[Intro]
Oh-oh, ya mon — irie!
My heart dey blaze, mi soul a shine (oh)
From Kingstown to Lagos, we nah drop — mek wi dance
(Ad-libs: ya mon, big up, no dulling, irie)
[Verse 1]
Come make we enter Balogun market light, stalls fulla gold
Danfo lights flicker, people laugh, stories told
No be by chance we dey hustle, na faith we hold
Sunrise on the bridge, tomorrow go unfold
[Pre-Chorus]
No forget say you fit achieve — feel the lift (lift)
Step by step, higher we drift — feel the shift (shift)
Raise your chest, let the melody climb (climb)
Mi soul rise, your spirit find its sign
[Chorus — Call & Response]
Lead: My heart dey blaze, mi soul a shine
Response: (Blaze! Shine!)
Lead: From Kingstown to Lagos, we nah drop
Response: (Nah drop!)
Lead: Amapiano pulse, dancehall soul in time
Response: (One love! One tribe!)
Lead: Mi heart dey blaze, mi soul a shine
Response: (Blaze! Shine!)
(Short piano stab — repeat earworm)
[Verse 2]
Sunset at Kingston pier, boat light wobble slow
Seagulls hum the riddim, sea breeze set the glow
Big up di gyal, big up di bredrin, let the good vibes flow
Street vendor calling, plantain sweet, we ready fi go
[Pre-Chorus — Lifted]
Remember say na your time, shine your eye, step out bright
No dulling, no fear, tell your heart to fight
Hold the note, climb the line, sing until it's right
Voices braid like cords, lifting through the night
[Chorus — Call & Response]
Lead: My heart dey blaze, mi soul a shine
Response: (Blaze! Shine!)
Lead: From Kingstown to Lagos, we nah drop
Response: (Nah drop!)
Lead: Amapiano pulse, dancehall soul in time
Response: (One love! One tribe!)
Lead: Mi heart dey blaze, mi soul a shine
Response: (Blaze! Shine!)
[Bridge]
(Spoken / rhythmic)
Na your time, say dem no fit hold you back
Gwarn step, push forward, put your dreams on track
Irie feeling in your bones, rhythm in your black and gold
We carry one another — story told
[Breakdown — Sparse]
(Piano stabs + light log/drum pattern — vocals half-whispered)
Lead whisper: My heart — dey blaze
Backing: (Dey blaze) — mi soul — a shine
Call: Mek wi dance — (gwarn) — no you stop now
(Short silence — then build)
[Final Chorus — Full Band, Big Call & Response]
Lead: My heart dey blaze, mi soul a shine
Response: (Blaze! Mi soul a shine!)
Lead: From Kingstown to Lagos, we nah drop
Response: (From Kingstown to Lagos — we nah drop!)
Lead: Amapiano shoulders, dancehall inna our spine
Response: (Move ya body, move ya mind!)
Lead: Mi heart dey blaze — mi soul a shine
Response: (Blaze! Shine! One love! One tribe!)
[Outro — Soulful Ad-libs]
(Ad-libbed runs over airy pads and fading piano stabs)
Mi heart — dey blaze (blaze)
Mi soul — a shine (shine)
No dulling, no stopping — na your time (na your time)
Irie, big up, ya mon — we together, we climb
(Ad-libs: oh-oh, ya mon, big up, shine your eye, no dulling)
[End — Spoken]
Keep dancing til morning, keep the fire inside
From Kingstown to Lagos — together we rise, together we shine.