Kingston Be Wise by Protoje published on 2012-10-31T15:00:47Z A short story based on the events of May 23rd, 2010, when the Jamaican government deployed its military into Tivoli Gardens in the capital city of Kingston. Premier Nov 5th. Ey, ey Watch ya dread Hey hey Kingston, be wise Kingston, free up your mind Kingston, just be wise Kingston, free up the I, yeah When the city a go click-clack-blow, you bet Government fingers and tic-tac-toes in it And while they working on the X's and O's I'm living I-N-I like I'm Mister Kamoze No surprise when they sending foes to me Opposite of when plain clothes approaching me Follow they rules is what they propose to me Selling they souls for what is owed, you see Nothing is owed, nothing is promised Never know the government woulda run up inna them garrison Without no sorry, without excuse Soldier man inna them lorry, everybody get abused, and Everybody have them views now The media is owned so know where you get your news from And the blood deh pon them shoes now When them walking it trace Look them hard in them face And say Kingston, be wise Kingston, free up your mind Kingston, just be wise, for me Kingston, free up the violence Now all the damage can't quantify Roy Rayon couldn't sanctify Say a nuff a dem them send fi die So the city a intensify Say the ghetto them a gentrify Well I, nobody nuh identify Nuff bodies unidentified and just a lie deh Then where the gun deh? Dead pon Saturday Buried Sunday like Solomon Grundy Like a no Sons of Solomon them have down deh Leonard Howell, Pinnacle and them land deh Subdivision, them deal it underhand deh So learn it 'cause them come back with dem plan deh So tell me how far do you wanna go now, hey 'Cause them will ratta-tatta-tatta when u pow-pow-pow Genre Reggae\ Dub Comment by Mavra 🖤 2024-02-01T01:03:00Z Comment by ally_ldea Rude bwoy, hush up about gta 2024-01-10T00:46:48Z Comment by drick sen dra #smottifitta Blue ark💙 2024-01-04T20:18:30Z Comment by Jackson Weber Kingston, reggae vibes for lufe 2023-12-06T03:48:29Z Comment by WaTcHmEn ON ThE WaLL hillaaaah' 2023-11-14T02:24:17Z Comment by Tim Knutsson Blue ark 🫶🏼 2023-11-13T09:02:16Z Comment by xXlllllllllllXx😩🥴 Hi 2023-10-28T22:24:11Z