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Survive

from Hurt People by Karamanti

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when dem come wid dem lies
and dem one bag a noise
try tarnish yu name try mek yu loose yu mind
all you gotta do is survive
mek it through one more night

when dem start throw licks
all a tump and kick
like dem waa tek yu life waa tun yu inna stiff
all you gotta do is survive
mek it through one more night

mi know yu might all a pree like
mi just a chat caa mi no know weh it feel like
mi might no know your case but mi know life
and mi know pain heavy a no nutt'n light

a next ting weh mi know is the most high
God real and a watch over you and i
just have some faith and no ask why
but fi right now LIVE, DON'T DIE

and remember
neva neva nothing last forever ever
after pain a pleasure pleasure
storm yu fi weather whether
you inna some hot peppa

or just unda pressure
you affi keep it together
trust inna di father Jah Jah

him rape yu aready and a come back again
every day every night yo when it ago end
all you gotta do is survive
mek it through one more night

frustrated so yu try tell a friend
try tell all yu folks but dem not listening
all you gotta do is survive
mek it through one more night

tomorrow ago different, just wait and see
it ago feel like wholla a dis was just a dream
so don't give up cause this is tem-po-rary
mi know yu inna pain, but please trust me

yu affi stand strong like a old oak tree
don't mek nobody break you men-tally
figure out a way fi set yu mind at ease
memba in a moment yu will be free

and
neva neva nothing last forever ever
after pain a pleasure pleasure
storm yu fi weather whether
you inna some hot peppa

or just unda pressure
you affi keep it together
trust inna di father Jah Jah

di pain a neglect
nobody never check
yu a now 52 and no know love yet
all you gotta do is survive
mek it through one more night

yu kids walkout tun dem back and left
say dem cyaa stand yu sight and wish yu woulda dead
all you gotta do is survive
mek it through one more night

when dem come wid dem lies
and dem one bag a noise
try tarnish yu name try mek yu loose yu mind
all you gotta do is survive
mek it through one more night

when dem start throw licks
all a tump and kick
like dem waa tek yu life waa tun yu inna stiff
all you gotta do is survive
mek it through one more night

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 Donald “Tixie” Dixon
• Mixed by Donald “Tixie” Dixon
• Mastered by Donald “Tixie” Dixon

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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.

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