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Put Down The Knife lyrics with English Translations
[Verse 1] Father did a tell yuh son (Father was telling you son) Nuh tek up nuh gun tonight (Don’t take up any gun tonight) Please nuh badda touch di streets (Please don’t bother go on the streets) Nuh tek part inna no gang fight (Don’t take part in gang fight) Rude bwoy he neva listen and now him future it missing (Rude boy he never listen and no his future it’s missing) Him lay dung dead inna di streets yellow line (He lay down dead in the streets yellow line) Suh (So)
[Chorus] Put dung di knife and di forty-five (Put down the knife and the forty-five) A couldn’t find di right words tuh tell yuh (I couldn’t find the right words to tell you) Maybe yuh woulda still be alive (Maybe you wouldn’t still be alive) Put dung di knife nuh badda tek nuh life (Put down the knife don’t bother take any life) Gwaan inna yuh bed guh wrap up with yuh woman (Go in your bed and wrap up with your woman) And mek luv a night (And make love at night)
[Verse 2] No it’s not di same caah yuh nuh dey ya same way (No it’s not the same cause you aren’t here same way) Is like a civil war dem a preach (It’s like a civil war they’re preaching) Violence a gwaan same way (Violence is going on same way) Now gunshot a fire inna night, gunshot a day (Now gunshot is firing in the night, gunshot at day) Oh sometime mi cyaah wull it (Oh sometime I can’t hold it) Where will the children play?!
(Repeat Chorus)
[Verse 3] Time is not di answer (Time is not the answer) Mi still cyaah face di pain (I still can’t face the pain) Yuh baby mada still a bawl seh yuh gaan in vain (Your baby mother still crying that you’ve gone in vain) And now di yutes dem deh ya dem a suffa (And now the youths here suffering) Yuh son a get rude a gun him prefa (Your son getting rude he prefer gun) What am I supposed tuh say tuh di face of yuh likkle dawta? (What am I supposed to say to the face of your little daughter?)
(Repeat Chorus x3)
[Outro] Put dung di knife, put dung di gun (Put down the knife, put down the gun) Yute man mi a tell yuh (Youth man I’m telling you)
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