Intro - Piano & Rain Mmm... yeh... Verse 1 Mmm... mi a live wid regrets, it sleep inna mi bed... yeh Whisper inna mi ear every word mi never said... To mi father ’fore him dead... to mi bredda ’fore him bled... To di girl weh love mi pure, but mi left fi chase di red... Shoulda hug mama more, ’stead a chase di fast life... Shoulda tell mi yute "mi proud" ’fore him touch di knife... Shoulda walk ’way from di argument weh turn to strife... Now mi live wid ghosts, and mi conscience nuh nice... Pre-Chorus Ooh... regrets nuh knock, dem live yah... mmm Inna mi chest when mi breathe, yah... Inna mi chest when mi grieve, yah... And mi cyaa call fi di things mi leave, nah... Chorus - Heavy & Honest Mi a live wid regrets, and it heavy like lead... yeh Drink nuh drown it, money nuh drown it, fame cyaa drown it, bred... Mi smile fi di world, but mi soul deh pon shed... ’Cause di things mi did do, and di things mi never said... Mi a live wid regrets, and it eat off mi head... mmm Mummy seh: di past is a teacher, but some lesson lef’ yuh dead... So mi sing fi di ones weh it burn inna dem bed... Yuh nuh alone... mi a live wid regrets... Verse 2 - Di Specifics Fully! Regret di night mi tell pops "mi busy"... yeh Next call a seh him gone, and mi head dizzy... Regret di link mi cut off ’cause mi pride did fizzy... Now him six foot, and mi apologies cyaa kiss he... Regret di love mi had, but mi treat like game... She did a mi peace, mi treat her like fame... Now she gone wid a man weh call her name... And mi deh yah wid di blame... Pre-Chorus Ooh no... regrets a di tax yuh pay... mmm Fi di choices yuh make when yuh astray... And di interest haffi pay every day... ’Til yuh learn fi forgive yuh yesterday... Chorus - Heavy & Honest Mi a live wid regrets, and it heavy like lead... yeh Drink nuh drown it, money nuh drown it, fame cyaa drown it, bred... Mi smile fi di world, but mi soul deh pon shed... ’Cause di things mi did do, and di things mi never said... Mi a live wid regrets, and it eat off mi head... mmm Mummy seh: di past is a teacher, but some lesson lef’ yuh dead... So mi sing fi di ones weh it burn inna dem bed... Yuh nuh alone... mi a live wid regrets... Bridge - Spoken Eeeeh... to di youth... mmm Call yuh father today... Hug yuh mother today... Tell her yuh love her today... ’Cause "tomorrow" a di biggest lie regret ever say... Verse 3 - Turning Point But mi cyaa live deh so forever... yeh Regret a fi teach, not fi sever... So mi a use di pain fi be better... Fi write di letter, fi fix di weather... Mi cyaa bring back di dead, but mi can live right... Fi mi sons, fi mi name, fi mi light... So di next man nuh haffi bawl inna di night... ’Cause him daddy did a live wid regrets... Final Chorus - Hopeful Mi did live wid regrets, but mi learning fi let... yeh Go of di shame, and hold di lesson instead... Mi still feel di ache, but mi walk wid di debt... And turn it to a bridge fi di ones weh nuh reach yet... Mi did live wid regrets... mmm But now mi live fi not have more, yuh get?... Mummy seh : di past done set... So live today so yuh nuh have regret... Outro - Deep Exhale Mmm... Fully!! Cratic!!
