[ti:Tings An Times]
[ar:Linton Kwesi Johnson]
[al:Live in Paris]
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[00:00.00]Tings An Times - Linton Kwesi Johnson/The Dennis Bowell Dub Band
[00:26.50]Duped
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[00:27.88]Doped
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[00:29.12]Demoralised
[00:30.41]
[00:32.29]Dizzied
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[00:33.77]Dozed
[00:34.45]
[00:35.20]Traumatized
[00:36.44]
[00:38.45]Blinded by resplendent lite of love
[00:40.88]
[00:41.44]Dazzled by di firmament of freedom
[00:44.07]I'm couldn deteck deceit
[00:45.38]All wen it kick I'm in I'm teet
[00:47.34]I'm couldn cry khorupshon
[00:48.39]An believe inna man
[00:50.12]I'm nevvah know 'bout cleek
[00:51.39]I'm did umble an meek
[00:53.13]I'm nevvah know intrigue
[00:54.32]I'm nevvah inna dat deh league
[00:56.17]I'm nevvah andahstan
[00:57.25]Dat on di road to sawshalism
[00:58.72]Yu could buck up nepotism
[01:00.24]I'm wife dangerous
[01:01.71]I'm bredda tretchero
[01:03.06]An I'm kozn very vicious
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[01:06.52]Duped
[01:06.88]
[01:07.88]Doped
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[01:09.15]Demoralised
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[01:12.41]Dizzied
[01:12.98]
[01:13.77]Dozed
[01:14.66]
[01:15.33]Traumatized
[01:16.69]
[01:17.79]Now like a fragile fragment af lite
[01:20.47]
[01:21.26]Trapped inna di belly a di daak nite
[01:23.90]Like a bline man stuicified an dazed
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[01:27.15]Last an alone in a mystical maze
[01:30.17]Fi days
[01:30.50]Upan days
[01:31.28]Upan days
[01:32.01]Upan days
[01:32.77]Watch I'm driffin craus di oweshan of life
[01:35.46]Widoutn ruddah nar hankah nar sail
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[01:38.79]Fi days
[01:39.22]Upan days
[01:40.04]Upan days
[01:40.84]Upan days
[01:41.68]Cail I'm flumm af di tides a di times
[01:43.91]If yu like
[01:45.00]Bus inna di labyrinth af ife
[01:47.54]If yu like
[01:48.66]
[01:50.89]Duped
[01:51.27]
[01:52.36]Doped
[01:52.71]
[01:53.71]Demoralised
[01:54.78]
[01:56.77]Dizzied
[01:57.25]
[01:58.12]Dozed
[01:59.15]
[01:59.68]Dozed penalized
[02:00.91]
[02:02.41]Ship wreek gense di sons of di tides a ch
[02:04.95]Times
[02:05.38]Meditorim pan di bud ale days
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[02:08.50]Face doun pan di gleumin sea shore
[02:10.70]
[02:11.22]Not soh certn not soh sure like before
[02:13.62]
[02:14.27]Di salt a di sea pan di son inno I'm
[02:16.76]Eye
[02:17.01]An I'm would qi r houk
[02:18.57]If am could cry
[02:19.73]
[02:20.43]Di soun of di surge of di sec
[02:22.58]
[02:23.16]Harmonize wid di swonnin bamboo trees
[02:25.99]An I'm brains jus a fick
[02:27.47]All kine a touts now inno ir
[02:28.90]Like dem despalfirote days of defiance
[02:31.92]Wen young rebels did a fite gense oppreshon
[02:34.92]Won young rebels did a fling flowbom
[02:37.37]
[02:38.00]Won dem march wid dem honnolas raised
[02:40.26]
[02:40.82]Chuntn freedom chonfin justike chonfin bled on fich
[02:45.49]
[02:46.71]Wen nuff crucial mail dicl a blaze
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[02:50.17]Tekkn di struggle to a higholb stage
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[02:54.55]Doped
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[02:55.88]Duped
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[02:57.29]Demoralized
[02:58.46]
[03:00.49]Dizzied
[03:00.98]
[03:01.82]Dozed
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[03:03.45]Porolized
[03:04.28]
[03:06.06]Now wos bup
[03:07.15]Wenp
[03:07.71]Mosh up
[03:08.53]
[03:09.22]I'm mise up
[03:10.17]Kotch up
[03:10.66]On sit up
[03:11.92]Wid I'm hen pun I'm low
[03:13.06]On I'm bed a heng doun
[03:15.08]A konsideh ow young mbels get ole ow
[03:17.90]Some sell dem soul
[03:19.32]Some get lef out in di cole
[03:21.01]Some get elevate
[03:22.36]Some get depreciate
[03:23.64]Some fun miggle clans
[03:25.29]Some a gamble race hams
[03:26.86]Some a try fi live clean
[03:28.38]Some get vicious on mean
[03:29.90]Some plaque wid dout
[03:31.29]Some still a r it out
[03:32.80]Won on two a fife di struggle in dem bed
[03:34.90]
[03:35.60]Lead di lecdohless inno dem bed
[03:37.96]
[03:38.64]Win di revolueshon in dem bed
[03:41.12]Oil a fun prime ministch in dem bed
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[03:46.27]Duped
[03:46.96]
[03:47.78]Doped
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[03:49.14]Demoralized
[03:50.28]
[03:52.22]Dizzied
[03:52.80]
[03:53.53]Dozed
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[03:55.21]Traumatized
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[03:57.92]Now I'm wombiffin pondobrin konsidolfinn
[04:00.59]
[04:01.15]Posin oil kine a riddle to imself like
[04:03.91]Now dot wi come out o di won foam dern
[04:05.96]
[04:06.76]On timer on fowchune been some c wi fren
[04:09.49]Now dot wi got wi council fifint
[04:11.15]On wi dis on wi dot
[04:13.03]Wi colloh nee vee on oil di mod con
[04:16.20]Now dot wi create some space
[04:18.61]On nuft a wi own a fickle place
[04:20.30]
[04:21.38]Now dot wi got m mp on wi black ip
[04:24.83]Blacks pan di radio
[04:26.28]Blocks pan fee vee
[04:27.82]Wi si on wi load an wi mbe
[04:30.51]A figot wi figot or a it dot
[04:33.43]Do wi need onnofidoh muses
[04:35.13]Fi neck wi crops di sea
[04:36.57]An a gwoon weak cmos
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[04:39.49]Oonu free ocou free
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[04:42.27]As wi entch di twerorfirst century
[04:45.28]Or wi long peas dot deh era dot dela stage
[04:48.10]On is each an owywon who hoffi rise now
[04:51.08]Fi meet di downin of a diffinpont age
[04:53.94]Int woz wandohdn jordalfirm konsidelinn
[04:56.89]Wen I'm hear 9 vice like di win seh
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[05:01.07]A jus tings on times
[05:03.26]Wandohs on sines
[05:04.36]But noh get mystic
[05:05.75]Be realistic
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[05:08.86]On I'm hein a nex vice like di sea seh
[05:11.43]Sometimes di pugent owedoh of decoy
[05:14.55]Signal sch bran new lib defi pan di way