Headway PT1

Drawing breath of the morning dew...
Its 5:45am..."An ungodly hour" i thought, yet creatures of work lurked.
Hurriedly they filled the roadways with their problems, more than their numbers!!

Bubbled conversations with themselves filled the airwaves, distorting frequencies of "achievement"
Ardent steps taken, to the rhythm;

walk me ah walk to find ah means
some streets, some rivers, some even streams
but all de walk me ah walk, me nah see de day
wey meh cyan enjoy de money from meh pay!

Fram mornin till night, meh bun meh eye
wukin de wuk, with no reply
Struggle meh ah struggle, day by day
and day by day, i pray nah fi stay

Pickney ah cry, woman ah bawl
"Mi affa get de money fu go ah meat stall"
Look up in de air, band me belly
Dash mi han in mi pocket, fuh pull....fuh pull...fuh pull....

Scurry, scurry... i betta hurry, cause is cuff and cuss and stick from she!!
Scurry, scurry...mi pickney watch me, like dey hauk and spit and shit pun me!!
Money, money...wey could dat be, caw ah wuk me ah wuk fuh it honestly
But doh mi ah wuk, de money dem ah chuck, but by de time ah blink mi tun back bruck

So meh gon and walk...
From early meh walk...
Caw me tun like hawk...
Is wuk me a stalk...

So meh gon and walk...
From early meh walk...
Caw me tun like hawk...
Is wuk me a stalk...

I stand, stop and stare, only to hear the fading steps of the wonderer
Etched patterns of his turmoil, ridden by the charcoal tar

Now swept by the tide of foreign dreams, the hopeless mask approaching
As 1 follows 2, set in sequence, this logic...bare...simply complex...like that of an equation

Shine eye gyal, walk with a "carry.... a hop & a sway"
yo ain't gat no choice but fu look she way...
Hips broad and nice, you start to lust...
"this thing champion man!...i would glad fu brush!!"
But...look at she good, and ya gon see...
all she pain and she agony

If you had any clue...of what she would say to you
if only you spoke to her...just for like 2!! this is what she'd scream at you!

...Is men like YOU!! mek i stray...come in meh life and seh ya gon stay!!
next thing you know, meh belly get high, when looking for you, you done seh "BYE BYE!"
So couple years pass, just turn 23...i got 4 boy chile and 1 gyal pickney
So when you look, ask yourself this!!!
you think it fair for me to in such despair...
you think it fair, for my children i can't care...
you think it fair, that i must buy false hair, and keep up a career, i can't even bear!!
You think it fair!!! You think it Fair!!

I've spoken the mind of fear and despair...
flashing and walking before me, like misty shadows
unshapen, unlikened, undone

For the hanging head on the street
for the wondering eyes, i often meet
Life is not a destiny, but it's a path on which we tarry
For every hill, trodden up and down, for every smile, for every frown
Priceless is the day you seek, so be kind, steadfast and meek
Soon and soon will come the day
that all the answers will come your way
soon and soon will come your way
that all the answers will come your way