Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem), artist - Linton Kwesi Johnson. Album song Reggae Greats, in the genre Поп
Date of issue: 31.12.1996
Record label: Spectrum
Song language: English
Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem) |
From Brixton Prison, Jebb Avenue London S.W. |
2 Inglan |
Dear mama |
Good day |
I hope that when these few lines reach you they may |
Find you in the best of health |
I doun know how to tell ya dis |
For I did mek a solemn promise |
To tek care a lickle Jim |
An try mi bes fi look out fi him |
Mama, I really did try mi bes |
But none a di less |
Sorry fi tell ya seh, poor lickle Jim get arres |
It was de miggle a di rush hour |
Hevrybody jus a hustle and a bustle |
To go home fi dem evenin shower |
Mi an Jim stan up waitin pon a bus |
Not causin no fuss |
When all of a sudden a police van pull up Out jump tree policemen |
De whole a dem carryin baton |
Dem walk straight up to me and Jim |
One a dem hold on to Jim |
Seh dem tekin him in Jim tell him fi leggo a him |
For him nah do nutt’n |
And 'im nah t’ief, not even a but’n |
Jim start to wriggle |
De police start to giggle |
Mama, mek I tell you wa dem do to Jim? |
Mek I tell you wa dem do to 'im? |
Dem thump him him in him belly and it turn to jelly |
Dem lick 'im pon 'im back and 'im rib get pop |
Dem thump him pon him head but it tough like lead |
Dem kick 'im in 'im seed and it started to bleed |
Mama, I jus couldn’t stan up deh, nah do nuttin' |
So mi jook one in him eye and him started fi cry |
Me thump him pon him mout and him started fi shout |
Me kick him pon him shin so him started fi spin |
Me hit him pon him chin an him drop pon a bin |
— an crash, an dead |
More policman come dung |
Dem beat me to the grung |
Dem charge Jim fi sus |
Dem charge mi fi murdah |
Mama, doan fret |
Doan get depress an downhearted |
Be of good courage-acap |