1. |
Curry Mutton
02:46
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First things first, you've got to clean
Get your surface clear, set your scene
See I like reggae and I like wine,
good vibes make it taste sweeter, that’s no lie
Preparation is key
once you’ve finished cleaning your meat with lime then it's time to get busy
I'm not saying lime takes away all disease, but ain't it better to be generally clean?
That's the Caribbean way; the extreme
linked to slavery if that's what you choose to believe
regardless, lime tenderises the meat and leaves a sweetness you can't taste but still sweet, it's a science
Now this part is the test, you've got to season, but leave enough seasoning for the next step
It's better to have your ingredients ready, mines in my mind's eye, relayed at any time
If you’re making rice, make sure that its white
white rice goes with curry, rice & peas with jerk spice
I like garlic, black pepper, fresh thyme, scotch bonnet, but don't let it burst or touch your eyes
I like cinnamon, pimento, and clove
it adds the essence it's not just for show
whatever curry powder you choose to use
don't be heavy handed or it will bitter your food
Meals need harmony like we need peace, to enter the ceremony
We don't need measurements; we are on the beat
We let it happen naturally
Cooking is alchemy, it's a science to add layers to a recipe
We download files from our past lives, that's why we leave it in the fridge to marinate overnight
So get your Duchie pot, and get your coconut oil, and put it on a high to medium heat
Add a little sugar or add a little honey, no questions please, I know what I'm doing
See it's sweet, salty, sour, spice, earthy baby, we teach the babies Now add the curry powder to the oil, keep it on high you want it to fry not boil
Then at the right time, can't tell you the right time, it's just the right time to add the meat
Brown on all sides, add the ingredients left over from the marination last night
At this point add more seasons if you like, things that go with curry, experiment with spice
To be honest you can use this recipe with chickpeas, vegan, vegetarian if you like
Then you stir it up, no particular reason, it just feels good to stir it up Add a little water, enough to cover, lower the heat and let it simmer Keep an eye but don't pot watch, you can train your ears to be better than any stopwatch
And just like that history is made, with every plate of food we serve to our loved ones
Blessings.
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2. |
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I want sunset, red and yellow
I want chow down, with some Merlot
I want nap, in the middle of day
Vibe catch me, I might just go
I want sunscreen, protect my skin
I want l coconut water glow
I deserve everything I want
I wasn’t born here to work and go.
Come look pon me, I was born queen,
This is puppy show, I can see the crafty
Acting like we, didn’t build this country
What dem want from me, what dem want please?
But I know my focus don’t miss
my vision board come to life like stage show
Me and peoples celebrate our wins
There’s so much you think we work at Heathrow
Sometimes I wanna to get away from here
Lie on beach, come take my picture
Sometimes I need to get away from here
I hope this year we get a summer
Me and people be rolling
4 in the car no covid, three cars behind us
I hope trouble don’t find us
Cause we gotta live, we need that
got things on our head top, no cap
The world has gone mad, check the stats
every time that I scroll, how do I react?
That’s why we need this break
my mental health getting so so
if I don’t bend I’ll break
if I don’t relax I get no no,
This is necessary, it’s fundamental,
cunch won’t do, I wanna do up pool
eat some real fruit, water my roots
sis if you ain’t got this one, I got you
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3. |
11:11
04:44
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My past is my past, I don’t too look back
my stripes are stripes, fit coordinate
thy compass set to real, ancestral energy
I don’t sit on fence, I sit on face
Drippy, I’m not like them I’m real hippie
I burn sage, bill spliffs, I suck titties
no clubhouse, doing up lippy lippy
road taught me well, I hid it quickly
Pounds of herb, we don’t penny pennies
we know them susu, we know they watchy watchy
won’t find me Belgravia eating no sushi
I’m in my kitchen getting cheffy cheffy
red wine jus with morello cherry
food combos like duck and berries
straight hard food, like we cooked it already
your food is wash, it’s been cooked already
Smoke in the park till the sun low
We park no Ringo
11 11 the wind blow
Watch my ting go
I’m not like you I no comment
you walkie talky in office sir
if that’s who you are, then that ain’t problem
I just want to see you stand on your word
when you from UK you don’t swim at no beach
but when I fly and sleep, no crease in my knees
I don’t do don’t queues, I Uber eats
you get the bag, and bring it to me
I’m a Pisces but I’m petty petty
I was judgy judgy before therapy
I’m spiritual but I want my money
I’m sorry for you if ancestors hear me
don’t let me call on the main line
my girl is my main guy
I’m very very connected, my neck is very very protected
I’m a living legend in this
your career live cause I help it live
very content I can do this for kicks
jogged her memory and train her, she lift
I can see they don’t all go up top floor
visions is short, light quality poor
two margaritas, still do happy hour
I’m not as sad I was, I grew flowers
courgettes and cucumber, I got green fingers
this sativa heals you like its ginger
I only serenade, I do not surrender
spring up round may, you’ll fall by September
Won’t let them contain me, put me in container
sell date sell off, I poster up for paper
I caught the spirit, chifinoro is the keeper
Inshallah I go home kuyamika wopanga
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4. |
Come Your Way
02:57
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Two went in one came out,
Nuff time people fall out
Long-time friends can disagree
It ain’t always your shout
The road less travelled got the biggest lessons
Sometimes to expand there’s growing pains
If they did you wrong and they got peppered
make sure you don’t go back is not a game
Come your way, come your way
I hope blessings come your way
Come your way, come your way
I hope blessings come your way
I don’t doubt it not one day
I hope blessings come your way
We’re out here mountains
no man is an island
if I owe you apology
I’ll give you apology
we’ve all done things we regret
so when it’s done to us have understanding
that don’t mean take the piss
my understanding aint aint pandering
My mama gets all glory
my mama is my daddy
always put me first, that why I gift like charity
my friends are my family
my chosen family, anytime phone ring in need, I circle like car wheel
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5. |
Bless Us
03:47
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Every month when the moon is exalted
I and you become the focus
Every Sunday when your body needs focus
let me ease the knots from out your shoulders
Bless this home, bless this bed
Bless these words and what's been said
Bless this home, bless this bed
Bless these words and what's been said
We enter our day, cooking cormeal porridge
cultures where the soul is, today's a summer solstice
Today we soak the sun in, because we've been lacking in the vitamins to keep us fighting, all that Babylon is
But it takes only a day to regain your superpowers
I'm waiting with the shea, when you come out the shower
We passed every hour, and couldn't even tell
Time is always different when you're using it well
and now you are humming sweeter than a hummingbird
and we are never shy about what the neighbours heard
So we acquiesce into all our body curves
It's a wonderful time to be aligned, ain't it?
Fresh mangos, watching you given angles
We are able in on it, we are stable and solid
Our compass is in tune, chakras spinning in love
our clothes fell to the floor, and no one's picking them up
I ain't afraid to get low, where your feet are stowed
Want to acknowledge all of the steps that you have taken
from your south to north node, never get small or narrow
No need to change your tone, unclench your jaw and let it flow
So they can hear you humming sweeter than a hummingbird
and we are never shy about what the neighbours heard
So we acquiesce into all our body curves.
It's a wonderful time to be aligned, ain't it?
I pray that you’re protected by a higher power
that you can see the light in your darker hour
that you continue to be gentle and strong
cocoa butter glow you've got it going on
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6. |
101010
03:27
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When you see me out of road
I'm standing on 10
Even if I take a backseat
I'm still sitting on 10
If you ask me, I'm feeling just like a 10
If you ask me, I'm lfeeling just like a 10
I don't want to argue sis, you know what I'm saying
I only turned back for one reason
So you could see my face
must be the dumplings, must be the yams
must be the genes, better believe I ran (shelly ann)
See if you don’t know your roots, you will get lost out here
Putting bundles in the Bando, while your barbers trimming off your share
We’re not the same wavelength, of vibrations do not match
with this conduct or frequency, I do it natch
I don't know what happened to your boy, I didn't see a thing
you should have kept up with the car they dashed him in
I'm in top shape, I'm in top form, Serena Williams
If I tried to dig up the thing I'm getting on
I don't remember where I buried it
I don't pick or choose love, you see where I land
My ancestors they've been here, all the way up to Ireland
Full of promise, I'll help you see that I can
The nerve of you with these optics
We've got a problem where you stand
Too many cooks in the kitchen, i'm hearing about you in Mexicana chatting up young girls, Mr. jailbait, no SA no wahala
We know what you did, we know what you didn't G
And now old bill, is at your house and it's because B
times are changing, new dimension, we have to address what it meant
Fix your seat, compress your clutch, if you cam belt they’ll listen
like a football chant, all the way from overseas
peace to the Gods if you ovestand and ovasee
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7. |
Susu
04:06
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See me, I'm an old soul
Older than 100 years old
I came back to bring it back, Moloko
you couldn't bring back with the best Hans Solo
They are chasing a ghost, Motown with no soul
See me posted, I'm expressed in every postcode
watch who you address with the words, keynote
But not too many questions, no 33rd degree
Sometimes I speak in signs and symbols, conspiracy
I don't like your song, but every dog has its day
whether you capping with your cap off, or your cap on
I won't stoop too low, I leave it to rest
See this queen don't move unless you say it with your chest
They are out of line
Susu susu
Whatcy watchy
they want to watch you, watch you
They are out of line
Susu susu
Whatcy watchy
they want to watch you, watch you
I'm a different kettle of fish, I’m seasoned
I beg you take a closer look, See, man?
This black fish can see worlds, yeah, I see land
I let it fly with no hook, that's a Peter Pan
Many have come, many of tried, many have failed
Hit the ground, drop, fell
I'm an old timer, but I'm timeless
She was shaking in her 95’s when she heard come outside miss
They say I didn't know you rap like that
But why not? I gave birth to some of you and was never on my back
I backed out a bit, but I'm still in drive, It's still my house
You can see my receipts; I'm living it proud
Sometimes you have to give a warning, so they show caution because they have to learn a lesson, Rosetta Stone
See my door is not for knocking, no trick or treats
I dress you down with my tone, pumpkin
there's nothing sweet round here, no sherbert
I got my eye on you, Marvin Herbert
I was raised around the hustlers and workers
That's why I do this shit with intent and purpose
I don't care about your meetings or institutions
I’ll burn the whole fucking building down, no lie
The system was built for failure, it's an illusion
They are not illuminated, there's no light
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8. |
DNA
02:38
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I'm still here, making a good living
minding my business, trying to make good decisions
I see this world, didn't stop spinning
even though it stopped for you, we had to keep living
Every year we hold a little something something for you
We’re there, you’re there, your friends are there too
It's like your passing made our individual missions more clear
is what you did, now is what we do
When you see it, you see it
When you feel it, you feel it
And you have to let them know that you know
when you meet it, you meet it
When you greet it, you greet it
So you open up your hearts to our home
How blessed we are, to have the people involved, helping us to get the story told
because when they're gone, they're gone
So while they're here, let's cheer
for all the people that make our hearts at home
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you
Even if we're off the same page, I love you, I love I love you
because we are cut from the same cloth, and motivation
seemingly from the same star constellation
And I'm not saying I know stars like that
But I recognise those who were broken and made it back
Every time we speak we say, I love you
We are Dark and Lovely, and we are proof
I am Marilyn's child, I earned that truth
Our love is so huge that words couldn't do
I'm the assist, i’m the assist, listen
if you're going high, if you're going low, I'm with it
Before we met we made this commitment
You are my peoples, every life that we are given
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9. |
A Reading (ft Dylema)
05:22
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Hurry up and pick a card sis
the spirits don't need to wait
But if you know that it is meant for you
why do you need the date?
I know we all need a victory
Holding on to this here plate
Holding so tightly like, we're afraid to lose our place
haunted by a city of exes
leaving Babylon is now on the checklist
This is just a temporary assignment
You know you're here for more than trying to survive it. Right? We lift you up.
Open up your heart.
Open up with a key.
Open up your heart yeah
open up and you'll see
Open up your heart.
Open up with a key.
Open up your heart yeah
open up and you'll see
Their secrets won't be kept
It's their fault, but t's your problem now
It wasn't safe for you back then
Praise the Lord at least the family know now
Niburu, niburu we come through
pouring gold and that light into you
They cannot hold a candle to you.
They cannot hold a candle to you
haunted by a city of exes
leaving Babylon is now on the checklist
This is just a temporary assignment
You know you're here for more than trying to survive it. Right? We lift you up.
Your love is longer than any ruler
Your offer better than some cooked food
Sunday should be named after you
The day he rest he was looking at you
Your love is longer than any ruler
Your offer better than some cooked food
Sunday should be named after you
The day he rest he was looking at you
Affirm me, tried to learn me, hear me, pour into me, closer, listen closely.
I'm alone, but I'm not lonely.
A mirror, come reflect me, dimmer, hold a medi
no future, I will envy, no past will entrap me.
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10. |
Atlantis
04:54
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You are like a dream
Many heart beats for you
You were never meant to breath under water
You are like a dream
Many heart beats for you
You were never meant to breath under water
All my siblings are good, we've got protection from my brother Because I leave the rum and peanuts by the crystals on the altar
I keep minding my business, and I drink a lot of water
I tap into the timeline for the inspo and the Haha’s
Yeah, but this a very serious matter
if you let them get away with it, they’ll put you on a platter
Drinking up your powers like cocktails doing up cha cha
Like you not from your mother
All these mountains get moved, like we're redecorating
All these styles that we choose, got them copy and pasting
I hope the children get trained before they switch up the station Justice is what we need, while we're practising patience
Whole place flood out, and wash away all your sins
and you better learn to swim before it happens again
Remember it started with you and with you it will end
keeping your channels open when the message come in.
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11. |
Magic
03:02
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Is this good timing? I point to my wrist like im hand signing
If I say soon come, that means I'm heading for the climax, dynamic driving
give you the one, two
that's a whole year, you say yeah, too
if we can go for three, that's a trilogy
We leave the matric when we switch, Holy Trinity
But I'm higher than pier with no stairs
I'm sitting on a throne with no chair
I lead with one foot, no pair
I'm looking for my side kick, can’t see her
Is this the sign of times? I can't wait for you, I'm getting on, you know
if you want to get chose, you better do it for true, I feel the same, you know
it's about time, we crossed the line, Shellyann me nah
This is more than magic, we've got more than most, we've got more than most
Excuse me, but what's this? energy is giving familiar
I can go in an out quick
Or we can keep a strong line on the cellular
what are we, what is this?
it's getting quite regular
And this is how habits are formed
but I'm looking to pattern up the dealer
But I'm higher than pier with no stairs
I'm sitting on a throne with no chair
I lead with one foot, no pair
I'm looking for my side kick, can see her
I heard you say, you don’t give the whole, you only give half away
I heard you say ignore the ones that wanma come play play
I heard you say if, you’re they’re giving less, than you are giving even less away
But were too old to play these games
But were too old to play these games
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12. |
Ital
03:08
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You know this is about my, previous pause lives
I told you I've been here, I told you won't go back
But you look familiar, energy is similar
We like the same weird shit, you feel it and hear it
I told you I was in goal, trying to keep my peace
This ain't my first time here, I know you know what I mean?!
I know you curves; I know your smell, I know you sing like Whitney
I know your wants, I know your needs, you know, you make me thirsty
So i'll just go help myself
You watch me help myself
You helped me to ascend, and I help you to sail
All night and all day, we called it a date
We went to V&A
Then I help you sleep well
If this goes good, if this goes well, if we don’t fail, if we go
Ital means its ital, ital means it ital
If this goes good, if this goes well, if we don’t fail, if we go
Ital means its ital, ital means it ital
More fire, more heat
Soaking through the sheets
You asked me is this real?
I said I don’t know
The secrets of the world
Have not yet been explained
The weed it hits our brain
We hear our maker says
Don’t be scared, don’t be closed, there’s a route, there’s a flow
Don’t say what you can or cannot do when you don’t know
Don’t be scared, don’t be closed, there’s a route, there’s a flow
Don’t say what you can or cannot do when you don’t know
We may have a long distance or a long, long night
Till we can see pink sky’s
If we get far away from here, we can see the stars
And live in the pink sky
We may have a long distance or a long, long night
Till we can see pink sky’s
If we get far away from here, we can see the stars
And live in the pink sky
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13. |
Wayward
03:05
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Voice notes on the IG
I know that she's got a girl, but I know she'll respond, because I know there is energy
Brew cups of my own tea
Don’t listen to my friends cause I know they are right love make no enemy
But that don't never mean shit na na na na na na na
cuz I never can quit na na na na na na na
you hand me a brick na na na na na na na
and I'll build you a house and call it a home, no question karma
sitting back, singing that, thunder cat, looking back, hitting that curb
smoking that, drinking that, numbing that, knowing that I’m making it worse
reading that, talking that, making plans, when will I learn
knowing that, owning that, showing that, it’s about worth
drink drink till I’m irie
yea I know what it does, but I need it to numb me
I wanna be healthy
but the scars make it hard for me to breathe
Lord help me
But that don't never mean shit na na na na na na na
cuz I never can quit na na na na na na na
you hand me a brick na na na na na na na
and I'll build you a house and call it a home, no question karma
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14. |
Exercise
02:10
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What’s that boy? Nothing
What’s that boy? Nothing
What’s that boy? Nothing
We don’t tame, we don’t meek, we don’t boo boo where we sleep
This is gods timing
this is perfect plantain frying
call me Solange, when it goes up, it goes down and I’m staying silent
This is really my culture, photos in house from snappy snaps
I don’t leave the house, Covid got us at home with the WAP
until 2024 I’m doing up sprint, everyone getting lapped,
no home training, I keep eating after nine, that means Sha'Carri’s
back
Everyone’s getting seven balled, straight to black
that means I’m not missing
I’m here to get my belly full, this is my seventh sitting
I’m back again, having seven servings, getting money like SPAC doing up a sermon
send me seven riddims, I’m willing to bend
I got range, yoga position
I’m interesting, they’re not invested, lazy bones, they’re sleep walking
no need to invest, my boy got the hard body under his top that a vested interest
I really got assets, houses, just ask Ana init
This ain’t no debit or master, I really got P, this a Amex no limit
I will be fair, I come in peace, if you earned you keep it
everyone get their crown
this is a new season, but we still ain’t doing up lizard
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15. |
Sweet Dreams
05:41
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In the bottom of bare barrels, black orchids bloom
under a twilight sky, with orange and pink hues
The only mystery is your history, where is your muse?
You've been walking way too long, in the wrong size shoes
Can I speak to the moon please? Can I speak to the moon?
Can you rearrange the lineage and break cycles soon?
You're full of rage, not only softness has its place
The Spirit enters you seven strides before the end of the race
They saw that bolt from God, the crowd cheers
This aint just another year, It's another year
Take your throne, you were made to sit on more than tube seats
This is your home, kick off your shoes and put up your feet
But if you choose to make your moves using your own rules
be prepared to fight a duel with the non-believers
They may laugh, they may sneer, but you don't eat the food
Every mickle makes a mockle, let your flowers bloom
You've got sweet dreams
Look at your shadow self, and let the darkness ensue
Imagine the universe was made in the likeness of you
Yes, these thighs touch, I might just, make magic dust
So all our grandmas in rocking chairs all stand up
hurrah, hurrah, all the way down to mooka
We ha, we ha, all over your Twitter
We wash our feet and clean our belly with the bitters
They could send the baddest of minds, it couldn't hit her, hit her
I saw omens when I was rolling, the numbers will come alive when there's focus and micro dosing
regardless of the season, all my ancestors are posted
So I'm always showing off, with every picture that I'm posting
But if you choose to make your moves using your own rules
be prepared to fight a duel with the non-believers
They may laugh, they may sneer, but you don't eat the food
Every mickle make some mockle, let your flowers bloom
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Speech Debelle London, UK
Corynne Elliot, AKA Speech Debelle, kicked in the music industry’s backdoor in 2009, waving her sensitive, introspective Mercury Prize ‘British Album of the Year’ and debut album ‘Speech Therapy’, beating the likes of Florence and the Machine, Kasabian and La Roux. Her 2012 Kwes-produced sophomore album ‘Freedom Of Speech’ and her 3rd album in 2017 "Tantil Before I Breathe" ... more
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