’m moving at a legend’s pace

In any case, what is a legend in this present maze?Six days of voicing, no rest until the seventh day

Then drop the album pon dem, hoping say it resonateBecause things set a way, my mind up in this present state

Sorry I made you wait

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I’d like to welcome you to ‘The 8 Year Affair’Yes

And I thank you for being here with I&I, you know?Along this journey

02. I&I

SelahKnow what they longing for / Know what they longing forAnd I’ve got it, I’ve got it / We’ve got it, yeah.

Young General a talk, tell anyone at all / Them never coulda want take a part inna harm meMan a war inna Menelik army / See it, them a move with the message of GarveyCan’t listen who dem elect, hardly / Dem a play fi dem part in a partyHear say Audley start drive Audi / Beg you pardon, a Bimma me sorryLead who them lost we nuh follow them / Organize and form inna one againTwelve Tribes, you nuh see we with the banner dem / Bobo Hill a talk, walk far, do nuh bother themIthiopia, the Ark of the Covenant / Queen Makeda, the start of the sovereign Selassie I order we governing / We nuh inna none a dem tings, so I say

Ites I a gwaan hold / A love we living in I&I a pass through / Greetings I bring again(repeat)

Ites I a gwaan hold / When I&I a pass through (repeat)

Said I took a break and I loved the break, / Now I'm off the brake, looking to make a breakAt a greater stake and the flow sweet like grater cake / Sharper than a grater make And then I take a date and a make a mate / At a greater pace, naa use razor bladeAnd grate my face, dem ‘fraid a me / Lyrics a penetrateNuh hesitate fi make tune generate / That will devastate you, Don say it devastatingWith more thoughts than them ever stating / Keep them waiting like thugs in a state bingJail or prison system, same thing / Flee the scene with thoughts of escapingMy mind did need fi get right / Clarity wha’ we need fi get, so

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Know what they longing forKnow what they longing forKnow what they longing forAnd we’ve got it, we’ve got itWe’ve got it, yeah, yeah.

03. KINGSTON BE WISE

Ey, ey / Watch ya dread / Hey hey

Kingston, be wise / Kingston, free up your mindKingston, just be wise / Kingston, free up the I, yeah

When the city a go click-clack-blow, you bet / Government fingers and tic-tac-toes in itAnd while they working on the X's and O's / I'm living I-N-I like I'm Mister KamozeNo surprise when they sending foes to me / Opposite of when plain clothes approaching meFollow they rules is what they propose to me / Selling they souls for what is owed, you seeNothing is owed, nothing is promised / Never know the government woulda run up inna them garrisonWithout no sorry, without excuse / Soldier man inna them lorry, everybody get abused, andEverybody have them views now / The media is owned so know where you get your news fromAnd the blood deh pon them shoes now / When them walking it trace / Look them hard in them face / And say

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Now all the damage can't quantify / Roy Rayon couldn't sanctify / Say a nuff a dem them send fi die / So the city a intensifySay the ghetto them a gentrify / Well I, nobody nuh identify / Nuff bodies unidentified and just a lie deh Then where the gun deh? Dead pon Saturday / Buried Sunday like Solomon Grundy Like a no Sons of Solomon them have down deh / Leonard Howell, Pinnacle and them land deh / Subdivision, them deal it underhand dehSo learn it 'cause them come back with dem plan deh / So tell me how far do you wanna go now, hey'Cause them will ratta-tatta-tatta when u pow-pow-pow

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Do you overstand me man? / Yeah, it’s live from the capital… city.Hey hey, be wise! / Be wise for me / Kingston, Kingston, Kingston, be wiseKingston, free up the I, yeah!

04. Hold You Now

This one is for my city girls / I’m wondering if you’ll get with me girlCountry youth, you know / Yeah yeah

My lady let me hold you now / I don't want to hold you downCome to me, let me show you ‘round / I know I’m from the country, take you out of town

You naa go want fi go back home(repeat)

Let me take you from a place where / Politicians they don't play fairBrainwash the youth dem from the daycare / I speak of youths because a few is what we may share

‘Cause me and you, we can make a truly great pair / Me love your mind and your body tooDown to every molecule / Stand firm inna your solitude

Me woulda love fi you combine with me / That would really put my mind at ease

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Me say you eyes pretty like / The light inna the city nightAnd a you me want fi see tonight / Me say you hotter than the gritty, I

Wonder if you would accept this water that is bubbling up in my chillum pipeMe want fi see you prosper inna what you do

This a nuh Twitter so you know me naa go follow you But me haffi follow through, honor you / You need fi tell me wha’ you wanna do

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You so divine inna your essence / Me love your effervescenceYou full me up a blessings / Mama Yashi when you dressing

You destined for peace by the speech you addressing me withAnd everything you do I see fit / A you alone the Rasta man a sleep with

So long as we stick together, we rich togetherNo fish, no feathers, no deaders so we syncing better / This ya ship ya no

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Saint Elizy a me dwelling place / Sometimes them nuh have no bread in plateHungry belly but them celebrate / Life and meditate, heights and elevate

We no go church but me woulda love a wedding day‘Cause if them violate, ‘cause we moving at a higher rate

The warriors will make the fire blaze / ‘Cause Selassie I we praiseThis love will never expiring / No need for you to ever shy away

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05. Someone Like You ft. Tessanne Chin

You ready? (Yeah yeah yeah) / So I say step closer, you know‘Cause you see it and I see it you know girl / Yeah yeah yeah

Someone like you, someone like you / Someone like you, someone like youSomeone like you, someone like you / Someone like you, someone like you

(Protoje)Hold me tight so that I won't forget / ‘Cause every girl that I have been with, they don't know me yetSo I'm over it / The way it worth it we should go for it / For if we try we shall not fail and hence we won't regret / So how it set?

(Tessanne)So many sleepless nights / With you resting on my mind / Is this what it seems or am I only dreaming / That I'd find someone like you

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(Tessanne)I will pick you up when you’re feeling bad / Kiss a smile to your lips when you're feeling sadTell me what you want ‘cause I can deal with that / That’s a fact / Got the remedy here for you, yeah

(Protoje)I hope you knowing what you do to me, all of this is new to me / Holding out for you to see, just time and opportunity Wan’ give you the best of me fi carry on the legacy / I’ve got to find someone like you

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(Protoje)I tell you this is the one, the one / Please don't let me lose this one / And I’ve been watching you all along / Have you now where you belong

(Tessanne)Tell you this is the one, the one / Please don’t let me lose this one / And now I’ve got you where you belong / Please don't let me lose this one

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Somebody like you, yeah yeah / Somebody like you, oh yeah! (You know, you know, oh oh)Somebody like, body like, body-da-da-da-na-na-na-na yeah yeah yeah(Somebody like you) Somebody like, somebody like / Protoje! (Yeah yeah)Can you feel me! (Yes, you know I do) / Somebody, somebody, somebody like you

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Oh yes, I telling you / Somebody like you

06. Around The World ft. Chris Watts

Protoje, uh huh, uh huh, uh huh‘Round the world, ‘round the world, ‘round the world

‘Round the world, ‘round the world

(Chris Watts)Been around the world, the world and back / Seen a lot of girls, and girls that’s hot

Don't think for a minute because I'm not / ‘Cause no one compares to youBeen around the world, the world and back / Seen a lot of girls, and girls that’s hot

Me and you forever, that’s where I’m at / ‘Cause no one compares to you

(Protoje)I hop on planes and hop off planes / Girls convince me fi pop off things

Married women pop off rings / Fiancés want me snap off chainsA so it stay so me wash off hands / To my baby I got to flash home clean

Through all of that my love won't change/ You’re my main vein, it’s where my heart remains I said I

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(Protoje)Yeah yeah / All of my life what I’ve been looking for

When she love sicker den me have the cure / Leave on tour say I must exploreWhen she feel unsure then she must endure / I won't stop come home to you

‘Cause girls hop into coupes / Like belts pop into loopsYou I happen to choose / My muse for my music, how could I go lose it?

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(Chris Watts)I’ve been around a lot of beautiful ladies / Fast life and expensive partiesBut home is where the heart is / And if I lose you it would hit the hardest

I'm not tryin’ to say I'm a saint / But I usually go hard in the paintNow I found you, all has changed / I can't take a chance in losing a good thing

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07. Who Dem a Program

Hey hey hey hey / Hey hey hey hey

A who dem a program? / And me say who them ya young girl have them eye pon?Who dem a program? / Who informer sit down and a spy pon?

A coulda who dem a program? / And me say who Mr. Babylon have them eye pon?A who dem a program? / Who informer sit down and a spy pon?

It’s a brand new prince pon the scene / Jah a move with me two footprints, that I mean See him when you see him, general fi the team / This ya reign ya coming, draw fi you gabardine

Them a look and a watch like live stream / And the skunk purple like Ribena mean Them a dream like Arlene / ‘Bout king, them boy deh a queen like Carlene

Ey, no bother tell me say me can’t / Five, six, seven, eight drop inna me path Ey, warrior inna me heart / Philosophic inna mind / I deliver you the art

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Me say me naa watch no face, make it do what it do / From the first time when No-Maddz a “poo pooku poo”‘Cause dem nuh want fi see you in the coupe a go through / Dem will call babylon and state trooper fi you

Then dem come with them warrant / Kick off door a run inna you apartment, woy The fire a go scalding, Jah when dem falling / Can’t say we never warn them, no

Ey, ‘cause dem power couldn't real / Try all dem want and dem couldn't crack the seal Ey, who nuh hear dem a go feel / A Selassie a me shield

So them couldn't stop the meal

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Watch the sprinter / Man a run marathon / Madder than one of Don riddim wha’ it proper pon Rap-a-pam, them nuh badder than Papa San / Beetroot, carrot, haffi pack inna the caravan Travel plan, see you moving with a paragon / Confident, no confuse it with no arrogance

Rasta man, no confuse this with no Barack and Farrakhan / Shashamane a where we have that land Ey, fi me words dem naa go mute / See what them do and that really never suit me

Ey, dem nuh even know the root / Africa fi Africans, I deliver you the truth

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08. This Is NOT A Marijuana Song

And so it was said that the herb be provided for I&II&I / I, I, I, I, I

They don't want you to know marijuana / Ites up and be free / Jah so let it be(repeat)

Herb smoke keep I sane, take my pain / Stop migraine, so much I gain, so why blame?I saying Jah might bring the right strain / To my brain fi chop lightning like I-Wayne

‘Cause man deh ya pon the lava ground / And if dem soft like a guava dem can't come ‘roundThis part of town, I telling you the thought alone / A could a Sparta, it falter down

Revival, hallelujah, it start up now / Reprisal fi the luu, Jah it watered down, naa pardon noneWha’ deh inna me garden strong / This is not a marijuana song

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This is not marijuana music / Just a message from the ones that use itDon't abuse it ‘cause a mind that fertile / Bring forth something that worthwhile

Know your worth child / ‘Cause no officer alive coulda look inna me eyes And see what I prophesy / My mind it forever occupies thoughts of...

Hold my talk ‘cause spies amongst us / If trouble come a trouble me, then me chalice a go bubblyDrop in a one load then double it / ‘Cause wha’ deh inna me garden strong / This is not a marijuana song

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So me say listen up, the truth is to be told / Open your eyes, there’s beauty to beholdWhat is the new if you consider the old? / Why gain the world and no consider your soul?

What is the cloud if you understand the lining? / Who is the King if you consider the lineage?You know its H.I.M. so no continue deny him / Is it freestyle if I consider the line then

Configure the timing / Adjust to fit the rhyme schemeWith no trouble to my mind really, seal it / Wha’ deh inna me garden strong

This is not a marijuana song

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And I let them know that the herb is the lifelineAnd they would never want you to know

And they would never want you to know / So be free!And they would never want you to know

Never want you to know, no no, no no noNever want you to know

09. Reggae Revival ft. Romain Virgo

A di Reggae Revival / (Woy na na naa) / (Woy na na naa)A Protoje! Then a wha’ you a deal wit’ Romain?

(Romain Virgo)It’s blazing up in my head / Keeps playing while the music a spreadI'm saying, don’t you hear what I said? / How Reggae music fi dead?(repeat)

How them fi say Reggae dead when a it we carry on / And I keep it with me like it’s my carry-onSo make me show you quickly how this thing ya run / And I got my peoples with me, Professor, CorleonDifferent kind of energy, listen we style and melody / Check out the message, listen how the snare a knock so steadilyFeel nice every time when the bass a play so heavily / A Reggae music all over, that a the remedy

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This a the Reggae rebirth, no funeral / So me tell you no cry fi the Reggae none at allTubby, Winston Riley, Coxsone Dodd and Junjo Lawes / Them life come and gone but them tracks still a run on Sound box it a turn on, catch the form ‘cause we still up / A try harm the music from Wappy kill PhillupCalm eye a storm, fire start when me build up / With no iron bars, I a star, have it grill up

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So nuh try stop we music I shall warn you / Take it to a higher heights anytime we perform nowRoots rocking Reggae make you relax and keep calmer / Different category so nuh mix me with no dramaSome a say it put them mind at ease then / That mean say the Reggae music a please themSo turn it up loud ‘til you hear it a peak then / A Reggae music a beat them

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(It’s blazing up in my head!) / (Keeps playing!)Play it, play it (I’m saying, don’t you hear what I said?) / You nuh hear? (Reggae music can’t dead!)No, no, no, no (No!) / No, no, no, no (Up in my head, while the music a spread)The tradition, you know? (Don’t you hear what I said?) / (Reggae music can’t dead!)(It’s blazing up in my head!) / (Saying!)Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (I’m saying!) / Woy! (How Reggae music fi dead!?)Protoje (No!), Romain Virgo (No!), Don Corleon pon the track (Can’t dead!)A di legacy, you know (Can’t dead!) / More music, you know, yeah, yeah (No)Play it!(Woy na na naa) / (Woy na na naa) / (Yeah) Yeah, yeah, yeah / (Yeah) Yeah, yeah, yeah

10. Come My Way

Oh, oh, oh / Oh, oh, oh / Yeah, yeah, yeah

Say you should come my way / Though you don't seeI know one day that you must be my lady / For only time will show if Jah will make this grow

For you should come my way / Though you don't seeI know one day that you must be my lady / That you must be my baby

I'm more patient than I have ever been / Goosebumps me get with every grinYour smile illuminating everything / Spirit emanating, blessing in

A way that makes my day / In your presence and it evidentBetter queen make a better king / So make we elevate from lesser things

And emulate to be better beings / I'll demonstrate what forever meansSo what you got to say to me?

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And you without me, it couldn't right / It’s like have a room full a weed and don't give me no lightAnd don't do me no spite, I'm a lover not a fighter / Diss all me queen and see what happen in the night yah

Every time me sight you, your presence is a delight too / A nuh Delilah inside ah you Despite them other guys weh a try with you / Hold your space beside me, I invite you to

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah / Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahMust be my lady / Must be my baby

You, you, you, you, you, you / Must be myYou, you / Must be my lady

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

11. Shot By Love ft. Toi

You need a bullet proof vest / No need to run!

(Toi)I’ve been shot by love / And now me can’t run away, run awayI’ve been shot in the heart / Them call it love in the first degreeI’ve been shot by love / And now me can’t get away, get awayI’ve been shot in the heart / Them call it love in the first degree

(Protoje)Me say me full up a ammunition when me touch downLove zone knock her down from inna the first round / The love ya realer than the Vatican own She a the queen fi me African throne / No mercenary Taliban it controlMe a the one fi lock your body and soul / Jah set the plan, me just a watch it unfoldYou overstand, that’s why me left it untold

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(Protoje)Me say me shot you with me loving but your life ain’t gonna endNo need for running, this is just the beginning / Aiming for the target, the tranquilizer tame youAnd cupid him coulda never have dem aim ya / Now you really won't forget wha’ true love feel likeMe loving touch you heart and knock you down in a real lifeLove in the first degree, you know say me do it rightAnd fill her up with the real type, sleep tight

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(Toi)Them say you can’t escape it, can’t mistake itWhen love knocks you downNow my heart is yours, unarmed and openYou took my barrier downA shot without a soundMe never see you comingLike a stranger in the nightMe never see you coming

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12. Black Cinderella

Hey, hey, hey, heyHey, hey, hey, hey, hey, heyWhoa, whoa

(SAMPLE: Errol Dunkley)I’ve got to find my Black Cinderella / She cannot be my Black Cinderella

Me tell you she nuh discreet pon the city streets / So she see it, so she do itShe say she sweet so ‘til you repeat / Me have a speech fi you listen fi it Young girl wear your size ‘cause dem shoes deh nuh fit you feetChoose fi manipulate, use you fi get you weakAnd she nuh cheap, you have the dues fi facilitate / Cinderella put the spell on youPrincess with the glass slipper come fi trick oonu / Me tell oonu say

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And when me say it turn to porridge from the pumpkin Country bumpkin inna the carriage where the skunk in And like a dream when it sunk in, what a something In reality she looking for a fun thing / But in reality I’m looking to become kingThough my duality it have me chasing, hunting / For the physical pleasure thenAlthough the real treasure them / Only spiritually measure them

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She nice and she fit and she round and she firmRipe Julie mango but heart full of wormDaughter confirm that her thoughts full of germsHow she find me? Say goodbye lady!She want it, she get it then she leave it fi spoilSame meditation she teach to your childCareful, you wind up beside her, you frighten, you might paySo what I say

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13. Hail Ras Tafari

Every morning I rise / Peace to my mind when I hail Ras Tafari Knowing His eyes are on I

Jah be my guide, I reside with the Most HighEven inna drought I nuh cry

These are the times when I hail Ras TafariKnowing that Jah will provide for I

I said He giveth and He taketh awayUnderstanding nothing is belonging to me

Earth will provide you with the necessityMe say simplicity is what we use in these days

And Ras Tafari prophesied there would be warsMany possessions would be lost

What you live is what you leave with, soHold it close, it’s the only thing that's yours

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Because we know Jah we cannot walk awayHeart of the Lion is telling us not to stay far

‘Cause when it all passes awayTo abide in Your presence is the only thing I pray for

‘Cause it is beautiful to knowStorms all around and You safely guide the way home

Yes, You lightening my loadKeep me right here on the straight road

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Haile love I, you never forgetHaile bless I, don’t you ever forgetHaile love I, don't you ever forget

Haile bless I, don’t you ever forget

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Haile is the power and the knowledge and the keyOne, two, three, the Holy Trinity, yeah

14. Music From My Heart

I'm just making music from my heart / Not music for the charts, noNo, I won’t get caught up in all of the things dem woulda start

To stray I from I path / Wont fall victim to dem conductI'm making music from my heart / Not music for the charts, no, no

With all the things dem coulda startvTo stray I from I path / Won’t, won’t

Now I see what is my responsibility / The blessings I’ve received, I must do my best to lead then‘Cause when people they stand in front of me with them ears attentively / Well then I do my best to reach them

For if I am making music from my soul and know my role / Well then it cannot get depleted So divine when these energies align, thoughts flow from mind / So I know that I

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Mommy, if I never win a Grammy don't you ever cry for me / No billboard up in the sky for meIf I never get to put a plaque on Don's wall / I'll appreciate the fact that even one sold

Daddy, do you see yourself when you look at me / I look at you and feel like that is what I've got to beAnd so my strategy is to stay ‘way from the vanity / Plus LeAnn, I did promise she

That I would make my

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Said no I will not pick a fight with my brothers just to get to the top / When I write, it’s truth and rights incite in every dropRepresent for all the younger ones that’s coming up / And show them loveNo competition, it’s not “I,” it’s “us” / See, for all our times will come and go

When there’ll be no more lights, and there’ll be no more showsAnd no more interviews, and no more people saying they loving you

I'm telling you, and then we'll know

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No, noYeah, yeahNo, hey, hey

Music from my heartMusic from my heartNo, no, no, no, hey

So I give thanks for the ones that before us, you know?And for the ones that forward, you know

Treat the music with respect

Credits

All LYRICS by Oje Ollivierre, except for (3) Oje Ollivierre & Cecil Campbell, (4) Oje Ollivierre & Keron Salmon (5) Oje Ollivierre & Tessanne Chin & Sean Roberts (6) Oje Ollivierre & Kirk Ford (7) Oje Ollivierre & Tyrone Thompson (9) Oje Ollivierre & Romain Virgo & Julio Todd (11)

Oje Ollivierre & Toiann Gichie (12) Oje Ollivierre & Errol Dunkley (13) Oje Ollivierre & Kevin Patterson & Janine Cunningham

All SONGS produced by Don Corleon except for (8) produced by Niko Browne

All SONGS mixed by Don Corleon at Hitmaker Studio except for (8) Mixed by Niko Browne

RECORDED AT Hitmaker Studio (Kingston, Jamaica)

MASTERED by Chris Athens

EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY Don Corleon

ARTWORK BY Taj Francis

MANAGEMENT: Lorna Bennet (lornavbennett@gmail.com)

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