**Title:** *Three Little Birds (Jah Version)*
**[INTRO: 0:00-0:15]**
*(30Hz bass hum vibrates like a heartbeat, skank guitar chops crisp offbeats. Birds chirping morph into a Nyabinghi rhythm with hand drums. Distant ocean waves.)*
**[VERSE 1: 0:15-0:45]**
*Rise up wid di sun, no need fi hurry-up, nah*
*Herbal tea a steam, Babylon stress nah bury yuh*
*Check di clouds dem a laugh, see di storm dem a curry ‘way*
*Jah hand write yuh name inna di mango tree, no worry-day!*
**[CHORUS: 0:45-1:15]**
*Hush now, pickney—knot up yuh brow! (Eh-eh!)*
*Every likkle t’ing *irie* by moon-o-clock now*
*Di rent high, but di jasmine still bow*
*When di rocksteady breeze tek yuh, **allll-right!** (Yeah-yow!)*
**[VERSE 2: 1:15-1:45]**
*Neighbor man share yam, no mek di drought bruk yuh*
*Rain a-fall pon di rich and di Rasta truck, too*
*Likkle keyhole garden, big love a-gwan push through*
*Babylon alarm clock—jus’ *tun it down to ludo!**
**[BRIDGE: 1:45-2:15]**
*(Melodica weaves with a children’s choir echoing)*
*Di road long? Hmm—but di sand warm, yuh see?*
*Jah count di stars… (stars… stars…)*
*Di same way Him count yuh *every* greivance-tree!*
**[CHORUS REPRISE: 2:15-2:45]**
*(Harmonies rise like smoke from a chalice)*
*Hush now, sistren—knot up yuh *dread!* (Eh-eh!)*
*Every likkle *storm* end up ‘pon di sea bed*
*Di landlord vex, but di pumpkin *mash him head!**
*When di rockers drop, **allll-right!** (Bassline said!)*
**[OUTRO: 2:45-3:30]**
*(Bass/drums fade, leaving acoustic guitar skanks and birdsong. A child giggles as a steelpan tingles like wind chimes.)*
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