Try To Reciprocate

They told me when I go to school

Return every blow wid a blow leh dah be yah rule

You can’t get beat up and don’t beat back

They will fah evah bully yah, you’ll be theirs to attack

On my first day at aaround lunch time

Rang an old fashion bell not the electric chime

Everyone it seemed rushed busting with hunger

Canteen was full and the lines were getting longer

I finally got two from the top when a big boy stepped in

Put himself in front of me and started to grin

Really you can’t do that I said politely but stern

One punch in my mouth and I recall what they wanted me to learn

Cuffs, slaps, punches and neck locks they all were the same

Any time someone started it you must beat them at their game

There is no fight I lost although the lesson was not great

Every blow I got through school I would Try To Reciprocate