Flash Bloom

[Verse 1]
Streetlight hummin' a low-down tune on the wet tar
Whole week felt like a window box that never saw the sun
Then the sub-bass whisper, a promise from afar
Rattlin' the spoon inside my empty coffee-shop cup

[Pre-Chorus]
And the aunties dem pullin' the curtains back slow
Every diaspora seed startin' to know
This concrete got a heartbeat, feel it startin' fi grow

[Chorus]
It's a flash bloom, when the bassline come through
We a flash bloom, just we and the crew
Shake the dust from the root, let the colour push new
From Brixton to Bull Bay, this riddim is true

[Verse 2]
See the light from the speaker stack cut through the haze
Like a stubborn wildflower in its pavement maze
Forget the landlord's notice and the ninety-day stays
We just buildin' our own garden in these sound-system rays

[Chorus]
It's a flash bloom, when the bassline come through
We a flash bloom, just we and the crew
Shake the dust from the root, let the colour push new
From Brixton to Bull Bay, this riddim is true

[Bridge]
Sankofa bird on the wire, watchin' the scene unfold
Some stories only in a 4/4 time can be told
Turnin' pressure into gold

[Outro]
Yeah, a new kinda flower
For the tower block hour.