Child Abuse

from Hurt People by Karamanti

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lyrics

da one ya fi di youths Dem
please don't abuse them
mek we love and care Dem
alright den

I'm talking to you
mama trash Daddy dutty habalu
pre how yu deal wid di little youth
don't you know that a real child abuse
ye mi talking to you
worthless mother waste daddy too
every day you a ruff up di young youth
mental and physical abuse

daylight
youth rise to the duttiness
no food no school
house Inna mess
waste man disappear just mommy lef
she a look a new money man nutt'n less
first thing phone ring
yo she affi beg
caa she want a bus fare fi di pickney dem
when she get it Dem no see not a red cent
hair do brand new dat she defend
and noboda wid di stress ya
nobody please don't stress har
if di youths dare ask har a question
Dem ago get har right hand

chorus

buff baf head bash ye me hear dat
talk back instantly a bey box
too quiet den yu get all big chap
mommy full a self hate so she share dat
trod wise careful not too brass
she will tell you how she feel she no hold back
no love mistake ye a you dat
move you what's it not old riff Raff
and noboda with the stress ya
nobody please don't stress har
if di youths dare ask her a question
Dem ago get her right hand

chorus

credits

from Hurt People, released June 25, 2019
• Written & Performed by Karamanti
• Beat by Arioso Legato
• Vocals recorded at Anchor Studio (Kingston, Jamaica) by engineer Fatta
• Mixed by Lamar Thompson
• Mastered by Donald “Tixie” Dixon

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about

Karamanti Jamaica

Though the Reggae/Dancehall industry is dominated by men, Karamanti stands as a strong black woman, (in her home town of Kingston, Jamaica) raining showers of conscious lyrics to a generation far from reality.