Last Bend at Champs

Lane six! Likkle girl from Mandeville Shanice lace up spikes weh har cousin outgrow Madda sell tomato fi pay di bus fare, yuh know Thirty thousand people inna National Stadium Green and gold a wave like a flag over Kingston Starter lift di pistol and di whole place freeze She a whisper one prayer with a shake inna har knees Gun bark, she gone, she a fly off di block Three girl in front and she a chase down di clock Round di last bend, round di last bend! Lungs a burn but she nah go bend Every market woman a jump pon har stall Round di last bend, she a pass dem all! Coach a beat di railing till him knuckle turn red Har teacher cyaan watch, have a towel pon har head Hundred metre left and di big school girl a fade Every morning pon di hill, every sacrifice paid Knee a pump high and har arm dem a drive Whole a Manchester parish a scream, she alive Fifty! Thirty! Ten! Chest pon di tape, look pon di board again! Round di last bend, round di last bend! Lungs a burn but she nah go bend Every market woman a jump pon har stall Round di last bend, she a pass dem all! New record! Tell har madda!