Damian Marley - Banner

Damian Marley
“Banner”
Produced by Scoop DeVille
Ghetto Youths International
Release Date: October 11, 2024

Track Credits:
Written & Performed By: Damian “Jr. Gong Marley
Produced by: Scoop DeVille
Additional Percussions: Tycoon
Mixed By: Ettore Grenci - Soundpark Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Mastered By: Mike Bozzi at Bernie Grundman Mastering Studio, Hollywood, CA

Director: Ras Kassa
Exec Producer: Yamani Watkins
Producer: Ayanna Hynes
DP: Chris Browne
Editor: Ras Kassa Hynes
Colorist: Twain Richardson
Production Co: Production Island

“Banner" Lyrics”

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[Verse1]
Some man weh say them run a crime empire
Nuh bother trust them cause them might wear wire
The Feds tun on the heat just like hair dryer
Them couldn’t trick mi, every man fear fire
Shot gun driver, wi turn spare tyre
them testify bout how much mule them hire
Drugs inna PumPum as frequent flyer
Shot inna barrel like rice and flour
Lethal weapon, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
Feds a fly down and dress up undercover
Man a sellout till evidence discover
Business shell out and cant recover
A run risk cause them want reap power
Man deh pon death row just like deep cover
 
[Chorus]
Give thanks di righteous still a wave them banner
(Got the Scoop)
Give thanks di righteous still a wave…
 
[Verse 2]
The wolf study how to cheat sheep
The lead sheet is not a cheap sheet
Them watch until the shepherd need sleep
Then lure you in until you knee deep
Until its whoop whoop, or maybe GP,
Or maybe gun court
Then you peeps weep
Til them rat out the gang like a pipsqueak -
(Got the Scoop)
Fi obvious reasons you cant trust scammer
Real con man nuh talk and stammer
Cause them will mek them voice sound like Obama
And them will pose up like wedding planner
Them have a woman voice sound like Rihanna
Another one wah sound like Lisa Hanna
And them will sell you fullstop fi a comma
And them will swipe you credit card pon scanner
Fi every thousand try them might catch one of
Them catch ten, them score like Maradona
And every time them score a next man a plan up
Plot and a scheme, and him friend them a gang up
Until another lifeline get hang up…..
(Hello?)
 
[Chorus]
Give thanks di righteous still a wave them banner
Give thanks di righteous still a wave…
 
[Verse 3]
Claim say them royal, til them change for the wealth, Dread
No man nuh loyal every man for themself, Dread
Now them a war and that’s not good for them health, Dread
Just seh a prayer Father please give them help
Break the evilous spell
Cause a nuff youth a grow without a father cause them father deh a prison
Father free them from hell
And as the youth them get older, with a chip pon them shoulder
Single mother haffi feed them herself
 
Maybe that’s why them rebel
Maybe that’s why them acting up and doing time,
But only time will tell
Cause the nile/denial is a river deeper than any well
When you stifling people for you to propel
If you ever lost somebody what’s the feeling you felt
Remember everyone has feelings when you feeling yourself
So reminisce upon the feeling when you seeking revenge…
 
[Chorus]

Give thanks di righteous still a wave them banner
Give thanks di righteous still a wave them banner
Give thanks di righteous still a wave them banner
Give thanks di righteous still a wave…
(Got the Scoop)