Concrete Roots

[Verse 1]
The bassline tremble through the floorboard rum
But you watch the crowd like yuh spirit numb
Lost in the motion, a stranger's sea
This Kingston fever ain't for you and me
Mi see the longing inna how you brace
For a quieter time, a more fertile space.

[Chorus]
Dem cyaan pull up these roots we grow so deep
Secrets the city concrete cyaan keep.
No, dem cyaan pull up these roots from inna the ground
Deeper than any soundboy sound.

[Verse 2]
I cross the floor and whisper in yuh ear
'Memba the rain on the pimento leaf, my dear?
The scent of the soil after the sun gone down?
That is the rhythm of our own town.
You smile a likkle, and the tension cease
Finding our own Port Antonio peace.

[Chorus]
Dem cyaan pull up these roots we grow so deep
Secrets the city concrete cyaan keep.
No, dem cyaan pull up these roots from inna the ground
Deeper than any soundboy sound.

[Bridge]
This kinda love nuh built for flashing light
It's a steady hold in the deep of night.

[Outro]
Let the riddim play 'til dawn...
Our roots hold on.