Lyrics
This old Marshalltown trowel slip pon a Tuesday...
Left a likkle white river 'cross mi knuckle.
Is a funny thing, mi callin' yuh so late...
Just pass two, and di bedroom fan just a buckle.
Mi trace it now. It smooth like a river stone.
[Chorus]
This plumb-line scar, it nuh fade at all...
Just a thin chalk-road back to Deloris pon di wall.
[Verse 2]
"Robert," she say, "yuh hands buildin' firm..."
While she rub di rough spot wid di aloe from di yard.
Mi... mi just remember how she look, tired but straight.
Straight like a wall before di render get hard.
[Chorus]
This plumb-line scar, it nuh fade at all...
Just her voice sayin' 'build it true, son' through di squall.
[Bridge]
Every block mi set, mi feel it pull right here.
A spirit level for di hope and for di fear.
[Chorus]
This plumb-line scar, it nuh fade at all...
Is di first foundation stone for Deloris' new hall.
[Outro]
Anyway... mi gone.
Just... just did haffi call.
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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