The 8 Year Affair

Lyrics:

A who them a program
Who them a young girl have them eye pon
A who them a program
Who informer sit down and a spy pon
A who dem a program
Who Mr. Babylon have them eye pon
Who dem a Program
Who informer sit down and a spy pon

Is a brand new prince pon the scene
Jah a move with me two foot prints that I mean
See him when u see him, general fi the team
This ya reign ya coming draw fi you gabardine
Them a look and a watch like live stream
And mi skunk purple like  Ribena mean
Them a dream like arlene
Bout king them  boy deh a queen like Carlene
No bother tell me say me cant
5 6 7 8 drop in a me path
Eeeeey warrior in a me heart
Philosophic in a mind
A deliver you art

We naa watch no face make it do what it do
From the first time when nomads a puupookopuu
Cause dem nuh want see  u in the coupe a go thru
Dem will call Babylon and state trooper fi you
Den then come with them warrant
Kick off door a run in a you  apartment wooii
But the fire ago scawling  oh when dem falling
Caa say we never warn them wooii
Eeeeey....But dem power couldn't real
Try all dem want and dem couldn't crack the seal
Eeeeey...Who nun hear dem ago feel
A Selassie a mi shield
So them couldn't stop the meal

Watch the sprinter
Man a run marathon
Madda Dan one a don riddim wah me drop it pon
Rapapaam dem nuh badda Dan Papa San
Beet root carrot haffi  pack Ina the caravan
Travel plan,  see u moving with a paragon
Confident no confuse it with no arrogance
Rasta man no confuse this with no Barack and Farrakhan
Shashamane a weh we have da land
Eeeeey fi mi words dem naa go mute
I see what they do and that really never suit me
Eeeey dem nuh  even know the root
Africa fi Africans I deliver u the truth


Who Dem A Program

New Single from the upcoming album ' The 8 Year Affair' by Protoje

Around The World ft. Chris Watts

New single 'Reggae Revival' by  Protoje ft. Romain Virgo. Produced by Don Corleon.
@protoje

Reggae Revival ft. Romain Virgo

Lyrics for:
'This is NOT a Marijuana Song' by Protoje, Produced by Niko Browne for LifeLine Music. 2012

And so it was said that the herb be provided for I&I 

They don't want you to know Marijuana
Ites up and be Free
Jah so Let it be

Herb smoke keep i sane, take my pain 
Stop migraine, so much i gain, so why blame?
I'm saying Jah might bring the right strain 
To my brain fi chop lightning like I-Wayne
Cause man deh ya pon the Lava Ground
And if u soft like a guava u can't come round
This part of Town, I tell unuh the thought alone
A could a Sparta it falter down
REVIVAL Hallelujah it start up now
Reprisal fi the luu Jah it watered down, Naa Pardon none

What deh in a  mi garden strong
This is NOT a Marijuana Song

This is not Marijuana music
Just a Message from the ones that use it
Don't abuse it cause a mind that's fertile
Brings forth something that's worthwhile 
Know your worth child
Cause no officer alive coulda look in a ma eyes 
And see what i prophesy 
My mind it forever occupies, thoughts of.........
Hold ma talk cause spies amongst us
If trouble did a trouble me, well that mi chalice woulda bubbly
drop in a one load then double it

What deh in a me garden strong
This is NOT a Marijuana Song

Listen up, the truth is to be told
Open your eyes there is beauty to behold
What is the new if u consider the old
Why gain the world and no consider your soul 
What is the cloud if u understand the lining
Who is the king if u consider the LIneage
You know its H.I.M so no continue deny him
Is it freestyle if i consider the Line 
Then configure the timing adjust to fit the rhyme scheme
With no trouble to my mind really?
Seal It

I say wah deh in a me garden strong
This is not a Marijuana Song

ITUNES

This Is Not A Marijuana Song

A short story based on the events of May 23rd, 2010, when the Jamaican government deployed its military into Tivoli Gardens in the capital city of Kingston.
Premier Nov 5th.

Ey, ey
Watch ya dread
Hey hey

Kingston, be wise
Kingston, free up your mind
Kingston, just be wise
Kingston, free up the I, yeah

When the city a go click-clack-blow, you bet
Government fingers and tic-tac-toes in it
And while they working on the X's and O's
I'm living I-N-I like I'm Mister Kamoze
No surprise when they sending foes to me
Opposite of when plain clothes approaching me
Follow they rules is what they propose to me
Selling they souls for what is owed, you see
Nothing is owed, nothing is promised 
Never know the government woulda run up inna them garrison
Without no sorry, without excuse
Soldier man inna them lorry, everybody get abused, and
Everybody have them views now
The media is owned so know where you get your news from
And the blood deh pon them shoes now
When them walking it trace
Look them hard in them face
And say

Kingston, be wise
Kingston, free up your mind
Kingston, just be wise, for me
Kingston, free up the violence

Now all the damage can't quantify
Roy Rayon couldn't sanctify 
Say a nuff a dem them send fi die
So the city a intensify
Say the ghetto them a gentrify
Well I, nobody nuh identify
Nuff bodies unidentified and just a lie deh
Then where the gun deh? Dead pon Saturday 
Buried Sunday like Solomon Grundy
Like a no Sons of Solomon them have down deh
Leonard Howell, Pinnacle and them land deh
Subdivision, them deal it underhand deh
So learn it 'cause them come back with dem plan deh
So tell me how far do you wanna go now, hey
'Cause them will ratta-tatta-tatta when u pow-pow-pow


Kingston Be Wise

Track 1 from Protoje's Sophomore album ' The 8 Year Affair'  (2013) 

Here we are once more
Meeting up along this journey
As I express what’s going on in this mind of mine
And sharing this time with I, you know?
Let’s go

I've always made it clear
That you would be here with me in this Eight Year Affair
So you should have no fear
‘Cause I will be there, no burden you alone shall bear
I've always made it clear
That you would be there with me in this Eight Year Affair
So don't ever worry now
Don't ever worry now

The spirit of Jacob, the spirit of Hugh
Spirit of Macintosh, that spirit never moved
The spirit of Marley, yeah that spirit fought
You have the spirit of Walter, oh they will assault you
Sit and pick apart too, you know the biggest mouth
Deh pon dem freedom of speech, we have freedom of thought
Seven Year Itch drop, nuh even cuss a “claat”
But you still coulda feel the passion him a talk
I hear the trouble coming, I say the trouble start
Empresses and princesses, battles for hearts
Knowing all that I want deh right within ma grasp
And only my fault can break this thing apart
And so I see my weaknesses when I see my past
And I see they façade, that’s why me go so hard
And knowing all these rivers that Jah get me ‘cross
And so I never lost

[CHORUS]

I’ve got to keep it in my lane ‘cause all the praise you gain
Can be taken all the same, I've seen it happen to Usain
That made no sense to me because look at his resume
Ready to say you finish just ‘cause of a second place
Well I guess those are the problems that the legends face
Imagine staring at the mirror in a legend’s face
They say get used to it, I’m moving at a legend’s pace
In any case, what is a legend in this present maze?
Six days of voicing, no rest until the seventh day
Then drop the album pon dem, hoping say it resonate
Because things set a way, my mind up in this present state
Sorry I made you wait

[CHORUS]

I’d like to welcome you to ‘The 8 Year Affair’
Yes
And I thank you for being here with I&I, you know?
Along this journey

Track 2 from Protoje's Sophomore album ' The 8 Year Affair' (2013)

Selah
Know what they longing for
Know what they longing for
And I’ve got it, I’ve got it
We’ve got it, yeah.

Young General a talk, tell anyone at all
Them never coulda want take a part inna harm me
Man a war inna Menelik army
See it, them a move with the message of Garvey
Can’t listen who dem elect, hardly
Dem a play fi dem part in a party
Hear say Audley start drive Audi
Beg you pardon, a Bimma me sorry
Lead who them lost we nuh follow them
Organize and form inna one again
Twelve Tribes, you nuh see we with the banner dem
Bobo Hill a talk, walk far, do nuh bother them
Ithiopia, the Ark of the Covenant
Queen Makeda, the start of the sovereign
Selassie I order we governing
We nuh inna none a dem tings, so I say

Ites I a gwaan hold
A love we living in
I&I a pass through
Greetings I bring again
(repeat)

Ites I a gwaan hold
When I&I a pass through
(repeat)

Said I took a break and I loved the break,
Now I'm off the brake, looking to make a break
At a greater stake and the flow sweet like grater cake
Sharper than a grater make
And then I take a date and a make a mate
At a greater pace, naa use razor blade
And grate my face, dem ‘fraid a me
Lyrics a penetrate
Nuh hesitate fi make tune generate
That will devastate you, Don say it devastating
With more thoughts than them ever stating
Keep them waiting like thugs in a state bing
Jail or prison system, same thing

Flee the scene with thoughts of escaping
My mind did need fi get right
Clarity wha’ we need fi get, so

[CHORUS]

Know what they longing for
Know what they longing for
Know what they longing for
And we’ve got it, we’ve got it
We’ve got it, yeah, yeah.

Track 4 from Protoje's Sophomore album ' The 8 Year Affair' (2013)

This one is for my city girls
I’m wondering if you’ll get with me girl
Country youth, you know
Yeah yeah

My lady let me hold you now
I don't want to hold you down
Come to me, let me show you ‘round
I know I’m from the country, take you out of town
You naa go want fi go back home
(repeat)

Let me take you from a place where
Politicians they don't play fair
Brainwash the youth dem from the daycare
I speak of youths because a few is what we may share
‘Cause me and you, we can make a truly great pair
Me love your mind and your body too
Down to every molecule
Stand firm inna your solitude
Me woulda love fi you combine with me
That would really put my mind at ease

[CHORUS]

Me say you eyes pretty like
The light inna the city night
And a you me want fi see tonight
Me say you hotter than the gritty, I
Wonder if you would accept this water that is bubbling up in my chillum
pipe
Me want fi see you prosper inna what you do
This a nuh Twitter so you know me naa go follow you
But me haffi follow through, honor you
You need fi tell me wha’ you wanna do

[CHORUS]

You so divine inna your essence
Me love your effervescence
You full me up a blessings
Mama Yashi when you dressing
You destined for peace by the speech you addressing me with
And everything you do I see fit
A you alone the Rasta man a sleep with
So long as we stick together, we rich together

No fish, no feathers, no deaders so we syncing better
This ya ship ya no

[CHORUS]

Saint Elizy a me dwelling place
Sometimes them nuh have no bread in plate
Hungry belly but them celebrate
Life and meditate, heights and elevate
We no go church but me woulda love a wedding day
‘Cause if them violate, ‘cause we moving at a higher rate
The warriors will make the fire blaze
‘Cause Selassie I we praise
This love will never expiring
No need for you to ever shy away

Hold You Now

Track 5 from Protoje's Sophomore album ' The 8 Year Affair' (2013)

You ready? (Yeah yeah yeah)
So I say step closer, you know
‘Cause you see it and I see it you know girl
Yeah yeah yeah

Someone like you 
Someone like you
Someone like you
Someone like you

(Protoje)
Hold me tight so that I won't forget
‘Cause every girl that I have been with, they don't know me yet
So I'm over it
The way it worth it we should go for it
For if we try we shall not fail and hence we won't regret
So how it set?

(Tessanne)
So many sleepless nights
With you resting on my mind
Is this what it seems or am I only dreaming
That I'd find someone like you

[CHORUS]

(Tessanne)
I will pick you up when you’re feeling bad
Kiss a smile to your lips when you're feeling sad
Tell me what you want ‘cause I can deal with that
That’s a fact
Got the remedy here for you, yeah

(Protoje)
I hope you knowing what you do to me, all of this is new to me
Holding out for you to see, just time and opportunity
Wan’ give you the best of me fi carry on the legacy
I’ve got to find someone like you

[CHORUS]

(Protoje)
I tell you this is the one, the one
Please don't let me lose this one
And I’ve been watching you all along
Have you now where you belong


(Tessanne)
Tell you this is the one, the one
Please don’t let me lose this one
And now I’ve got you where you belong
Please don't let me lose this one

[CHORUS]

Somebody like you, yeah yeah
Somebody like you, oh yeah! (You know, you know, oh oh)
Somebody like, body like, body-da-da-da-na-na-na-na yeah yeah yeah
(Somebody like you) Somebody like, somebody like
Protoje! (Yeah yeah)
Can you feel me! (Yes, you know I do)
Somebody, somebody, somebody like you

[CHORUS]

Oh yes, I telling you
Somebody like you

Someone Like You ft. Tessanne Chin

Track 10 from Protoje's Sophomore album ' The 8 Year Affair' (2013)

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Say you should come my way
Though you don't see
I know one day that you must be my lady
For only time will show if Jah will make this grow
For you should come my way
Though you don't see
I know one day that you must be my lady
That you must be my baby

I'm more patient than I have ever been
Goosebumps me get with every grin
Your smile illuminating everything
Spirit emanating, blessing in
A way that makes my day
In your presence and it evident
Better queen make a better king
So make we elevate from lesser things
And emulate to be better beings
I'll demonstrate what forever means
So what you got to say to me?

[CHORUS]

And you without me, it couldn't right
It’s like have a room full a weed and don't give me no light
And don't do me no spite, I'm a lover not a fighter
Diss all me queen and see what happen in the night yah
Every time me sight you, your presence is a delight too
A nuh Delilah inside ah you
Despite them other guys weh a try with you
Hold your space beside me, I invite you to

[CHORUS]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Must be my lady
Must be my baby
You, you, you, you, you, you
Must be my
You, you
Must be my lady
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah


Come My Way

Track 11 from Protoje's Sophomore album ' The 8 Year Affair' (2013)

You need a bullet proof vest
No need to run!

(Toi)
I’ve been shot by love
And now me can’t run away, run away
I’ve been shot in the heart
Them call it love in the first degree
I’ve been shot by love
And now me can’t get away, get away
I’ve been shot in the heart
Them call it love in the first degree

(Protoje)
Me say me full up a ammunition when me touch down
Love zone knock her down from inna the first round
The love ya realer than the Vatican own
She a the queen fi me African throne
No mercenary Taliban it control
Me a the one fi lock your body and soul
Jah set the plan, me just a watch it unfold
You overstand, that’s why me left it untold

[CHORUS]

(Protoje)
Me say me shot you with me loving but your life ain’t gonna end
No need for running, this is just the beginning
Aiming for the target, the tranquilizer tame you
And cupid him coulda never have dem aim ya
Now you really won't forget wha’ true love feel like
Me loving touch you heart and knock you down in a real life
Love in the first degree, you know say me do it right
And fill her up with the real type, sleep tight

[CHORUS]

(Toi)
Them say you can’t escape it, can’t mistake it
When love knocks you down
Now my heart is yours, unarmed and open
You took my barrier down
A shot without a sound
Me never see you coming
Like a stranger in the night
Me never see you coming

Shot by Love ft. Toi

Track 12 from Protoje's Sophomore album ' The 8 Year Affair' (2013)

Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Whoa, whoa

(SAMPLE: Errol Dunkley)
I’ve got to find my Black Cinderella
She cannot be my Black Cinderella

Me tell you she nuh discreet pon the city streets
So she see it, so she do it
She say she sweet so ‘til you repeat
Me have a speech fi you listen fi it
Young girl wear your size ‘cause dem shoes deh nuh fit you feet
Choose fi manipulate, use you fi get you weak
And she nuh cheap, you have the dues fi facilitate
Cinderella put the spell on you
Princess with the glass slipper come fi trick oonu
Me tell oonu say

[CHORUS]

And when me say it turn to porridge from the pumpkin
Country bumpkin inna the carriage where the skunk in
And like a dream when it sunk in, what a something
In reality she looking for a fun thing
But in reality I’m looking to become king
Though my duality it have me chasing, hunting
For the physical pleasure then
Although the real treasure them
Only spiritually measure them

[CHORUS]

She nice and she fit and she round and she firm
Ripe Julie mango but heart full of worm
Daughter confirm that her thoughts full of germs
How she find me? Say goodbye lady!
She want it, she get it then she leave it fi spoil
Same meditation she teach to your child
Careful, you wind up beside her, you frighten, you might pay
So what I say

Black Cinderella

Track 13 from Protoje's Sophomore album ' The 8 Year Affair' (2013)

Every morning I rise
Peace to my mind when I hail Ras Tafari
Knowing His eyes are on I
Jah be my guide, I reside with the Most High
Even inna drought I nuh cry
These are the times when I hail Ras Tafari
Knowing that Jah will provide for I

I said He giveth and He taketh away
Understanding nothing is belonging to me
Earth will provide you with the necessity
Me say simplicity is what we use in these days
And Ras Tafari prophesied there would be wars
Many possessions would be lost
What you live is what you leave with, so
Hold it close, it’s the only thing that's yours

[CHORUS]

Because we know Jah we cannot walk away
Heart of the Lion is telling us not to stay far
‘Cause when it all passes away
To abide in Your presence is the only thing I pray for
‘Cause it is beautiful to know
Storms all around and You safely guide the way home
Yes, You lightening my load
Keep me right here on the straight road

[CHORUS]


Haile love I, you never forget
Haile bless I, don’t you ever forget
Haile love I, don't you ever forget
Haile bless I, don’t you ever forget

[CHORUS]

Haile is the power and the knowledge and the key
One, two, three, the Holy Trinity, yeah


Hail Ras Tafari

Track 14 from Protoje's Sophomore album ' The 8 Year Affair' (2013)

I'm just making music from my heart
Not music for the charts, no
No, I won’t get caught up in all of the things dem woulda start
To stray I from I path
Wont fall victim to dem conduct
I'm making music from my heart
Not music for the charts, no, no
With all the things dem coulda start
To stray I from I path
Won’t, won’t

Now I see what is my responsibility
The blessings I’ve received, I must do my best to lead then
‘Cause when people they stand in front of me with them ears attentively
Well then I do my best to reach them
For if I am making music from my soul and know my role
Well then it cannot get depleted
So divine when these energies align, thoughts flow from mind
So I know that I

[CHORUS]

Mommy, if I never win a Grammy don't you ever cry for me
No billboard up in the sky for me
If I never get to put a plaque on Don's wall
I'll appreciate the fact that even one sold
Daddy, do you see yourself when you look at me
I look at you and feel like that is what I've got to be
And so my strategy is to stay ‘way from the vanity
Plus LeAnn, I did promise she
That I would make my

[CHORUS]

Said no I will not pick a fight with my brothers just to get to the top
When I write, it’s truth and rights incite in every drop
Represent for all the younger ones that’s coming up
And show them love
No competition, it’s not “I,” it’s “us”
See, for all our times will come and go
When there’ll be no more lights, and there’ll be no more shows
And no more interviews, and no more people saying they loving you
I'm telling you, and then we'll know

[CHORUS]

No, no
Yeah, yeah
No, hey, hey
Music from my heart
Music from my heart
No, no, no, no, hey
So I give thanks for the ones that before us, you know?
And for the ones that forward, you know
Treat the music with respect


The 8 Year Affair

Mykal Direct Shoot Edit