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Promise lyrics with English Translations
[Intro: Masicka] Wages of sin is death (Wages of sin is death) An’ wi nuh finish yet (And we aren’t finish as yet) Cah man a hunt fi greatness long before (Because man is hunting for greatness long before) Guinness mek (Guinness was made) ([?] the wages of sin is death) An’ wi nuh finish yet (And we aren’t finish as yet) Ayy
[Chorus: Masicka] Tell mi family "Mi promise" (Tell my family “I promise") Mi swear seh we affi (I swear that we have to) Live lavish till di day I vanish (Live lavish until the day I vanish) Tek a boat go a foreign (Take a boat go to foreign) If it slow up ina di fourteen parish (If it’s slow in the fourteen parishes) A who dem a bl**dclate trick (Whom they are ‘bl**dclate’ tricking) Like slavery abolished? Wild and mi dark and mi hoggish, (Wild and I’m dark and I’m hoggish) Buss yuh head wid 'e forty (Burst your head with the forty) It smooth like polish
[Verse 1: Masicka] Brain-food ina chalice (Brain food in chalice) Ave it and mi nuh move like novice (Have and I don’t move like novice) Gyal loose ina palace (Girl loose in palace) Wonda if ah sue or Alice (Wonder if it’s Sue or Alice) Mummy come through, yah goddess (St?p) (Mommy come through, you’re a goddess) (Step) Ave it from school, mi a di baddest (Have it from school, I’m the baddest) Put mi hand ina di sky, (Put my hand in the sky,) Next hand pon mi heart (Next hand on my heart)
[Verse 2: Shane Skull] G-Syde Cah mi nuh miss when mi a buss it, no (Because I don’t miss when I’m bursting it,no) Run ina dem house (Run in their house) An’ every mikkle mek a mukkle (And Every mikkle makes a mukkle) Every big man get a shot (Every big man gets a shot) An’ every pickney get a buckle (And every child gets a buckle) Queen inna di deck, (Queen in the deck,) Nuh gimi nuh bitch when mi a shuffle (Don’t give me no bitch when I’m shuffling) Watchya Finga strength, quick fi flick di muscle (Finger strength, quick to flick the muscle) Hard ball, full di clip and mi nuh tussle (Hard ball, fill the clip and I don’t tussle) Bitch, mi got a couple (Bitch, I got a couple) Couple bricks ina di duffle (Couple bricks in the duffle) Eye-water, listen mi daughter, (Eye-water, listen my daughter,) Mi tell yuh supm (Step) (Let me tell you something (Step))
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[Verse 3: Wirebrain] Grung dem (Ground them) Killas to di left and to di right (Killers to the left and to the right) Mi never shake (I never shake) Tell 'e man weh want a ruffle, (Tell the man that want a ruffle,) Dat a duffle as mi wake (That’s a ruffle as I wake) Mama, mi promise, (Mama, I promise,) Ah guh drop yuh heavy weight (Going to drop you heavy weight) Firm and solid, suh trod ina every date (Firm and solid, so trod in every date) Till wi vanish (Untill we vanish) Bwoy doh fuck wid 'e cabbage (Boy don’t f**k with the cabbage) Higher level college, Ghetto yutes get knowledge (Ghetto youths get knowledge) (I promise) Neva sell mi soul fi di lavish (Never sell my soul for the lavish) Yea, wi' wild and wi' hoggish (Yea, we are wild and hoggish)
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(Repeat Verse 1)
[Verse 4: Masicka] Nuh matta how di time (Don’t matter how the time) Get hard man a guh flip di paper (Get hard man is going to flip the paper) Like Covid couldn't slow we down, (Like Covid couldn’t slow us down,) Wi stock di bricks fi later (We stock the bricks for later) Fiyah di Devil 'cause di real lion (Fire the Devil’ because the real lion) Nuh reason maker (Not reason maker) Big up di maker 'cause (Big up the maker’ because) A this wi pray for, things fi greater (It’s this that we’ve prayed for,) (Things to be greater) Instigator, right in dem forehead, (Instigator, right in their forehead) ([?] fling the laser) (Because they don’t want we to ball) Like wi ave links fi Laker (Like we have links for Laker) Ah millions ah implicate (Millions implicate) An’ wi nuh simple scraper (And we aren’t simple scraper) Mi ni**a dead ah rob a brinks, (My ni**adied robbing a brinks) Wi jus’ wah things fi safer (We just want things to be safer) A try fi infiltrate di paper, (Trying to infiltrate the pape,) Yuh fi build di acre (You should build the acre) Kill di hater, win di bitches, (Kill the hater, win the bitches,) Swing di riches in mi favour (Swing the riches in my favor) Just poverty alone, Eh not a thing mi 'fraid ah (Not one thing I’m a fraid of) Ina di name ah di King, di Savior (In the name of the King, The Savior) Tell dem seh (Tell the that)
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