Paradise Lost

Tony McKay 

    

  Exuma ... You hear

We gotta take our time

Gettin' this one started

Hey mamma soul mamma soul papa

Hey soul body soul body soul body

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

Hey yah gonna take my time

Gettin' this one togheter

Gonna take my time

Gettin' this one togheter

Gotta go home now

Gotta go home yea

You know about the holy roller church?

Ain't that were it started?

Ha Ha I know

We've outgrown it now

And I cry that I think that I can't do

I like money yah

I like fine clothes

I like all of it

But I know where my roots are

You hear me



Sometimes my daughter says

"Mamma I don't understand them people"

I don't either, but I'm fond of 'em

And I like it

Say hey hey

Need your help, hey hey

Cool down now, hey hey



Obeah woman

Yes, I'm the Obeah woman

Do you know what one is?

Ha do you know what an Obeah woman is?

I'm the Obeah woman from beneath the sea

To get to satan you gotta pass through me

'Cause I know the angels name by name

I can eat thunder and drink the rain

Been through enough

Yeah they call me Nita and Pices too

There ain't nothing that I can't do

If I choose to, if you let me



Ha I'm the Obeah woman, above pain

I can eat thunder and drink the rain

I kiss the moon and hug the sun

And call the spirits and make 'em run

You hear me?

You hear me?

'Cause I ain't praying, never was

Just waiting for my time

Waiting for to die

Hackle and patience

Hackle and patience oh yeah



Obeah now

Obeah Obeah now

I'm the Obeah woman from beneath the sea

To get to satan baby you gotta pass through me

I know the angels name by name

I can eat thunder and drink the rain

How you think I lasted this long?

Alright, alright

I kiss the moon and hug the sun

O yeah oh well oh well

You people from the islands

Know about the Obeah woman

I did't put the name on myself

And I don't like it

Sometimes, but the weight is too heavy

The weight is too heavy

Let' finish it