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MerahPutih.com - Versatility adalah salah satu lagu yang dipopulerkan oleh musisi dancehall kenamaan asal Jamaika, Vybz Kartel.
Lagu ini dikenal sebagai karya yang mencerminkan gaya khas Kartel dengan nuansa ritmis yang kuat dan lirik yang lugas, mencerminkan keunikan musikalitasnya dalam genre reggae dan dancehall.
Dengan durasi sepanjang 3 menit 19 detik, Versatility menjadi track pembuka dari album mini bertajuk Virginity Singles, yang resmi dirilis pada 11 Oktober 2011.
Meskipun album ini tergolong ringkas dengan hanya memuat dua lagu, yaitu Versatility dan Virginity, keduanya tetap menampilkan kekuatan naratif dan musikal Vybz Kartel yang khas.
Melalui rilisan ini, Kartel kembali mempertegas posisinya sebagai salah satu ikon penting dalam industri musik Jamaika, yang kerap menghadirkan karya-karya yang provokatif, enerjik, dan penuh warna.
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Lirik Lagu Versatility - Vybz Kartel
Mi nah watch yuh boyfriend
So it was in the beginning
So it be in the end
A mi first tek weh yuh innocence
First night at di rampin' shop
Yuh bawl out from di love yuh feel
As di rampin' start it stop
Yuh still contain yuh innocence
But di shy ting stop
Yuh still confess yuh love to me
Baby!
Memba di first touch
Memba di first time yuh have a crush
Yuh love mi so much, it buck and it stuck
But still first love off di deepest cut
Memba di first dollyhouse weh we act
Yuh tell mi yuh madda a go beat yuh fi dat
Two day later me see yuh come back
Fi spend a five minutes everytime yuh go shop
Baby!
Two weeks run off
Maturity tek over yuh body
Bawlin' stop
Yuh tun' professional
Mi give yuh di good love already
Yuh want it back
Yuh a hunt mi yaad
Everyday, yuh deh a Big Yard
Rampin' shop
True yuh can't figet, di man weh tek away...
Mi tek weh yuh versatility...
Mi tek weh yuh versatility...
Mi tek weh yuh versatility...
Mi tek weh yuh versatility...
So sing for me...
Yeah yeah yeah... you took my...
Yeah yeah yeah... you took my...
Yeah yeah yeah... you took my...
Yeah yeah yeah...
Inna my first neighbourhood
Di time did hard, but di vibes did good
A tug o' war love mi a push, him a shub
Di love a rise higher than fowl inna coob
Now yuh waan see mi every single second
Me have white liver cau' me a Indian
No matter who a waan seh dem a yuh husband
Teacha mi memba cau' you a mi first one
Mi tek weh yuh versatility...
Mi tek weh yuh versatility...
Mi tek weh yuh versatility...
Mi tek weh yuh versatility...
So sing for me...
Yeah yeah yeah... you took my...
Yeah yeah yeah... you took my...
Yeah yeah yeah... you took my...
Yeah yeah yeah...
Memba di first touch
Memba di first time yuh have a crush
Yuh love mi so much, it buck and it stuck
But still first love off di deepest cut
Memba di first dollyhouse weh we act
Yuh tell mi yuh madda a go beat yuh fi dat
Two day later me see yuh come back
Fi spend a five minutes everytime yuh go shop
Baby!
Two weeks run off
Maturity tek over yuh body
Bawlin' stop
Yuh tun' professional
Mi give yuh di good love already
Yuh want it back
Yuh a hunt mi yaad
Everyday, yuh deh a Big Yard
Rampin' shop
True yuh can't figet, di man weh tek away...
Mi tek weh yuh versatility...
Mi tek weh yuh versatility...
Mi tek weh yuh versatility...
Mi tek weh yuh versatility...
So sing fi me...
So sing fi me...
So sing fi me...
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