Way Back
The drum beats loud and true
The ocean stays in blue
The drum beats loud and true
The ocean stays in blue
Blue waves, ocean's grace, wave, never stay
I left the west of the continent, no better days
The black panther honours me, never on the prowl
Always with a howl, the way a black bird never growls
The way the spider knows I'm out, I been back since
My spirit don't wince, climbed out a hold with a grin
Wood boards caked in sludge, blood above decks
Sugar, cotton trade, saltfish, nothing yet
The clouds been moved, tailing me, always true
Wolof, Fulani Queen, I spoke news
Below decks, auction blocks, no debt
New land, the foundation, respect
Stars know, ... I been back, yes
My back been bent, stood tall, never spent
I drum beats on my chest, and call field-to-field
Oceans between us, land leaning, always real
The drum beats loud and true
The ocean stays in blue
The drum beats loud and true
The ocean stays in blue
Way back, one leads
Way back, a drum beat
Way back, a drum beat
Way back, one leads
Red drum, under clouds, all love
The land remembers me, beats with me, where I'm from
All queens and kings, on ships
Under decks, in holds, what's love kid
Above is, the stars, I don't navigate
I sung the shoreline, undertow grabs the waves
I left my homeland, land is great
Walked to the coast, I stand and say
Slavery need to abate, that's past tense
The spider knows, the lion's roam, I've met
The currents, not urgent, never stopped yet
Thunderheads, cross the water
Clear the coast, I've come farther
Cowries, sweet potato, nothing bartered
I read the labels, ackee uncharted
The land here, so clear, where I started
The drum beats loud and true
The ocean stays in blue
The drum beats loud and true
The ocean stays in blue
Going north, patty store, est
Est, Grandma's with me
Ancestors around the fire telling jokes
This set's a gift, beyond hope
The crow's know, when they rhymed
The bards and the rappers spoke lines
The stars, and the dark, know time
I was stardust, before I decided to shine
One time, for hills and constellations
Two time, for a real one, magic in basements
I feel one, this land knows when I laugh
The UK, and JA knows where I'm at
I-and-I revered, fresh water lakes
Loons dive, I remember the waves
What do the currents always say
We've been awake
The ocean stays in blue
The drum beats loud and true
The ocean stays in blue
Blue waves, ocean's grace, wave, never stay
I left the west of the continent, no better days
The black panther honours me, never on the prowl
Always with a howl, the way a black bird never growls
The way the spider knows I'm out, I been back since
My spirit don't wince, climbed out a hold with a grin
Wood boards caked in sludge, blood above decks
Sugar, cotton trade, saltfish, nothing yet
The clouds been moved, tailing me, always true
Wolof, Fulani Queen, I spoke news
Below decks, auction blocks, no debt
New land, the foundation, respect
Stars know, ... I been back, yes
My back been bent, stood tall, never spent
I drum beats on my chest, and call field-to-field
Oceans between us, land leaning, always real
The drum beats loud and true
The ocean stays in blue
The drum beats loud and true
The ocean stays in blue
Way back, one leads
Way back, a drum beat
Way back, a drum beat
Way back, one leads
Red drum, under clouds, all love
The land remembers me, beats with me, where I'm from
All queens and kings, on ships
Under decks, in holds, what's love kid
Above is, the stars, I don't navigate
I sung the shoreline, undertow grabs the waves
I left my homeland, land is great
Walked to the coast, I stand and say
Slavery need to abate, that's past tense
The spider knows, the lion's roam, I've met
The currents, not urgent, never stopped yet
Thunderheads, cross the water
Clear the coast, I've come farther
Cowries, sweet potato, nothing bartered
I read the labels, ackee uncharted
The land here, so clear, where I started
The drum beats loud and true
The ocean stays in blue
The drum beats loud and true
The ocean stays in blue
Going north, patty store, est
Est, Grandma's with me
Ancestors around the fire telling jokes
This set's a gift, beyond hope
The crow's know, when they rhymed
The bards and the rappers spoke lines
The stars, and the dark, know time
I was stardust, before I decided to shine
One time, for hills and constellations
Two time, for a real one, magic in basements
I feel one, this land knows when I laugh
The UK, and JA knows where I'm at
I-and-I revered, fresh water lakes
Loons dive, I remember the waves
What do the currents always say
We've been awake
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Writer(s): Stephanie Lawrence
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