Tracklist
- I Thought I Had ToE 3:55IntroRun, bredda, run…Dem a come…Verse 1Sixteen, corner hot, red bandana tie tightFriend dem seh “Wi a di real, wi ago own di night”First night mi hold di Glock, hand a shake but mi smileMi seh “If mi nuh do it, dem ago kill mi in a while”Shot fire, man drop, blood pon di concreteMi run gone inna di lane, heart a beat 33 beatPolice light flash, mi hear mama scream mi nameBut mi tell miself loud:I had to do it… I had to do it…Verse 2Next year, same war, bredda Delroy catch a strayHim did a laugh two second ago, now him lay cold inna di wayFuneral full a enemy, wi carry casket wid gunMi fire in di air, swear revenge till di war doneTwo month later, mi best dawg get 25 flatJudge seh “Life,” him look pon mi an’ seh “Yuh next, dat”Mi still pon di road, eye red, no sleepMi tell miself again:I had to do it… I had to do it…ChorusI had to do it, had to do itOr dem woulda do it to miI had to do it, had to do itDat a di lie weh set mi freeVerse 3One night mi deh pon di same corner, alonePhone ring—mi last friend just catch bullet inna him domeMi look pon di bloodstain weh still inna di concreteAn’ something inna mi chest just drop an’ retreatMi see Delroy face, mi see di judge, mi see mama cryAn’ for di first time mi ask miself… “But why?”Mi drop di gun pon di ground, it soun’ like thunderAn’ di truth finally cut mi asunderChorusI never had to do it… I never had to do itI only thought I had to, Jah knowI never had to do it… I never had to do itI was just scared an’ too young fi knowBridgeEvery friend mi lose, every night mi robEvery tear mama drop, every cell door a sobWas fi nuttin’… all fi nuttin’Mi coulda walk weh from day oneFinal ChorusI never had to do it, I never had to do itAn’ now mi free fi live mi life trueI never had to do it, I never had to do itAn’ every youth weh hear mi—yuh nuh have to neitherWalk weh, bredda… walk wehBefore di lie become yuh graveOutroI thought I had to…But love was di only thing I ever had to do.
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