Eye Waata
Rising Above Adversity: Navigating Life's Storm in 'Eye Waata'
Lyrics
I could have drowned inna eye waata
I could have drowned in the water of the eyes
When the system jus a try hold me down
When the system is trying to oppress me
Could have drowned inna eye waata
I could have drowned in the water of the eyes
When me feel me couldn’t take it no more
When I felt I couldn't endure it any longer
Could have drowned inna eye waata
I could have drowned in the water of the eyes
But me float caw mama make me strong enuh
But I float because my mother made me strong
Could have drowned inna eye waata
I could have drowned in the water of the eyes
There was a time me used fi teary and a bawl
There was a time when I used to cry and weep
Track pon me cheek it longer than the China wall
Tears on my cheeks longer than the Great Wall of China
Could not believe the rain from out me two eyeball
Couldn't believe the tears streaming from my eyes
One buck a tear me woulda make a million
Would have made a million from a single tear
Me cry salt waata and go turn a fisherman
Crying salty tears, turned into a fisherman
Man coulda sail the tears like a catamaran
Could sail the tears like a catamaran
Sail out from pain-land and dock inna sorrow-land
Sail away from pain-land and dock in sorrow-land
But me nuh sink inna the sand
I don't sink in the sand
From inna muma belly me used to hear a song
From my mother's womb, I used to hear a song
Same song still a play when the nurse wrap me up
The same song plays when the nurse wraps me up
It play like a soundtrack when mom and dad hug me up
It plays like a soundtrack when my parents embrace me
All when it did quit it start back from the top
Even when it stops, it starts again from the beginning
From cradle to pram to the first step I took
From cradle to pram to my first steps
Back to when me did a toddle, drink milk and puke
Back to when I toddled, drank milk, and vomited
Every step weh me a take inna me life me hear the hook
Every step in my life, I hear the hook of the song
Well I could have drowned inna eye waata
I could have drowned in the water of the eyes
Could have cried all the while make a ocean
Could have cried endlessly, creating an ocean
Could not see no money could not see no plan
Couldn't see any money, couldn't see a plan
Like Tom Hanks inna him little island
Like Tom Hanks on his little island
Dem seh hope a the last thing to leave a man
They say hope is the last thing to leave a person
And pressure make we brave smart and strong
Pressure makes us brave, smart, and strong
So even if I man a the last one to stand
Even if I'm the last one standing
Me a go clear the pathway with me hand
I will clear the pathway with my hands
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