Lyrics
That one brass key pon your ring, from di Excelsior lock,
It mek a different sound against di tabletop.
Tuesday, just as di light gone low, you trace di jagged teeth,
Like you readin' a story mi nuh know underneath.
[Chorus]
You hold it like a promise.
A wall you nah tear down.
[Verse 2]
Di rain start smell pon di concrete, a cool October fret,
You turn your head and smile di way you do when you forget.
(Trumpet: muted, short stab)
Last week you said, "It feel right in mi hand, like it belong."
But di door it fit is long time gone.
[Chorus]
You hold it like a promise.
A wall you nah tear down.
[Bridge]
Maybe it nuh fi a old house, full of dust and doubt.
(Trumpet: muted, short stab)
Maybe it fi a new frame we still fi figure out.
[Outro]
Show me di lock. Just show me di lock.
(Trumpet: muted, final stab)
About Robert Markel
Robert Markel learned his first chords on a beat-up guitar in a Trench Town yard, taught by the same hands that his mother, Deloris, worked to the bone at two jobs to support him. He became a mason to pay the bills, learning to build walls that were straight and true, a philosophy he pours into his roots reggae anthems. The songs are for his community, for the struggle, and for the one promise he…
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