Straight Eye Truth

[Intro]
Listen now
Hold still likkle bit
Dem seh truth hard fi find
But truth neva hide
It just wait pon yuh
Fi look straight
Fi keep yuh eye dem steady
When breeze a blow lie through di lane
When everybody a shout tings
Weh sound sweet
But taste bitter pon yuh tongue

From long time
Eldah did tell mi
“Pickney
Look people inna dem eye
When yuh ask dem question”
Cah eye cyaan wear mask fi too long
It slip
It twitch
It turn ‘way
When heart guilty
Or when fear a knock pon rib cage

So mi deh yah
Slow
Grounded
Firm
Mi nah rush yuh
Tek yuh time
Draw deep breath
Drop all di noise pon di roadside
And listen
Not jus wid ear
But wid yuh marrow
Wid di back a yuh neck
Wid di quiet place inside yuh chest

Dem flood di phone wid image and illusion
Story pon story
Pretty filter pon rotten tings
But memba dis
Screen cyaan bless yuh soul
Unless yuh spirit bright already
And same way
Screen cyaan curse yuh future
Unless yuh hand gi it power

So when dem come wid big smile
And small conscience
When dem sell yuh quick win
And slow poison
Ask yuhself
“Who really benefit?”
Watch how dem laugh
When nobody else deh watch
Watch how dem treat
Di one weh cyaan do nuttin fi dem

Truth nuh scream
Truth nuh beg fi spotlight
Truth sit down quiet
Same place every day
Inna same simple chair
So if yuh lost
A only cause yuh choose shortcut
And lef di straight road
Weh always deh deh
Wait pon yuh bare foot fi touch it

Tonight
Mi just a remind yuh
Yuh nuh haffi be perfect
Fi walk straight
Yuh jus haffi be honest
When yuh slip
Fi seh
“Yeah
A me mess up”
And still step forward
Wid clean intention

So before di riddim drop
Before di chorus ketch yuh
Mi ask yuh dis one favor:
Look straight
Inna yuh mirror
Inna yuh memory
Inna di man or ooman stand up beside yuh
Look straight
And nuh blink off yuh courage

Cah once yuh eye set pon truth
Fi real
Whole world haffi shift likkle
Whole world haffi answer
And maybe
Just maybe
Dat a di day
Yuh finally meet
Yuh real self
Face-to-face
Wid straight eye
And steady heart

[Verse 1]
From yuh wake
Ask “Who mi be?”
Nuh wah di crowd expect fi see
Check yuh word dem ‘gainst yuh deed
Same soil
Same kinda seed

[Chorus]
Straight eye truth
Can’t curve
Can’t bend
If yuh walk it real
It defend yuh to di end
Straight eye truth
Cut clean
Cut clear
When lie disappear
Only love lef deh (oh yeah)
Straight eye truth
Mek yuh backbone strong
Even when yuh wrong
It help yuh right dat wrong
Straight eye truth
Inna broad daylight
When yuh look straight
Every shadow get light