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🎶 Title: “Smoke Away mi Pain (Valley Anthem)” 🎶

(Intro — whisper)

Yeah… real life…

Dem youth a run wid gun and grief…

Mi voice ah call out fi dem soul…

(Verse 1)

Mi ah live through pain like mi fightin’ wid ghost,

Every day mi rise up, but mi spirit feel cold,

Mi light up a spliff fi clear out di thoughts,

Dem demon ah whisper, but mi nah tek talk.

Mi lose nuff friend, family too,

Dem turn pon mi when mi heart so true,

So mi isolate fi heal mi mind,

Smoke and meditate, fi keep mi shine.

(Verse 2 — tuff)

Why di young man pick up steel an’ run into di valley?

Shootings inna night, dem life gone inna finale,

Babies cry, madda fall — tears flood like rain,

Dem drop down pon concrete, blood mixing wid pain.

Mi seh, who mek dem streets buss like a war zone?

Who raise dem fists so cold, mek dem heart stone?

Mi pray to Father God, carry dem tired frame,

Bring back di love inna words, mek dem call dem name.

(Pre-Chorus)

Every pull mi take, mi feel likkle peace,

Headspace clean when di cloud release,

Mi nah trust man, mi trust di breeze,

Weed and music ah mi therapy.

(Chorus)

So mi smoke away mi pain, (yeah)

Try wash di demon from mi brain, (oh Lord)

Nuff people wan’ see mi insane,

But mi nah fall off, mi stay inna mi lane.

Mi smoke away mi pain,

Fi keep mi heart pon di right campaign,

Every day mi rise again,

Mi just ah live, mi just ah live true pain.

(Bridge — raw plea)

Valley full a youth dem body cold and stiff,

Dem dreams cut short, life tek a fatal shift,

Mi voice cry loud, mi soul bun like a wick,

Father God lift dem up, heal di heart dem sick.

If love coulda reach dem before dem pull di trigger,

Maybe mother woulda smile, wid her son a bigger figure,

But mi stand pon di corner, watch dem fade to black,

Mi seh Lord, guide dem back, put di good pon di track.

(Breakdown — Afrobeat sway)

Slow whine gyal, bring peace to mi soul,

Mi tired ah di stress, mi just want control,

Mi voice still cry but mi nah let go,

Cah real yute know, we move steady and grow.

(Outro — chant)

Light up one fi dem nights mi cry,

One more draw fi di tears gone dry,

Mi a soldier wid a heart so high,

Still fightin’ demon till di day mi fly.

Mi smoke away mi pain — but mi pray fi dem gain.