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25/8 lyrics with English Translations
[Intro] Mhmm (Mi a boy weh my mother affi prouda) ((I’m a boy that my mother have to be proud of) Powers and faith inna mi pray dem (Powers and faith in my prayers) Fail den mi try again (Fail then I try again) (Faith inna mi praya dem) ((Faith in my prayers)) Fail den mi try again (Fail then I try again) Hmmm mhmhm (Weh yuh seh)
[Chorus 1] Yeah, life sweet but mi know (Yeah, life sweet but I know) Bou' hard times Memories inna di past mek mi heart cry (Memories in the past make my heart cry) Haffi replace mommy tears wid a broad smile (Have to replace mommy tears with a broad smile) Wakeup Alright wah gwaan life? (Alright what’s going on life?) 25/8 grind dawg (25/8 grind dog) Dat a smart crime (That’s a smart crime) Any weh mi wull poverty (Anywhere I hold poverty) Mi torture it (I torture it) Ghetto yute gaan rise (Ghetto youth gonna rise) And if eh naah sell den mi naah lie (And if it’s not selling then I’m not lying)
[Verse 1] Stacking di bread (Stacking the bread) Fi di family dem (For the family) An' if anuh First Nation yuh know a (And if it’s not First Nation you know it’s) Ratty mi seh (Ratty I say) Dem tun dem back inna di past (They turn back in the past) But wi plan dem revenge (But we plan their revenge) And a now dem aguh sorry (And it’s now they’re going to be sorry) Mi nuh sorry fi dem (I’m not sorry for them) Still neva complain (Still never complain) Jahsii happily vent Been a show dancehall seh a mi (Been showing dancehall that I’m) A di difference (The difference) Suh mi dweet inna time wen (So I do it in time when) Andrew lack di events (Andrew close the events) A di cream a di crop (It’s the cream of the crop) A wah fi tap it mi fren? (What could stop it my friend?)
[Verse 2] Motivate di yutes and mek dem know (Motivate the youths and make them know) Dem pockets fi swell (Their pockets should swell) Buy di block wid cements (Buy the block with cements) First never go follower Rather copy miself (Rather copy myself) Cyaah wull mi dung wid dem gravity medz (Can’t hold me down dog with their gravity medz) Yow a Powers inna mi prayers (Yo it’s Powers in my prayers) A godly mi bless (Godly I’m bless) Dah gyal deh neva want mi (That girl never want me) Now a pon mi c**ky shi deh (Now she’s on my d**k) Top striker, Mi anuh smaddy fi bench (I’m not someone to bench) Guh fi mi goal mi a attack fi defense (Go for my goal I’m attacking for defense)
[Chorus 2] Mi a boy weh my mother affi prouda (I’m a boy that my mother have to be proud of) Elevate mi circle, (Elevate my circle,) Anuh mouth chat know dat (It’s not mouth chat know that) King inna di town (King in the town) Dem a wait fi di crown drop (They’re waiting for the crown drop) Life sweet, Yuh nuh smell di money odor? (Don’t you smell the money odor?) Leff a lot a people catastrophic (Leave a lot of people catastrophic) Wid daah phone yah (WIth this phone) Karma play mi mind, (Karma played my mind,) But dat a sumn mi get ova (But that is something I get over) A suh di sit'n guh (That’s how it go) A garrison wi a come outta (We come from the ghetto)
[Verse 3] Did affi mek it out (Had to make it out) Suh wi find ways, a di sleepless nights (So we find ways, of the sleepless nights) Bring dem bright days yeah (Bring those bright days yeah) Thank yuh father God, (Thank you father God,) Mi life change but mi still hide pain (My life change but I still hide pain) With dry tears Dawg fi certainly reason mi nuh like fame (Dog for certainly reason I don’t like frame) Tuh much people start show smile face, (Too much people start show smile face,) Now Loyalty dem been a sell (Loyalty they been selling) An' now di price raise (And now the price raise) Cyaah fool di yute mi know di style name (Can’t fool the youth I know the name of the style)
[Bridge] Dem a try play mind games (They’re trying to play mind games) (Mind games dem a try play) ((Mind games they’re trying to play) Alright Push a start now mi feel like a pioneer (Push starting now I feel like a pioneer) Push di start di beast (Push the start the beast) And tell Kyle steer Young guh getters (Young go getters) An’ wi nuh duh di time waste (And we don’t do the time waste) Hustling pon di line 25/8, (Hustling on the line 25/8,) Wia grind straight (We’re grinding straight) Yuh nuh si it, (Don’t you see it,) A legacy weh di child create (It’s legacy that the child create) Ye
(Repeat Chorus 2)
[Chorus 3] Life sweet but mi know bou hard times (Life sweet but I know about hard times) Memories inna di past mek mi heart cry (Memories in the past make my heart cry) Haffi replace mommy tears wid a broad smile (Have to replace mommy tears with a broad smile) Wakeup Alright wah gwaan life? (Alright what’s going on life?) 25/8 grind dawg (25/8 grind dog) Dat a smart crime (That’s a smart crime) (Smart crime yuh hear dat ) ((Smart crime you hear that)) An' if it naah sell mi naah lie (And if it not selling I’m not lying) Yow Mack (Yo Mack)
(Repeat Verse 1)
(Repeat Verse 2)
[Outro] Mi a boy weh my mother affi prouda ((I’m a boy that my mother have to be proud of) Elevate mi circle, (Elevate my circle,) Anuh mouth chat know dat (It’s not mouth chat know that)
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