Lyrics
Elias watch Simone past the National Bakery van,
hand restin' low and easy pon a different man.
Thursday, just before di rain decide fi wash the street,
he feel him own mason's hand curl tight, the concrete dust feel heat.
[Chorus]
(Sung by a different, female vocalist)
Some walls meant fi stand, some walls meant fi fall,
but is not your hammer dat fi answer to di call.
[Verse 2]
He remember Marcus words from just the other night,
'She mi cornerstone, mi start, mi one true guiding light.'
Now dat same word a poison, a termite inna di frame,
and Elias know the whole structure can't ever be the same.
[Chorus]
(Sung by a different, female vocalist)
Some walls meant fi stand, some walls meant fi fall,
but is not your hammer dat fi answer to di call.
[Bridge]
(Robert Markel)
A spirit level nah go work fi measure out this lie.
(Female vocalist)
So you carry this weight, under a silent sky?
[Outro]
The first drop of rain make the zinc fence ring a sound,
and another man's promise lay heavy on the ground.
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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