My Windrush Lines

[Intro]

You can't honor me in one breath

Then spit on me with the same mouth

[Verse]

Unsettled, why am I unsettled?

Uneasy everywhere I go, its unleveled

Darg just want a place to call home, ones kennel

Why divine time always seem unscheduled?

Felt like I was on a lead, one rebel (One rebel)

Then you let me off the lead, vulnerable

I'm fallin' asleep, thought it was a dream for one sec

'Til I'm callin' my niece, now I cannot believe I've left you

Am I a refugee if I don't need no refuge?

Home is where the heart is, can I keep one venue?

I'm somebody's uncle, grandfather and nephew

I just had a great granddaughter, that's special

When I was young, I was hard workin', I came to work

Sticks and stones couldn't break me but the paper works

Misplaced, now I'm on the way and that's the way it works

Funny that they told me "Stay relaxed", when I stay alert

Memory lane circlin' my brain, got me runnin' laps

Always thought I was one of you, and you was one of man

Even though I was payin' extra shillings on my coloured tax

Banana Boat as a citizen, do I sit or stand?

Tilbury where we touched the road, make 'em see the dan

Lord knows I just want peace on this peace of land

They're saying "No blacks, no dogs, no Irish"

Violence, so I lay my head, where I lay my hat

If we done a day in the life you would close your eyes

If you had my life for a day you would sympathize

Compensation what they sayin' that we should claim

But when you're closer to the grave money doesn't buy you extra time

So now my train of thought got me feeling smaller than ever

That Windrush line is a hell of an empty gesture

With my last breath I'ma speak it until they're fed up

All with high blood pressure, I'm pressin' on the oppressor