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Dutty Water
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Contemporary Reggae at its finest
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Innovative, independent singer/songwriter from Toronto delivers crisp, uplifting tunes.
To contact me outside of soundclick, please feel free to send an e-mail to: Please replace the (at) with @ - this is just to keep the spammers away...Thank you. K-Gi has been writing for over 30 years. He resides in Canada. He has been encouraged and urged by friends and fellow musicians to share his creations. Hence, a debut album! 'If It Were Not So...I Would Have Told You!' speaks to all music lovers of various genres. A Journey from sandy beaches to salmon-filled rivers; from uplifting parties to candle-light dinners. Love Ballads, jazzy Latin guitar instrumentals, classical themes, R&B and Rap, African dance and drum music, Pop, Rock and Reggae. A diversity of genres is also reflected in K-Gi's lyrics, which paint a wide array of different pictures. From excursions in 'Paradise' to bouncy fun-filled party scenes, from social critical issues to father-daughter relationships. At present K-Gi is working on his second album, which will include several Reggae and crossover songs. He has recently written a Cumbia instrumental for a documentary about travelling a long forgotten pole-post road in Mexico. K-Gi also works with a well known dancer in France and provides the music for her African Dance show and dance classes. He feels that a good marriage between words and music (prosody) can if only briefly, uplift the human spirit and give it wings to fly. Yet, as important as music is to him, he envisions it as ‘just a slice of bread on the table of life’. Though somewhat of an introvert, K-Gi’s altruistic nature immediately surfaces when engaged in lively discussions. He asserts that no one will truly be safe, well-off and at peace until we ALL are! He believes that we are all connected to each other whether we know it or not; like it or not. In particular, he mentions how quickly we forget where we have come from once we become successful; forget what it is like to be hungry once we are full; or what it means to be cold while we are warm. However, once we are loved we never forget. It is therefore incumbent upon us all to do all that we can to spread love, peace, joy and compassionand to contribute towards the reduction of tragedies and sorrows globally. It is K-Gi’s ambition that music will afford him the opportunity to make a differenceno matter how small. Drop by drop is the bucket filled. Though many are called, few are chosen. “If it were not so he would have told you!” K-Gi Kage
Song Info
Genre
World Reggae
Charts
Peak #138
Peak in subgenre #25
Author
K-Gi Scarlett
Rights
2006 / K-Gi
Uploaded
September 26, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.6 MB 128 kbps 4:59
Story behind the song
So you left, are now with another, but look at you now! Sleeping with someone else yet still dreaming all about the last one. A commentary on a sociopolitically correct phenomenon that very often affect even the best of relationships.
Lyrics
DUTTY WATER Copyright 1992 Words and Music: K-Gi Scarlett All Rights Reserved 1. Jumped off ah di bed, kiss up you teeth slammed the door and then you gone a street Dutty Dutty water run from soap Look pon you now hang up pon nail Broke like rass in Ft. Lauderdale Dutty Dutty water run from soap…a then a coulda whah dat rasta? I could have cleaned you up (but you ran away), a make you nice and shiny Now you sleeping with someone else and you dreaming all about me, wo yoi CHORUS A me same one, wo yoi old Jacky’s boy seh mi deh yah A me me me Miss Lu’s big son (same one) I’m the one they call the son of a gun A me same one, wo yoi yoi yoi old Jacky’s boy seh mi deh yah A me me me Miss Lu’s big son I ‘m a telling you Telling you a me same one 2. Jumped outta me car, shoot up yuh mouth slammed the door and then you walk I out Dutty Dutty Water run from soap Well, look pon you now in the gutter So-so dry bread not even piece of butter Dutty Dutty Water run from soap Your second-hand seem brand new but you run away and you whiney-whiney Now you sleeping with someone else and you dreaming all about me, wo yoi CHORUS A me same one, wo yoi old Jacky’s boy seh mi deh yah A me me me Miss Lu’s big son (same one) I’m the one they call the son of a gun A me same one, wo yoi yoi yoi old Jacky’s boy seh mi deh yah A me me me Miss Lu’s big son I ‘m a telling you Telling you a me same one BREAKDOWN Come inna me house and nyam off me corn Stay for a while and now you’re gone Dut-dut-dut-dut-Dutty SOLOS 3. Jumped outta me heart, didn’t say why slammed the door not even waived good-bye Dutty Dutty Water run from soap Look pon you now old meagre dog Time has come to write your epilogue Dutty Dutty Water run from soap…a coulda whah dat rasta? Hey! I could have cleaned you up (why you run away?) A make you nice and shiny But you sleeping with someone else while you dreaming all about me, wo yoi CHORUS + AD.LIBS and FADE
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