Prompt / Lyrics
[Intro | Tribal throaty humming] (Hummmmmm) (Hummmmmm) Mmmmm mmm mmmm (Slow talking drum. Distant horns.) [Verse 1] Watch di morning smile Sun kiss up di sky Cool breeze from di hillside Whisper soft pass mi by Hear di drum inna di bud dem wing Sap a rise Dust float cross di yard gate Time cyan nowhere hide Rooster ruin up silence Goat bell answer chime Smoke curl from di cook-pot Draw slow line Pickney laugh down di lane side Foot dem beat dry clay Life a start all over Same same different day Mi nyam bread a hunger season Mi taste di salt a tears Mi siddung quiet pon di veranda Count mi losses… count mi years Mi watch di world keep turning Same sun, different face Friends weh use fi fill dis yard Gone without a trace Pikney! Gather round, mek mi tell yuh [Chorus — Deep choir, warm like earth] Tek it, tek it from mi hand No gold, no land, no lie All weh soul can carry wid it A bread… salt… an time A bread… salt… an time [Verse 2 — Talking drum answers] Mi bury fren dem like harvest One by one dem lay Fresh earth cover laughter Rain come wash dem way Watch big dream crumble slow Castle melt to sand Flag weh used to fly high Drop quiet inna mi hand Hold whole world inna mi chest once Fire bright an prime Feel it cool to ember Ash drift off inna time Hear old song inna mi memory Voice dem call mi name Some fade like far thunda Some still burn like flame Mi walk road weh cut deep Barefoot pon di stone Crowd coulda deh around mi Still mi feel alone But di Lord still teach patience Show mi how fi wane Even when yuh half missing Light come back again River still a travel Neva late, neva early Carry grief to ocean Come back soft an curly Wind no keep no secret Mountain no keep crime Listen! Everything return to quiet When it reach it time Everything bow to stillness Bell stop mark di chime An all weh really matter A bread… salt… an time [Bridge — Spoken-sung] No frighten fi road weh cut yuh No bow to easy day Bitter root can still feed yuh Loss can show di way [Tribal throaty humming] (Hummmmmm) (Hummmmmm) Mmmmm mmm mmmm Ooooooo Oooo oooooo If yuh rise, pull somebody wid yuh If yuh drop, face di light Lef di worl likkle softer Dan how yuh meet it first night [Final Chorus — Full choir, talking drum ascending] Tek it, tek it from mi hand Mi story fi yuh climb Mi nuh own nutten else but wisdom Bread… salt… an time Tek it — walk go farther Shine where mi neva shine Build tomorrow from di pieces Bread… salt… an time [Outro] When mi chair rock empty sunset An mi name fade outta earth Feed di pickney dem a table… Bread… salt… an time Salt an time [Tribal throaty humming] (Hummmmmm) (Hummmmmm) Mmmmm mmm mmmm (Single talking drum.)
Tags
4 chord progression, deep raspy male voice. Talking drum driven with choir. Tribal Orchestra 80BPM, live
Duration
4:54
Instrumental
No
Created
3/15/2026