Footprints - Eric Nordhoff

Cry, cry, cryYo, one set a footprint inna di sand

And yuh, a rumble and a screw, yuh, tink it should a be two

Memba one tink mi yute a Fadda God a we plan

So when, yuh, see one set a footprint a God a carry you"Hurry up and come back",

was the last thing she said to her son

The day his life was taken

She didn’t know he wouldn’t come back

He died from the bullet of a gun and now her little boy is goneShe said, «Help me, Lord help me»

Then she looked up to the sky, then she heard a voice replyWhen you cry I cry,

I cry along with you

When you smile I smile, I smile along with you

When you cry I cry, I cry along with you

When you smile I smile, I smile along with youAnother baby left homeless,

abandoned when he was two

So the streetside kids at the shopping mall was the family he knew

It’s not easy being homeless

Sometimes you have to do what you have to do

And he didn’t have a mom or dad, to help him get throughHe said, «Help me,

father help me»

And he looked up to the sky and he heard a voice replyWhen you cry I cry,

I cry along with you

When you smile I smile, I smile along with you

When you cry I cry, I cry along with you

When you smile I smile, I smile along with youIt was early Sunday mornin',

me get up and watch di news

Then mi hear seh last night a Seaview dem kill a yute

Then, mama tell mi seh har church sista Jacqueline

Just lose har brodda, ova Seaview GardenWhen she tell mi Jah Jah know it,

mash mi up nah tell nuh lie

But she know seh man a thuggish so, yuh nah go see mi cry

Everyday and every night she still a ask di Fadda why

Her brodda had to die, she hear her voice replyWhen you cry I cry,

I cry along with you

When you smile I smile, I smile along with you

When you cry I cry, I cry along with you

When you smile I smile, I smile along with youWhen you cry I cry,

I cry along with you

When you smile I smile, I smile along with you

When you cry I cry, I cry along with you

When you smile I smile, I smile along with you