Bloodline, by Keznamdi

Bloodline

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1.	Skyline Drive 02:51	lyrics	buy track
We steaming all day all night/ Me and the Daughter haffi gwaan hold tight/ the Rasta man party always nice/ a suh we do it up a Skyline Drive/ Pull up on mi chalice with a high-grade draw/ ring di alarm like mi name Tenor Saw/Gun pin mi hip and mi back against the wall/ wi nah trust di pope, wi nut trust John Paul/ Haile Selassie I HIM rule overall/ Chakula a mi Daddy Goldilocks a mi mama/ mi mama grow mi natty and mi never chop if off/ real Rasta family wi happy and a a laugh/ when you look in a mi family wi well popular/ N Seckle Kelissa because you spectacular/ And yes Kamila Mac you body don't got no flaw/ and yes Kimani Mac you a mi herbs doctor/ Rub a dub in a di session and di natty deya/ and di one Kadiya Mac a she a run bout ya/ Rasta party a shot like a gun powder/ and if you happen fi drive pass di natty area/we steaming all day all night/ Me and the Daughter haffi gwaan hold tight/ the Rasta man party always nice/ a suh we do it up a Skyline Drive. Reggae mountain up a Skyline Drive/ the natty dread locks in the hills and valleys/ steam chalice haffi puff it/ yes a suh we love it up a skyline drive/ mi seh mi ride from east, straight from harbor view/ then mi sight some police up a third avenue/ that a when mi pull mi clutch and rev it up and dolly through/ and mi dip and flash it pass Excellsor Hight School/ then mi shot pass Papine Market/ Haffi link up Simba fi di fruits basket/ haffi let off a grand fresh out a elastic / when mi stop a hill foot mi haffi check Archie/ haffi link up Joah and the one Georgie/ Then mi buck up a girl just a Model pass mi/ Seh she wah fi know which part is this reggae party/ suh mi tell her fi jump pon mi Kawasaki/ how mi deal with the bike she a hang on to mi/ she seh careful how you ride round the gully banking/ Settle Calico you know you are the top ranking/we steaming all day all night/ Me and the Daughter haffi gwaan hold tight/ the Rasta man party always nice/ a suh we do it up a Skyline Drive
2.	Justice 04:48	lyrics	buy track
I’m looking for justice/The people dem a ball dem ah ball dem a ball/ dem nuh get none/The people dem a ball them a ball dem a ball/dem nuh get none.Dem sail dem ships upon the land/And took the kids of Africans/ and gave them whips And chain dem hands/ them schemes and tricks And master plans/use bible scripts/fi slave a man/then burn mi village kill mi fam/and cage mi like an animal/We pray for justice father God/400 years of blood and sweat and yes we still a slave/Take the shackles off we feet and put it on we brains/Dem tek we history press delete and wipe we heritage/A truth and rights until we step off of this pilgrimage/I’m looking for justice/The people dem a ball dem ah ball dem a ball/ dem nuh get none/The people dem a ball them a ball dem a ball/dem nuh get none.First it was slave ships now it’s the matrix/Where we mind locked up in dem cages/And caught up in dem technological spaces/Time wasting taking selfies of our faces/While we sell we life like craigslist/It might hurt when I say this/but the truthWe haffi face it /so upload this to your playlist/Cah the radios nah guh play this/And the pope him ah guh ban this/Uncle Sam him nah guh like this/Rasta sink ku klux klan like Atlantis/And all political bandits/With false Promise lies and antics/listen Keenly to my synopsis/Corruption flood the streets/Like when Japan and tsunamis/And these presidents behaving like Dem is Hitler’s and the Nazis/These times are getting drastic/From Kingston straight to Addis /From London to Los Angeles I’m looking for Justice/The people dem ah ball them ah ball dem ah ball dem nuh get none/The people dem ah ball them ah ball dem ah ball dem nuh get none/ Run to the police man and him nuh get none/with the lawyer man and him nuh get none/ with the politician and him nah get none/ Hmm huh hmm huh hmm huh/Sailing away sailing off shore/Been brutalized and caged behind doors/Stole my dignity we have that no more/John F. Kennedy end up speechless/When he told all of your secrets /And the justice weh we want /dem nuh get none/Marcus Garvey our shepherd/And ya can’t expunge him record And the justice weh we want/dem nuh get none/Paul Bogle our hero and you hang him down to zero/and the Justice weh we want/dem nuh get none/Can’t believe Malcolm X get couple shots inna him chest/And the justice weh we want/ dem nuh get none
3.	Bloodline (ft. Mortimer) 03:13	lyrics	buy track
Sleep peaceful my child/ill be by your side/I'll comfort and protect you/I'll teach you what is right/A new day has arrive/Real love can’t deny it/My DNA in your bloodline/A new soul That Jah will guide/Perfect love and caring/Giving and your sharing/A parents job is wearing/Protecting and preparing/Young girl what you wearing/Young boy stop the swearing/Cowards disappearing /never you ignore them/ There for reassuring/ In Danger your securing/Keep the fire burning/Teaching and we learning/From day to day observing/And everlasting journey /So make sure that your worthy/When new life is emerging/Sleep peaceful my child/ill be by your side/I'll comfort and protect you/I'll teach you what is right/A new day has arrive/Real love can’t deny it/My DNA in your bloodline/A new soul That Jah will guide /Mmm we talking about responsibilities/We talking bout recreation after school activities/We talkin bout building them talents and abilities/talkin bout nursery school to graduating colleges/Being there no matter what it is /Through the rough times And the challenges/ Them need your full attention/can’t just be focused on salaries/Less broken homes and more families/them facing harsh realities /All the mommies and the daddies/Protect them from these tragedies/Sleep peaceful my child/ill be by your side/I'll comfort and protect you/I'll teach you what is right/A new day has arrive/Real love can’t deny it/My DNA in your bloodline/A new soul That Jah will guide/Big up to all the mommies and the daddies Giving guidance/Working hard day and night To fix the finance/Mommies daddies Teach your youths Bout self reliance/ Without Jesse David couldn’t Slew the giant/And nuh joke ting when Belly swell up like pumpkin/When a new life approaching Them need that guidance And coaching/and After nine months In oven/thats when the eyes Them start open/And now your time devoted/ To this new soul that’s unfolding
4.	Chillumpeng 03:50	lyrics	buy track
Sip up mi roots with mi Chillumpeng X 4 /Babylon a stress we out /can’t get no rain inna di drought yeh/Bredda do nuh make di fyah out/Cuh the chalwah a lift the heavy load/Give me sativa spurlina and the roots A dat mi love/ a dat mi love yeh/Ganja will sweet you relieve you when yu Bruck and stress out/A dat mi love, a dat mi love ye/From nine to five I man a slave night and day/ So when mi get a break a chalice Right away/Hard work for minimum wage A the price we pay Load the cutchie burn dem Dutty ways/Sip up mi roots With mi Chillumpeng x 4/ Jump pon a bus And Yad a country/Tell di driva Seh mi haffi a go a St E/Half check di farma Cuh di cookie jar empty/Need my medication Fi mi medi Can you help me/Give me sativa spurlina and the roots A dat mi love/ a dat mi love yeh/Ganja will sweet you relieve you when yu Bruck and stress out/A dat mi love, a dat mi love ye/Sip up mi roots With mi Chillumpeng x 4/Babylon a take we for a ride/ Need some kush nPeng Fi mi head side/Babylon a stress out mi mind/ And a wonder whyawhyawhyyy
5.	Queen Of The Ghetto 04:27	lyrics	buy track
She a the Queen of the ghetto/Gyal you a the best/She nuh love me for the pesos/She Love the natty dread Hold it down for me/She always hold it down for me/She a the Queen of the ghetto wi Make a perfect match If me ever need the paper/She nuh itch fi send nuh cash/ She hold it down for me/She always hold it down for me/The story of a Queen /Oh lawd I think I’m in love think I’m in love/When the queen of the ghettooo/From a zincefence to a mansion/Against all odds she made it/Neglected and abandon/ But life's exams she Aced it/She kill poverty with her appearance/I guess life is what she make it/She kill every man with appearance/ My weakness yu thickness yu fatness/Baby girl mi love how yu fend fi yu fam and set up yu paper/And mi love how yu pay off yu mortgage/And buy your mother a acre/And ya still find time fi prep up a meal Before mi all wake up/Girl yu fit and yu right for me/start a life with me/She a the Queen of the ghetto we Make a perfect match/If me ever need the paper/She nuh itch fi send no cash/She hold it down for me/She always hold it down for me/The story of a Queen/Oh lawd I think I’m in love think I’m in love/With the queen of the ghettooo/Quick Quick she a turn the money and/Quick flips with Herb not opium/for siblings, ye she will go beyond/she move tings for illegal aliens/ she get cash and she stay rich/ fi di unprivileged in the matrix/and she thinks big and she takes risk/and she take care of Granny when she get sick/ its alright girl/ cah mi know yu under it/and I know yu pondering/ How yu gonna get through all of this/ ill be there mommy/ cah mi know It nuh easy/ fi pay off the bills dem weekly/ and help out di ones dem weh need it/ believe me/ She a the Queen of the ghetto/Gyal you a the best/She nuh love me for the pesos/She Love the natty dread /Hold it down for me/She always hold it down for me/She a the Queen of the ghetto wi Make a perfect match If me ever need the paper/She nuh itch fi send nuh cash/ She hold it down for me/She always hold it down for me/The story of a Queen /Oh lawd I think I’m in love think I’m in love/When the queen of the ghettooo/its just too much violence/ in this greedy environment/ looking for early retirement/ looking for strength and the guidance/there is no respect or no reverence/when you step out on the pavement/ she use to trap in the basements/now she cya track down her payments/she got the pounds with the fragrance/she got accounts in a Cayman/ and darling you need a vacation/ The story of a queen......
6.	City Lock (ft. Tory Lanez) 03:27	lyrics	buy track
Rasta deh pon Broadway now, East Coast, West Coast, Northside, Southside yow, Keznamdi a talk to dem!/We come fi lock down yu city/Like mi name Tupac and Biggie/Mi lef a mark in a history/Like how yu gyal get a hickie/Inna di club with a Philly/My gosh she fat and she pretty/That piece a wine that she give mi/Oh lawd she must be a trini/Mi need the highest of Collie /Fi steam up herbs fi mi medi/Mi need a one baby mommy/ Fi give me ten when mi ready/And mi nuh fraid a nobody /Cuh rasta firm and we steady/And we nuh beg not a penny/We pocket fat and it heavy /We get respect from the crips/Respect from the bloods/Love from the chicks/And respect from the thugs/Man a lion heart /Can’t take big man fi cub/Excess amount a guns And it a buss inna yu sub/Say she want dance And dip so/Bad man have di gun Pon him hip so/Mmmm we nuh deal with nuh mix up/We have nuff weed fi twist up/Oh yeaaaa We get nuff love/We have nuff weed fi twist up/Oh yeaaaa We get nuff love/We get love from the gyal and the thugs/Them gimme love every where we go/Every where we go yehhh/Love every where we go /Yeh them gimme love every where we go/Every where we go /Love every where we go/From mi likkle bit mi flash, Flash it man a congo natty/King Salassie I him have the authority /And mi remember when Bustamante did laugh off a wi/ now a we a lock the city /Rasta ram yu party/Gyal a wine up pon mi waste/And a feel the ra pa pam pam/Any bwoy weh dis the program mi seh what a Bam Bam/ Can’t believe KEZNAMDI Come get the big song/ Can’t stop the works Inna Jah Jah kingdom/ Yehhhh we get nuff love/ We have nuff weed fi twist up/Oh yeaaaa We get nuff love/We get love from the gyal and the thugs/them gimme love every where we go/Every where we go yehhh/ Love every where we go Yeh them gimme love every where we go/Every where we go /Love every where we go/Them gimme love every where we go/Every where we go yehhh/Love every where we go /Yeh them gimme love every where we go Every where we go /Love every where we go/Mi come fi bun down babylon with all my verses/Mi heart clean like the doctors and the nurses/She want fi join up with the natty like a cursive/Seh she love mi sugar sweet like a Hersheys/Goshhh/ Like Pepe and BiBi/We sick with it /from the beginning /Till the 90th minute /We strap with the ting/That will slap weh evil and wicked/Like popeye and spinach/ We strong to the finish/We pushin the limit Like Jordan and Pippen /Mi seh dem gimme/ Love Every where we go/
7.	Love Mi Nuff 02:34	lyrics	buy track
Mount a gyal mi have, A it a mad mi aye/Mount a gyal mi have/A it a mad me aye/Mount a gyal mi have/A it a mad mi gosh/ Mount a gyal mi have A it a mad mi/Mi have one a mi yawd/And one live abroad /And the one a new york/Seh she come from Waltham/And mi just a call from Mi gyal a east London/And all dem pretty Like a rose in my gar- aye/Send fi mi/ All of mi gyal Want mi company/But jah jah did make one a mi/So how mi a guh give dem mow all of mi/ Sorry fi mi aye/ Mount a gyal mi have A it a mad mi yu see/Mount a gyal mi have A it a mad mi aye/ Mount a gyal mi have/A it a mad mi/ But a one a dem alone Can get Keznamdi goshhh /Shawty seh dat she love mi nuff/ She want take home mi heart And cuff it up mmhmmm/ She nuh know how she love mi suh /She seh her soul set free When mi squeeze it up mmhhmmm/ Mi seh ah one a dem A fi mi main squeeze/The other one mi love it But she ever want mi spend ten G’s/ Mi next pretty schweppes Seh she want ten kids/ She nuh cook and she nuh wash She nuh scotch brite dish/But she watch Netflix And the satellite dish/And the next one suck on Like a parasite ticks/And the next one send pics Of her extra size tits/But the real one Make sure mi natty Oil and twist/ And a dem kinda queen The natty spoil with tings/She love mi fi more than mi coil and tings/ And ah dem kinda empress Eva Stand with kings/And ah dem kinda gyal Binghi just can’t resist bimmm/Mount a gyal mi have A it a mad mi yu see/Mount a gyal mi have A it a mad mi aye/ Mount a gyal mi have/A it a mad mi/ But a one a dem alone Can get Keznamdi goshhh /Shawty seh dat she love mi nuff/ She want take home mi heart And cuff it up mmhmmm/ She nuh know how she love mi suh /She seh her soul set free When mi squeeze it up mmhhmmm/ Mi seh ah one a dem A fi mi main squeeze/
8.	So Right 03:19	lyrics	buy track
Everything so easy/ don't have to try fi love you/ all when mi try fi fight it/This heart still wants you/ Easy like a Sunday morning/Don't have fi try fi love you/ All wen yu friends ah fight it/ Ya cya go round it./Girl tonight you're mine/take that stress up off ya mind/ Trust your soul, Read the signs/This love is genuine/ Girl you good for fi mi heart/Like a bottle of red wine/Like the stars up in the sky/Girl a suh we souls align/ Balance is the key So every lion need a queen/ When mi think bout you and me, I think I saw this in a dream/How you fit that in those jeans/back to the topic Girl your love is so supreme/ And ya elevate my beam woah/Ooooo loving you is easy /And it feels so right to me/ So right so right so right/ It feels so right to me/Ooooooo loving you is easy/And it feels so right to me/ So right so right so right yeh/ It feels so right to me/ When mi give you love You fi show reciprocity/When mi look in a you eyes mi see the possibilities/And mi nah guh tell you lies and Give you broken promises/I beg you trust in mi love And let go of insecurities/ I beg you open up you gates and Let me explore you premises/I think we falling inna love Like we step off a precipice /True love is hard to find /So mi haffi treasure this /Ya gimmi lyrics fi mi write/And inspire melodies So make me tell ya this/Ooooo loving you is easy /And it feels so right to me/ So right so right so right/ It feels so right to me/Ooooooo loving you is easy/And it feels so right to me/ So right so right so right yeh/ It feels so right to me/ And yes she fit fit/ oh yes she fit Fi wear mi Crown/ And wen she check mi /She say she want fi steam a pound/ And she ah tell me she miss mi When I'm not around/And she ah hold me/ She say she nuh want fi let me go/ Cause this feels like ebb and flow /And it feels right for my soul/When yu giving me that love/ It's blessings from above / Girl you fi star the show / Plant seeds n let them grow /If you need to take it slow I'll be right here just to let yu know/
9.	Morning Comes 03:08	lyrics	buy track
Daughter ya bring me joy And now I’m catching feelings/You lock your heart And now mi find the key/ Now she a cry eye water She says it hurts when she’s loving me/ Woman the higher that we go Is the harder that it gets/For me to leave ya side my friend/Well woman one thing you should know/ In a the morning when the natty step a road…/I don’t wanna leave when the morning comes/This love goes deep/ got a hold on me/Girl I hate to leave you when that morning comes/This love goes deep/ got a hold on me yeh/I don’t wanna leave you when that morning comes/ This love goes deep /got a hold on me/ Girl I hate to leave you when that morning comes/ his loves goes deep got a hold on me yeh/Sistren I’m not trying to play no games/I’m not trying to waste your time/Look in my eyes you won’t see no lies/How can this be so wrong /When it feels so right/ Real joy, Tuff love/Some will cal it that/ Crossroads baby girl/That is where we at/ ull-joy this moment /Cause now is all we’ve got/So under the moon light Bed a rock
10.	State of Emergency 04:23	lyrics	buy track
Carry mi granny round a Kingston city/And she don’t really like what she see/She remember when she use to feel safe, When she step out with her three lickle pickney/Grandson why o why we cant live like those days/No no no son tell me why O, whywe cant get peace in the place/ No no no/ Say we nuh fi haffi live inna nuh fear cuh the bad bwoy inna shoot out/ no dat nah guh fix things/Innocent body a drop a ground some likkle bad weed need fi root out …the folly tricks nah guh fix things/And if you ever chop the branches of a tree/Granny seh more branch a guh spring up /So officer nuh shoot the youth them in the street/Cah three more gun man a guh lift up/And when mi carry mi granny round a Kingston city/No she didn’t really like she see noo/She remember when she use to feel safe when she step out with her three lickle pickney/Grandson why o why we cant live like those days/No no no /son tell me why o why we cant get peace in the place/No no no/Mi seh di gun man and di don dem gettin Wickeda wickeda and wild/ The gun man n di don them have the big 45/Dance ah keep round a kph ward/Dance a keep round a Cornwall Regional /And the gun man dem a line up and dem cant find park/The commissioner have the place just a skank and a rock/We pass curfew and them cya lock it off/The doctor lock the gate and yeh the promoter dem a laugh/The drinks them sell off and the place ram pack/ And likkle after dat di party deh a Duffcott/Dance a keep round a KPH ward/Dance a keep round Cornwall Regional/And when mi carry mi granny round Kingston city/No she didn’t really like she see noo/She remember when she use to feel safe /Now a state of emergency/Grandson why o why we cant live like those days yeh/No no no son tell me why o why we cant get peace in the place/ No no no/Mi seh the doctor them a try them best fi dress the wounds/But these wounds go deeper than the flesh/poverty have them a stress/so nuh badda blame the likkle youth/ cah crime start inna congress/and a now Politician a take notice/ cuh the gun shot a chase weh the tourist/and them always try fi hide the ghetto story/ and a long time we a cry and them a ignore we/ Suh Nuh badda fight your bredren/Nuh badda kill ya likkle bredda do nuh do it/ And live in love with your sistren/And when mi carry mi granny round a Kingston city/No she didn’t really like was she see noo/She remember when she use to feel safe/Now a state of emergency/Grandson why o why we cant live like those days yeh /No no no son tell me why o why we cant get peace in the place/No no n0
11.	Victory (ft. Cronixx) 03:35	lyrics	buy track
Victory when you winning It’s a sweet story/ And when you not then the world is bitter/ You quick to call me a sinner/ Only jah jah know my history/ so we haffi give the king glory/Like a tree planted by the river/ Iyah smile with the sun /cant keep we down cah we haffi over come/Sleepless nights under pressure Got a lot on my mind/ What would life be without All these struggles of mine/Cant sleep so mi steam trees For peace of mind/ i cant sleep But these sweet Dreams do ease my mind/ I say what's success without a little Sacrifice/ With every downfall Yes you haffi have a rise/ Gain the world to lose your Soul no mi nuh guh pay that price/ Haffi give thanks fi life/ The morning sun Bless my eyes/Victory when you winning It’s a sweet story/ And when you not then the world is bitter/ You quick to call me a sinner/ Only jah jah know my history/ so we haffi give the king glory/Like a tree planted by the river/ Iyah smile with the sun /cant keep we down cah we haffi over come/Positively clear when Iyah Light up on mi challwah/ Tell dem say we nah go Beg them fi nuh sponsor Crab in a the barrel will always try fi pull you under/ Paigons try fi break you Wah nuh kill you make you stronger/ I clear my thoughts With a little meditating/Out of nothing opportunities Creating/ King Selassie I none stop Ah get the praising/ For eternity we keep the fire blazing/Victory when you winning It’s a sweet story/ And when you not then the world is bitter/ You quick to call me a sinner/ Only jah jah know my history/ so we haffi give the king glory/Like a tree planted by the river/ Iyah smile with the sun /cant keep we down cah we haffi over come/Red light, Stop signs, Doors closed ,Still im never giving up/ Im doing good But only the best is good Enough/ Only the best is good enough /Only the best is good enough/ Only the best is good, best is good/ Jah know it sticky out deh/ it Nuh pretty out deh/ Mi Bredrine dem betray mi These streets got no love/ When the paigons dem Forsake we It cya mash me up/Cuh mi pray to the/ Father daily a him ah lift me up/ Nuff quick to judge and seh Mi hype all ah seh mi change/ ah wonda if ah tru the dj rise and make a change/ Well if a dat /Imagine when mi buy Mi madda range/Father protect me and him Bless me with/Victory when you winning It’s a sweet story/ And when you not then the world is bitter/ You quick to call me a sinner/ Only jah jah know my history/ so we haffi give the king glory/Like a tree planted by the river/ Iyah smile with the sun /cant keep we down cah we haffi over come/

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Keznamdi Kingston, Jamaica

Sunny acoustic guitar and samples of sirens and smoking underscore his bouncy delivery as he welcomes listeners to his old stomping grounds. Elsewhere, “City Lock” [feat. Tory Lanez] tempers his rapid cadence with a robust beat. It climaxes on a hypnotic and harmonic cameo from multi-platinum recording artist Tory, adding another dimension to this buoyant banger.

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