Lyrics
(Robert) "Di level say it true..."
(Joe) "But di shadow tell a lie."
(Robert) "Dis foundation firm..."
(Joe) "Under a lean-to sky."
[Verse 1]
(Robert)
The last bag of Red Stripe cement, gone since four o'clock.
See di corner post, Mister Joe? Solid like a courthouse lock.
The concrete cool now, mi feel it through mi boot sole's worn-out leather.
This one will hold the whole community together.
[Chorus]
(Robert) "Di level say it true..."
(Joe) "But di shadow tell a lie."
(Robert) "Dis foundation firm..."
(Joe) "Under a lean-to sky."
[Verse 2]
(Joe)
Mi see di workmanship, son, straight as a prayer should be.
But a new floor cyaan change what di tenement window see.
This is a good stone yuh lay, from a plan wi father's drew.
But di debt it was meant to pay, it still come callin' you.
[Bridge]
(Robert) "I thought this slab would feel like an answer, a final word."
(Joe) "Is just the first line of a story Babylon never heard."
[Outro]
(Robert) "So the line is straight..."
(Joe) "...but the measure still feel wrong."
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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