(feat. Nicole Sinclair)[Kardinal Offishall]Sweet MarieCHORUS [Nicole Sinclair]So sweet so sweet so sweetOh sweet Marie, Marie, MarieSo sweet so sweet so sweetOh come on, sweet MarieSo sweet so sweet so sweetYeahSo sweet so sweet so sweet[Kardinal Offishall]Sweetest Marie, it is to thee that I dedicateMe, myself and I for all of eterni-tieWithout you I wouldn't have made it this far, this farTell me how to live right and how to live wrong tooBut it only made me strongerWisest of wise enough, strongest of the strongNow who love what I seeIn life, before me, stands a headstrong womanOverworked and underpaid, stress riddenFirst class middle class personType rehearsing of your valuesMade an easy path for me to be who I be (let's see)One half of my creation, 100% Jamaican50% T-dot, 50% not anything mentioned beforeBut pure unadulterated loveEven though sometimes I can't get down with your actionsI'm passing that, for the positive things that I see in youDedicated to the one sweet Marie[CHORUS][Kardinal Offishall]Giving birth to a black man in this landIs similar to angels being placed in the palm of the devil's handCorruption all around and surrounded by greed and lustAnd trust (trust), that you will appear when the sunBut I am not one, all praises due to my motherI love my father too, but sweet Marie there ain't no otherThat show me more than you, how to stay out of the devil's reachesPushing me to profit, rocking funky in peachesSociety's leeches, teachers do yourselfAnd all your sister's need, in pursuit of higher wealthSweet Marie regardless of the treatment of your familyDespite of what you don't have, you'll always have me'Cause me and you we're tight, you respect my life's pathWhen I'm in a position, in those who deserve it feel the wrathOf disrespecting you, we have the highest principles of bloodIt runs thicker than water, but hurtsThat's when eye's blood, sweet Marie[CHORUS][Kardinal Offishall]Staying at a friend's house, 'cause Hydro is not paidSuffering in the dead of winter left dreaming of a graveOr atleast someone to save, is the feelings I rememberCold play in the Shakespeare on the Holy in DecemberNever lived in the ghetto but suffer the circumstanceCircumstantial evidence reveals the nature of my residenceMy presence and present, is the love and strength of blacknessFibers of a genocide and presence during Mantis(?)Because of my Mom, I've experienced parts of lifeMy nigga could not relate to, but whose to shay that it's for betterCouldn't afford to buy me leather, but my body stayed warmCouldn't afford to buy me diamonds, but I still had charmShe could afford to give me knowledge, and teach to speak truthShe taught me black lies were white reali-tieForever and a day gee, I will bleed for my familyF-O-S brothers and the one sweet Marie[CHORUS]
Lyrics by Kardinal Offishall
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