Story
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Story 歌詞
wance upon a time jus like inna nursery rime before piggy tun swine mi did wear mi fear pan mi face like a shiel like a mawsk an evrybody tink mi cool an deadly nottn yu coulda seh woulda mek mi tek it awf an if yu get mi nervos ah voulda jus lawf it awf an evrybody tink mi cool an deadly but not soh long ago ins like inna pitcha show whey di hero get a blow mi spirit get vex an mi get soh ressless dat mi get careless an goh bare mi mawgah chess mi newah indah tink seh dat it mek outa glaas dat di whole wide worl coulda si rite dung to di vien inna mi awt ow dem twis-up ow dem tie-up ow dem tite-up o mi awt ow it cut-up ow it craw-up ow it scar-up ( it is a aad awt fi mawstah yu noe dis smilin an skinin yu teet wen yu awt sweel-up soh till yu feel it a goh bus wen yu cyaan fine di rime fi fit di beat wen yu cyan fine di ansah fi di puzzle complete) soh mi tek awf mi mawsk an staat fi wear daak glaas but eyry so awftin mi haffi tek it awf an evry nowanden mi fine mi laas oonu evah si mi trial si mi crawsiz ? -------------------------------
With LKJ, it's a lot of work to decipher the lyrics.
Here's the best
I can make out so far.
Once upon a time just like in a nursery rhyme before piggy turn swine me did wear for my fear on my face like a shield like a mask an everybody think me cool and deadly
Nothing you could have said would have make me take it off and if you get me nervous
I woulda just laughed it off an everybody think me cool and deadly
But not so long ago just like in a picture show where the hero gets a blow me spirit gets vexed an me get so restless that me get careless and go bare me mawgah(?) chest
Me never even think that things are make outta glass that the whole wide world coulda see right down to the feeling in my heart how them twist-up how them tie-up how them tight-up oh my heart how it cut-up how it craw-up how it scar-up
It's a hard act to master you know this smiling and skining your teeth when your heart swell up so till you feel it gonna bust when you can't find the rhyme to fit the beat when you can't find the answer for the puzzle complete.
So (?) me take off me mask and start for wear dark glass but every so often me have to take it off and every now and then me find me last onnu(?) ever see me trial see me crosses?