Mississippi (I Can See Arkansas)

Y-y-y-yah hear mi man, w-w-w-watch it
G-give mi way, give mi way
And you think you a just go weh so
Hear weh mi a tell you now
Beenie Man and the One
W-w-w-wall out with love make it strong
Yah man, w-w-watch out man
Look yah gyal friend, yah hear me?
Mmm hmm

There's a natural wonder between us
But it doesn't seem natural to me
That you can walk away from the love we made
Here in Tennessee
Leave everything that we worked for
And start another life
I saw you drive across the Memphis bridge
But I don't believe my eyes

Oh, I can see Arkansas across the Mississippi
I can see a big riverboat heading down to New Orleans
I can see the cotton fields on the other side
And the sun going down again
Oh, I can see Arkansas
But I still don't see why the love we had should end

(I can see Arkansas)
But b-boy, mi a tell you, see man
You know when yah, yah come from nowhere
Yah, yah own and have nuh bills
And foundation and start from scratch
And you come up now
And just because some people foolishness
Mi a tell you, mi gyal, truly
Is like some people, you see, just go on so
Because, you know what, you know what mi tell her say?

If it's true how much I love you
I'd swim this river tonight
I'd bet my soul against the undertow
For the chance to hold you tight
But there's more than a river between us
And I can't swim that far
As hard as I try, I still can't drown
The memories of where you are

Oh, I can see Arkansas across the Mississippi
I can see a big riverboat heading down to New Orleans
I can see the cotton fields on the other side
And the sun going down again
Oh, I can see Arkansas
But I still don't see why the love we had should end
Oh, I can see Arkansas across the Mississippi
I can see a big riverboat heading down to New Orleans
I can see the cotton fields on the other side
And the sun going down again

B-boy, mi a tell you, see man, you see
Watch it now, yah hear me?
Hear mi, mad, look yah
Because, when she walk out, Jah know mi nuh know weh mi fi do
Mi blue sky, she turn a grey now fi true
She take mi sunlight and turn it darkness fi true
Mi say, the moon is gone a play darkness past two
And dis a weh mi say, nuh do mi gyal friend true
B-boy, mi look pon her simply
Mi say, yah hear mi, baby?
Look, look yah

Oh, I can see Arkansas across the Mississippi