Intro (easy skank, brushed drums, soft horns)
Mm yeah…
Island breeze, belly say please
Verse 1
Sun go down, still I’m walkin’ slow
Barefoot steps on the sand below
Got a smile but my stomach talk loud
Sound like thunder in a lazy cloud
Smell that food from two blocks away
Jerk pan swingin’ like it wanna stay
Every beat make my hunger grow
Oh Lord, you already know
Pre-Chorus (jazz chords lift)
I don’t need gold, I don’t need fame
Just a full plate callin’ my name
Chorus (big, playful, sing-along)
I’m hungry, hungry on the island tonight
Belly drum beatin’ in the moonlight
Pass the rice, pass the beans, pass the love
From the earth and the stars above
I’m hungry, hungry but my soul feel right
One good meal gonna change my life
Verse 2
Old man laugh by the coconut tree
Say, “Patience, youth, food come free”
Saxophone cryin’ sweet and low
Like it know what my belly know
Steam rise up from the kitchen fire
Every little smell take me higher
Fish on the grill, pot on slow
Time move fast when you hungry though
Pre-Chorus
Heart stay calm, mind stay cool
But this hunger don’t follow rules
Chorus
I’m hungry, hungry on the island tonight
Belly drum beatin’ in the moonlight
Pass the rice, pass the beans, pass the love
From the earth and the stars above
I’m hungry, hungry but my soul feel right
One good meal gonna change my life
Bridge (jazzy breakdown – bass & horns)
If I had a dollar for every bite I dream
I’d own the whole food stand by the sea
Laughter cookin’, love on the flame
Every hungry heart feel the same
Verse 3
Finally plate land right in my hand
Bless this food, bless this land
First bite hit like a reggae song
Everything I waited for all night long
No rush now, world slow down
Hunger gone, joy come around
We eat together, we laugh, we pray
Island style, that’s the way
Final Chorus (bigger, joyful)
I was hungry, hungry on the island tonight
Now my heart and my belly feel right
Pass the rice, pass the beans, pass the love
Thank the earth and the stars above
No more hungry, just a smile so wide
Good food, good people by my side
Outro (fade with horns & humming)
Mm yeah…
Island feed the body and the soul
