The Storm

Great sounds call "Hurricane Special"
Dis one come from Metal (Do it, Jah)

Say, rock, mi can't take di storm weh deh gwan (Right)
Say, rock, mi can't take di storm weh deh gwan (Bim)
Say, rock, mi can't take di storm weh deh gwan (Oink)
Say, rock, mi can't take di storm
Weh deh gwan (Well, watch out, man-a)

Cah, rain fall, sunshine in dis place have no time
Say, rain fall, sunshine in dis place have no time
But what-a you fi know-a is to lock your back door
Cah, when things start fly an' your pickney start cry
You think a God a come a fi go trample you dung
You run under your bed an' then you bawl, say, you're frail
An' when di storm gone you say, "I bled mi dead, baby"

But mi can't take di storm weh deh gwan (Right)
Say, rock, mi can't take di storm weh deh gwan (Look dat)

Cah, '51 storm, it was a terrible storm
Say, '51 storm, it was a terrible storm
Mi say, di '79 flood, it was a terrible flood
Beca' mi slide in a mud an' then mi end up in a tub
An' then mi really have fi scrub (Go deh)
I tell you, say, di '79 rain, it was a hurricane
Mi say, di '79 rain, it was a pain
Cah, man, it was a big-big rain
Say, step it in di flood an' you will go down di drain
Cah, Babylon a end up in a sorrows an' pain
Say, poor people, dem a go get up insane
So, black people, I say, you got no one to blame
Black people, say, you got no one to blame
So, you got to come down the chune an' be di same
As our figure, tell you 'bout it, ya

Mi can't take di storm weh deh gwan (Right)
Say, rock, mi can't take di storm weh deh gwan (Oink)
Say, rock, mi go to mi bed a with mi radio at mi head
Mi go to mi bed a with mi radio at mi head
Mi hear a news flash say dat di storm is just ahead
Cah, when mi take a stop, mi say, a rumor dem a spread

Say, rock, mi can't take di storm weh deh gwan
Say, rock, mi can't take di storm weh deh gwan (Right)

Say, some people live in a big mansion
Say, some people live in a big mansion
Say, some of dem a live in a dry weather house
Some live pon di main, some live down di lane
Say dat, mi really nah go call no name
I tell you, say, mi really nah go call no name
I tell you, say, mi really nuh have no one fi go blame (Do it)

Mi can't take di storm weh deh gwan (Right)
Say, rock, mi can't take di storm weh deh gwan (Do it)
Say, rain fall, sunshine in dis place have no time
Say, rain fall, sunshine in dis place have no time
Cah, what-a you fi know-a is to lock your back door
Cah, when things start fly, your pickney start cry
You think a God a come a fi go trample you dung
You run under your bed an' then you bawl, say, you're frail
An' when di storm gone you say, "I bled mi dead, baby"

But mi can't take di storm weh deh gwan (Right)
Say, rock, mi can't take di storm weh deh gwan (Bim)
Say, rock, mi can't take di storm weh deh gwan (Ribbit)

A beautiful sounds call "Hurricane Special"
Dis one come come from Metal
Dis one must come a Initial
Live it up, Jah (Yeah, you know?)
Do it

Cah, mi say, '51 storm, it was a terrible storm
Say, '51 storm, it was a terrible storm
Say, '79 flood, it was a terrible flood
Beca' mi slide in a mud an' then mi end up in a tub
An' then mi really have fi scrub (Live it up, Jah)
Cah, man, say dat, mi really have fi scrub (Right, bow)
Say, rock, di '79 rain, it was a hurricane
Say, rock, di '79 rain, it was a pain
Cah, man, it was a big-big rain
Say, step it in di flood an' you will go down di drain
Say, Babylon a end up in a sorrows an' pain
Say, poor people, dem a go get up insane
It's never too late for a shower of rain
So, black people, I say, you got no one to blame

Well, I tell you, say, you can't take di storm weh deh gwan (Right)
Say, rock, mi can't take di storm weh deh gwan (Do it)
Mi can't take di storm weh deh gwan (Oink)
Say, thank God dat it pass an' gone (Bow)
Say, thank God dat it pass an' gone (Right)