Eleven Long Years

	作词 : HANCOCK, HERBIE/SILVER, HORACE/SIMPSON, MEL/TAYLOR, ROBERT/WILKINSON, GEOFF
	Mi tek off mi land down now in Jamaica
	Callaloo, di box juice, and di sensimillia
	Givin' thanks and praise to almighty jah jah
	Glad fi reach now mi safe, mi have fi seen mi father
	Di sun it a beat and mi a get well para
	'Cos a many many tings a di Yoot man now I would like to know
	Was he fat, was he slim, did he drink or did he smoke?
	These are di type a di tings a weh a di Yoot man a want fi know

	(chorus)
	It's been eleven long years since mi seen mi father
	Ay ay mi father
	Thank God, bless God, mi a go see mi father

	Now mi know mi reach know mi know mi safe
	Now mi see mi father a come
	'Cos a many many years since him gone
	When him tek a tek a house and land
	Fi go better himself, big up himself
	For weh him did dream a weh did he plan
	'Cos di ting I remember di most he was ambitious man
	So him build up a house, build up a land, buy up a car and a
	minivan
	Fi go settle himself and a wait fi di day when a Yoot man come
	along
	So everything set, everything fly
	Now mi know cool and go blow my mind
	Because mi ready fi go see my father
	And dat's di only thing upon my mind

	zuò cí : HANCOCK, HERBIE SILVER, HORACE SIMPSON, MEL TAYLOR, ROBERT WILKINSON, GEOFF
	Mi tek off mi land down now in Jamaica
	Callaloo, di box juice, and di sensimillia
	Givin' thanks and praise to almighty jah jah
	Glad fi reach now mi safe, mi have fi seen mi father
	Di sun it a beat and mi a get well para
	' Cos a many many tings a di Yoot man now I would like to know
	Was he fat, was he slim, did he drink or did he smoke?
	These are di type a di tings a weh a di Yoot man a want fi know

	chorus
	It' s been eleven long years since mi seen mi father
	Ay ay mi father
	Thank God, bless God, mi a go see mi father

	Now mi know mi reach know mi know mi safe
	Now mi see mi father a come
	' Cos a many many years since him gone
	When him tek a tek a house and land
	Fi go better himself, big up himself
	For weh him did dream a weh did he plan
	' Cos di ting I remember di most he was ambitious man
	So him build up a house, build up a land, buy up a car and a
	minivan
	Fi go settle himself and a wait fi di day when a Yoot man come
	along
	So everything set, everything fly
	Now mi know cool and go blow my mind
	Because mi ready fi go see my father
	And dat' s di only thing upon my mind