Footprints
TOK Lyrics

One set of footprints inna di sand and yuh a grumble and
You are complaining about walking on the beach with only one set of footprints instead of two.

A screw a seh it shoulda be two remember one thing mi youth a Father God have the plan so when
Someone is telling you that there should have been two sets of footprints, but you should remember that it is all part of God's plan.

You see one set of footprints a God carry you
When you see only one set of footprints, it means that God is carrying you through tough times.

Hurry up and come back was the last thing she said to her son
Before her son died, his mother told him to come back quickly.

The day his life was taken she did not know he wouldn't come back he died from the bullet
On the day her son died, his mother did not anticipate that he would not return home. He was killed by a gunshot.

Of a gun and now her little boy is gone
Her son passed away due to a gunshot wound and she has lost him.

She said help me, Lord help me and she looked up to the sky and she heard a voice reply
She called out to God for help and looked towards the sky for help. She heard a voice in response.

Another baby left homeless
There is another child who is without a home.

Abandoned when he was two so the street side kids
The child was abandoned at the age of two, and he found solidarity with the other street kids.

At the shopping mall was the family he knew it's not easy being homeless sometimes you have to do
The shopping mall was where he felt at home, among the other children who did not have a place to live. Homelessness is difficult, and sometimes you must do whatever it takes to get by.

What you have to do and he didn't have a mom or dad to help him get through
He had to do what he could to survive without the support of parents.

He said help me, Father help me
He asked God for assistance.

And then he looked up to the sky and he heard a voice reply
He looked upwards and heard a response to his pleas for help.

It was early Sunday morning mi get up a watch the news
The singer woke up early on a Sunday morning to watch the news.

Then mi hear seh last night a seaview dem kill a youth den mamma tell mi seh her church sister
The singer heard on the news that a young person was killed in Seaview Gardens. Then, the singer's mother informed them that her friend from church had lost her brother in the same location.

Jacqueline just lose her brother over seaview gardens
Jacqueline had recently lost her brother in Seaview Gardens.

When she tell mi jah jah know ti mash mi up naah tell nuh lie but yuh know seh man a thuggist so yuh
When his mother told him the news, the artist was devastated and upset. He knew that he was living a life of violence, but he would not cry every day.

Naah go see me cry everyday and every night she still a ask the father
He did not want others to see him cry, but Jacqueline continued to ask God why her brother had to die.

Why her brother had to die she heard a voice reply
Jacqueline heard a voice respond to her question about why her brother had to die.

When you cry I cry
The voice responded by saying that when she cries, it cries with her.

I cry along with you
The voice cries in solidarity with her.

When you smile I smile
When Jacqueline smiles, the voice smiles with her.

I smile along with you
The voice feels joy along with her when she does.