Shine

Yeah, well you know when I was ah youth you know dem use to tell me seh I and I was gonna be ah singer

I neva waan sing I did waan fly plane

But I just know seh I did waan come close to the stars

so yutes hold on to unuh dreams

You hear dat

Gonna shine

(You know, ghetto yutes)

Stars have to shine

(Gwan hold di faith yuh hear dat. Never give up)

Free up your mind

(Free it up, yuh nah mean)

Stars have to shine

('Memba dat, don't give up)

Yute...yeah yuh ah hold di pressure

Yeah, you a bare the pain

Well what is life when di road full ah blood stains

Hear mi now it's hard when di problem dem ah rain

and dem seh tomorrow gonna be the same

And now you finally see the light

Its tribal war bredda & bredda fight

The cakes so small and everybody wants ah slice

And all you need is just ah little bite

but you sitting at di bottom of the pile

One day you'll shine

(stars dem down ah jane and finch)

Stars have to shine

(Kenya yutes, the Gambia)

Free up yuh mind

(Sadiki seh so)

Stars have to shine

(Brixton, Birmingham)

Dem inna dem secret societies joining together

watching the poor communities suffer

Yes it brings dem pleasure

when you bawl fi di pressure

Put fire pon dem head

bare di pain and get stronger

Dem nuh waan see you grow

the stumbling blocks everywhere you go

And dem will lie to yuh face

make you fight fi your rightful place

(Positive vibes hold di faith)

One day you'll shine!

(Guarantee, too much stars from di ghetto)

Stars have to shine

(You know you have whole heap fi live for

Hey baby girl you are ah star)

Free up yuh mind

(Ethiopian yutes, I'm a star your ah star)

Stars have to shine

(Mi know you ah guh school hungry dis mawning,

but listen to mi my yute)

Mi know you waan fi pick it up when you feel stuck

Mi know you waan it erupt, make ah quick buck

You look up inna di cupboard and plate and cup

and mama face look tired and giving up

If you pick it up, you get a grave or ah handcuff

Mamma she ah call, you ah a bawl n nuh enough

When you did deh ah road you did tings did tough

but ah now mamma having it rough

And now you finally see the light

Its tribal war bredda & bredda fight

The cakes so small and everybody wants ah slice

And all you need is just ah little bite

but you sitting at di bottom of the pile

One day you'll shine

(Hey baby gurl pon di background)

Stars have to shine

(Uptown yute, downtown yute, wherever you come from)

Free up your mind

Portmore, Mo'bay, you know?

Stars have to shine

(Easy does it, one day at a time, hear dat!)

Gonna shine

(Don't leggo yuh dreams dem, zeen)

Stars have to shine

(Don't mek yuh circumstances keep you down)

Free up yuh mind

(Haters ah guh hate, gwan hold di faith)

Stars have to shine

(Whether yuh ah 8 yrs old or 80 yrs old, 'memba dis)

Shine

(How yuh mean? You're ah star Inna di sky)

Stars have to shine

(Do it, do it, do it, dweet ...do it, dweet)

Free up yuh mind

(Free up, only one way)

Up!