Violence solves nothing...but everybody has a breaking point. Smiffy speaks of a rightious effort to abandon some early learned methods of dealing with human conflict and its consequences. All the while aknowledging the catch 22 that many of Britain's young people are faced with when considering their self preservation. This heavily bass drivenHip-Hop/Dub fusion features veteran Reggae singer Ziggy and packs a punch, in the hope that you don't have to...
lyrics
CHORUS:
I don’t wanna get violent, I’ve been down that road before
Don’t make me get violent, I don’t live that way no more
I don’t wanna get violent, when man dem try for make war
Don’t make me get violent, don’t need no blood at my door
VERSE 1:
I can’t make up your mind all I can is give my testimony
Back along trust, nobody was blessed to know me
I had a bad streak, the family black sheep
Although I’m different nowadays I still lack sleep
There’s never one simple way to sum up the past
But somewhere along the line I hung up my heart
I didn’t care, wasn’t scared if I don’t last
Turn you over if you stare when you go past
I was angry and I lost my control fast
My fragmented family life was no bonus
It didn’t help that money was always so sparse
With cro-bars I broke glass and I stole cars
I beat people, burgled houses it was no farce
You name the crime I’ve done it and had assault charge
I've been caught, sent to court
Took some time to reflect, learned my lesson now violence is my last resort
BRIDGE:
Sometimes I need voice of reason
Sometimes I need words of warning
Motion comes back around in season
Like light to the morning
CHORUS:
I don’t wanna get violent, I’ve been down that road before
Don’t make me get violent, I don’t live that way no more
I don’t wanna get violent, when man dem try for make war
Don’t make me get violent, don’t need no blood at my door
VERSE 2:
I’m no mystic I don’t believe in twist of fate
Cherish this day ‘cause life serves a fickle plate
I’ve harboured guns, carried knives my biggest mistake
No more can I be responsible for this embrace
Where everybody wants to level up just in case
You pick up, they pick up and it perpetuates
My cousin had to find out just how quick it takes
Stabbed on his own estate and left to drip awake
It’s your life I only serve to articulate
If not for my life I say it the lickle’s sake
If we participate, brother that’s the risk we take
But when it comes back, that’s the way the biscuit breaks
BRIDGE:
We all need voice of reason
We all need words of warning
Motion comes back around in season
Like light to the morning
CHORUS:
I don’t wanna get violent, I’ve been down that road before
Don’t make me get violent, I don’t live that way no more
I don’t wanna get violent, when man dem try for make war
Don’t make me get violent, don’t need no blood at my door
I don’t wanna get violent, I’ve been down that road before
Don’t make me get violent, I don’t live that way no more
I don’t wanna get violent, when man dem try for make war
Don’t make me get violent, have you come to settle your score?
credits
from Self Portrait,
released August 23, 2012
Music and lyrics by Smiffy
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