[00:00.000] 作词 : HANCOCK, HERBIE/SILVER, HORACE/SIMPSON, MEL/TAYLOR, ROBERT/WILKINSON, GEOFF[00:01.000] 作曲 : Horace Silver/Mel Simpson/Geoff Wilkinson/Randy Taylor[00:30.087]Mi tek off mi land down now in Jamaica[00:34.046]Callaloo, di box juice, and di sensimillia[00:37.672]Givin' thanks and praise to almighty jah jah[00:41.461]Glad fi reach now mi safe, mi have fi seen mi father[00:45.590]Di sun it a beat and mi a get well para[00:49.054]'Cos a many many tings a di Yoot man now I would like to know[00:53.032]Was he fat, was he slim, did he drink or did he smoke?[00:56.991]These are di type a di tings a weh a di Yoot man a want fi know[01:00.590](chorus)[01:02.327]It's been eleven long years since mi seen mi father[01:04.197]Ay ay mi father[01:08.376]Thank God, bless God, mi a go see mi father[01:15.606]Now mi know mi reach know mi know mi safe[01:17.265]Now mi see mi father a come[01:19.316]'Cos a many many years since him gone[01:21.051]When him tek a tek a house and land[01:23.264]Fi go better himself, big up himself[01:25.029]For weh him did dream a weh did he plan[01:27.018]'Cos di ting I remember di most he was ambitious man[01:31.004]So him build up a house, build up a land, buy up a car and a minivan[01:34.595]Fi go settle himself and a wait fi di day when a Yoot man come along[01:38.392]So everything set, everything fly[01:40.110]Now mi know cool and go blow my mind[01:42.118]Because mi ready fi go see my father[01:43.942]And dat's di only thing upon my mind