Long Term
Embracing Love's Triumph: Marcus Gad's 'Long Term' Message
Lyrics
Well, me say brother (Oh, my sweet brother man, yaw!)
Expressing a sense of camaraderie or unity with a fellow individual.
Why you running away now?
Questioning why someone is avoiding or escaping from a situation.
Now sister (Oh, my sweet sista gyal, now!)
Referring affectionately to a female sibling and questioning why others are turning away.
Why they looking away now?
Asking why people are avoiding something, possibly an issue or reality.
Cause we been down in a them system for much too long
Acknowledging a prolonged existence within a societal system and suggesting it's time to assert one's voice.
Time we be singing our song
Advocating for self-expression through music in response to the challenges faced.
Cause everything dem a decide a go really wrong
Highlighting the perceived wrong decisions made by others.
And they got no place where they belong
Indicating a lack of belonging for those making misguided choices.
Cause in a long term, in a long run,
Emphasizing that, in the long term, love will prevail over negative circumstances.
It's all gonna be bout love
Reiterating the belief that love will be the ultimate theme in the long run.
In a di long term, in a long run
-It's all gonna be bout love, love, love
-It's gonna be about the way you a give (About the way you a give now!)
Stressing the importance of giving love.
It's also gonna be about the way that you gonna receive (Gift Jah go give now!)
Highlighting the reciprocity of love, emphasizing divine gifts.
You might feel like eight foot two
Addressing feelings of inadequacy and questioning why someone would bring negativity to a brother.
Never seen as tall as you
-But can't you see man human, too?
-Why you wanna make a brother blue?
-Cause in a long term, in a long run,
Repeating the message that love will dominate in the long term.
It's all gonna be bout love
-In a di long term, in a long run
-It's all gonna be 'bout love, love, love
-How do you dare say to your brother
Calling out hypocrisy and self-deception, urging self-reflection on personal faults.
Remove the speck ina your eye?
-When if you look a little further
-There is a plank in a your eye
-You see the mote in your brother's eyes
-But you nah notice the beam in a thine
-You say the world is but a lie
-When really the lie is where you reside
-But don't you worry, brother man
Assuring that everyone will experience a transition, and the destination will be characterized by love.
We all get a ride to the other side
-And where you sit is gonna be bout love
-Cause in a long term, in a long run,
Reiterating the overarching theme that love will prevail over time.
It's all gonna be bout love
-In a di long term, in a long run
-It's all gonna be bout love
-Cause in a long term, in a long run,
Affirming the enduring presence of love in the long run.
It's all gonna be 'bout love
-In a di long term, in a long run
-It's all gonna be 'bout love, love
-True love
Stating and repeating the importance of true and real love.
Real love
-True love
-Real love
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