RUN MI OUT
I-Octane Lyrics

How mama mi love yo
The singer expresses his love for his mother.

Yes mi daddy run mi out
The singer's father kicked him out of the house.

She mi a chat bout mi mother too much
The singer's stepmother complains about his mother too often.

Mi a talk bout mi mother too much
The singer talks about his mother too much, which annoys his father and stepmother.

Tell yuh mi daddy run mi out
The singer repeats that his father kicked him out of the house.

Seh a chat bout mi mother too much
The singer explains that his father kicked him out because he talked about his mother too much.

Yes mi father rum out
The singer's father left him alone outside in the cold to fend for himself.

Tell yo mi daddy run mi out
The singer repeats that his father kicked him out of the house.

Yes in a di cold when battle field red in a di night
The singer was left alone outside on a cold night and felt like he was in the middle of a battlefield.

Him never care if mi dead in a di night
The singer's father did not care if he died outside in the cold.

Carry mi pan a lonely road left mi a di light
The singer's father left him on a lonely road with no light.

True mi mother cum link mi an left mi a rejoice
The singer's mother visited him and left him feeling happy.

She mi a stress in a him life
The singer's stepmother is causing stress in his father's life.

Mi a try mash up him an him wife
The singer is trying to ruin his father's marriage to his stepmother.

Di first from mi born mi a tell yo mi feel so much mosquito bite
The singer has suffered from mosquito bites since he was born.

Daddy run mi out
The singer repeats that his father kicked him out of the house.

Mi she mi papa run mi out
The singer repeats that his father kicked him out of the house.

Mi neva get no food when it cook
The singer did not receive any food when it was cooked.

Neva get no shoes paw mi foot
The singer did not have any shoes to wear.

All when mi step sister dem gone a school with backpack
Even though his stepsisters go to school with backpacks, the singer does not have one.

Yow mi neva get no book
The singer did not have any books.

An step mother tell mi father alot a times how mi no wan wash di plate
The singer's stepmother complains to his father multiple times that he does not want to wash the plates.

How mi no wan di yard rake
The singer's stepmother also complains that he does not want to rake the yard.

All when di dog dem stay a road dem stray
Even when the dogs stay on the road, they still wander off into other places.

Mi no lock di gate
The singer did not lock the gate, which may have allowed the dogs to wander off.

Now him bible stop open pan di night stan
The singer's father no longer reads his Bible at night.

Niceness in a him life gone
The goodness in the singer's father's life is gone.

The woman wa him cherish so much leave him fi a white man
The woman that the singer's father loved so much left him for a white man.

But mi still love him a mi father
Despite everything, the singer still loves his father.

Trust mi mi wouldn't trade him fi another
The singer would not trade his father for anyone else.

Cause him teach mi wisdom fi don't be like him
His father taught him to be wise and not follow in his footsteps.

When mi get my sons an mi daughter
The singer intends to pass on his father's wisdom to his own children.