Testo Want Fi Goh Rave Linton Kwesi Johnson
him seh:
yôu noh si mi situation
mi donôt have noh accamadaeshan
mi haffi sign aan at di station
at six in di eveninô
mi seh mi life got no meaninô
ah jusô livinô widout feelinô
still
mi haffi mek a raze
kaw mi come af age
an mi want fi goh rave
I woz
waakin doun di road
annadah day
wôen ah hear annadah yout-man say
him seh:
mi naw wok fi noh pittance
mi naw draw dem assistance
mi use to run a lickle rackit
but wha, di police dem di stap it
an ah had woz to hap it
still
mi haffi mek a raze
kaw mi come af age
an mi want fi goh rave
I woz waakin doun di road
yet annadah day
wôen ah hear annadah yout-man say
him seh:
mi haffi pick a packit
tek a wallit fram a jackit
mi haffi dhu it real crabit
anô if a lackit mi haffi pap it
anô if a safe mi haffi crack it
ar chap it wid mi hatchit
but
mi haffi mek a raze
kaw mi come af age
an mi want fi goh rave