Jannis

I'm missing ya touch kissing ya smile
I'm in denial hey mum it's been a while hey
Nearly got licked wid da cannon Moss Side is wild hey
Pharaoh crying tears running like the river Nile hey
Set the record straight so let me demonstrate mum and I'm talking
everyday waiting praying for better days am ya only son really
tryna get dis cake promise ama
share it mummy show you it's a piece cake
The love is pure
But a love you more
A miss ya pretty smile swaggy wid da boast walk thirteen a was Pon da
island so me afi talk living Pon the
island where ma granny passed a deh she born
Dis is my opinion (uh)
Dis is how am living (uh)
Left me in Saint Vincent (uh)
I was a child not an infant (uh)
Why are we so distant (uh)
Cooking wid ma granny frying ackee In the kitchen (uh)

Let me talk to you Jannis am feeling lonely
No malice in ma heart am in church am feeling holy
Cause I don't even know ya and you don't even know me ma
eldest son is Kobie a chopper not a strap it killed Kobie
Life is to short please can you hear me
The pain is like when gran passed away it hurt me dearly that we
don't even talk anymore not even nearly
sincerely what I write on the page it gets me teary

This is like a burden mum
beautifully word it like a poet I am hurting mum
Jannis do not cry he will make away
Searching for them answers can you help me take dis pain away
Lord deliver like a takeaway
Tom hanks pon de island feeling like a cast away
I was thirteen and ma daddy never had a say
Mum I need some closure got no time to put this mic away
Hold up
But when I took a flight to the States
Now am paying homage cause there's greatness in ya DNA
I am proof Tasha's proof Somoya's got that
granny touch were living proof so am paying dues
Xshatara was ya label (uh)
Boston it was cable (uh)
Jannis took a flight she was making moves
We are still praying at the table (uh)
We are not unstable (uh)
Heavy is the heart that's in the waiting room

Jannis took a flight she was making moves
Heavy is the heart that's in the waiting room

Everyday telling Satan no not today
I'm in a different place ma head is in a different
space missing birthdays broke ma heart in every single way
Every single day the Wray it helps me fade away
I'm an 80s baby way back
Bland walk Moss side this is where you raise me
Dungarees and high tops
Jeff with the dreadlocks
Mr Finneys shop ma nigga that was like a death spot
Mummy a need peace a need some sleep so I can rest up
I been working day and night like Nelson I am next up
Rise up not a warning not a heads up
Mum a need ya wisdom so I can really flex up
step up to a higher level cause am blessed up huh
You did ya best mum never did you mess up
Four gran kids ay yo Jannis big ya chest up
Am the golden child a gotta clean this mess up

Let me talk to you Jannis am feeling lonely
No malice in ma heart am in church am feeling holy
Cause I don't even know ya and you don't even know me ma
eldest son is Kobie a chopper not a strap it killed Kobie
Life is to short please can you hear me
The pain is like when gran passed away it hurt me dearly that we
don't even talk anymore not even nearly
sincerely what I write on the page it gets me teary