[ti:Eleven Long Years]
[ar:US3]
[al:Hand On The Torch]
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[00:00.16]Eleven Long Years - US3
[00:01.13]Composed by：Horace Silver/Geoff Wilkinson/Mel Simpson/Randy Taylor
[00:30.21]Mi tek off mi land down now in Jamaica
[00:34.21]Callaloo di box juice and di sensimillia
[00:38.02]Givin' thanks and praise to almighty Jah Jah
[00:42.11]Glad fi reach now mi safe mi have fi seen mi father
[00:45.91]Di sun it a beat and mi a get well para
[00:49.38]'Cos a many many tings a di
[00:51.06]Yoot man now I would like to know
[00:53.12]Was he fat was he slim did he
[00:55.43]Drink or did he smoke
[00:56.88]These are di type a di tings
[00:58.66]A weh a di Yoot man a want fi know
[01:00.80]It's been eleven long years
[01:02.37]Since mi seen mi father ay ay
[01:06.35]Since mi seen mi father
[01:08.67]Thank God bless God
[01:10.05]Mi a go see mi father
[01:13.01]Ay ay mi father
[01:14.09]Mi a go see mi father
[01:15.84]Now mi know mi reach know mi know mi safe
[01:17.71]Now mi see mi father a come
[01:19.48]'Cos a many many years since him gone
[01:21.27]When him tek a tek a house and land
[01:23.23]Fi go better himself big up himself
[01:24.95]For weh him did dream a weh did he plan
[01:26.99]'Cos di ting I remember di most
[01:28.48]He was ambitious man
[01:30.87]So him build up a house build up a land
[01:32.83]Buy up a car and a minivan
[01:34.59]Fi go settle himself and a wait fi di day
[01:36.67]When a Yoot man come along
[01:38.27]So everything set everything fly
[01:40.06]Now mi know cool and go blow my mind
[01:42.19]Because mi ready fi go see my father
[01:44.04]And dat's di only thing upon my mind
[01:45.91]It's been eleven long years
[01:47.91]Since mi seen mi father ay ay
[01:51.69]Since mi seen mi father
[01:53.73]Thank God bless God
[01:55.47]Mi a go see mi father
[01:58.42]Ay ay
[01:59.12]Since mi seen mi father
[02:31.32]It's been eleven long years
[02:33.08]Since mi seen mi father ay ay
[02:37.03]Since mi seen mi fathe
[02:39.14]Thank God bless God
[02:40.83]Mi a go see mi father
[02:43.79]Ay ay
[02:44.45]Since mi seen mi fathe
[02:46.42]Mi tek off mi land down now in Jamaica
[02:50.28]Callaloo di box juice and di sensimillia
[02:54.07]Givin' thanks and praise to almighty Jah Jah
[02:57.87]Glad fi reach now mi safe mi have fi seen mi father
[03:01.46]It's been eleven long years
[03:03.48]Since mi seen mi father ay ay
[03:07.28]Since mi seen mi father
[03:09.34]Thank God bless God
[03:11.12]Mi a go see mi father
[03:14.04]Ay ay
[03:14.72]Since mi seen mi father