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Tenament Yard - Lyrics by Duane Stephenson

Chorus: Noise wake me up inna di morning
Down inna mi tenement yard
I neighbour and his girlfriend keep fighting
Down inna mi tenement yard
Can’t find no price in the city,
Seems her’s no place left for love
So I and I just a try keep my sanity
Down inna di tenement yard.

6 o’clock in the morning I rise up to face the day
The rude bowys deh pon di corner,
And deh so they plan fi stay
Some a smoke herbs, some a juggle marijuana
Dem say a just so the system stay
Well every day is police brutality
While the youths dem a cause pure tragedy
Gun war dem a play
Dem friends dem a say
A so di system stay

Chorus: Noise wake me up inna di morning
Down inna mi tenement yard
I neighbour and his girlfriend keep fighting
Down inna mi tenement yard
Can’t find no price in the city,
Seems her’s no place left for love
So I and I try keep my sanity
Down inna di tenement yard.

Woman a pose in the tightest clothes in a dance,
She and her mother
Children playing in the street
Box ball on the plain concrete
Dem a wear the crown,
‘Cos Daddy’s not around,
Oh God! what a sight, what a sound
Mr Politician’s up to no good
Play the fools like they do in Hollywood
Seems like we can’t get away
Ah so di system stay

Who is gonna save the day,
When the youths dem get locked away
An the I dem close their eyes
When the youths dem rock away
And the system still plays master
Give us a little just to make sure we nut prosper
Dem say the system set a way,
It nah go change no day

Chorus:
Noise wake I up inna di morning
Down inna mi tenement yard
I neighbour and his girlfriend keep fighting
Down inna mi tenement yard
Can’t find no price in the city,
Seems her’s no place left for love
So I and I try keep I sanity
Down inna I tenement yard.

I’m asking why, oh why, oh why
In a tenement yard, oh lord
It’s rough inns tenement yard
Ghetto life
The people need a change, people need a change.

6 o’clock in the morning I rise up to face the day
The rude bowys deh pon di corner,
And deh so they plan fi stay
Some a smoke herbs, some a juggle marijuana
Dem say a just so the system stay
Well every day is police brutality
While the youths dem a cause pure tragedy
Gun war dem a play
Dem friends dem a say
Ah so di system stay

So di system stay, inna di ghetto…
The system set a way: can’t leave can’t stray.

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released February 4, 2022
Duane Stephenson: Vocals

Damon Wilding - Drums & Percussion
Ian "Fly" Harper - Bass & Trumpet
Robin Giorno - Guitars
Matt Graham - Keys
Mike "Micky Melody" Hurley - Melodica
Chris Holmes - Trombone

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