State of Emergency

from Bloodline by Keznamdi

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lyrics

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

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from Bloodline, released March 13, 2020

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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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