Uptown Heart in Rocksteady Time

[Intro]

[long bass swell

Then groove drops in]

[Verse 1]

You said “uptown later”

Same corner

Same old shop

Pressed my dress

Pressed my feelings

’til the ironing got too hot

You stroll in like it’s Sunday

Smelling sweet and late again

Laughing loud with some new story

Like my time is small change

[Chorus]

Uptown heart in rocksteady time

You break slow

You break kind

Make me sway

Then leave me standing

With the riddim still in my spine

Uptown heart in rocksteady time

I keep crossing that same thin line

Every smile you pull me over

Every lie you let slide by

[Verse 2]

Taxi horns and bad behavior

You’re the prince of halfway plans

Buy me juice

Then buy her flowers

Say “is just a vibes

You overstand”

But my mother raised a lady

Not a waiting room for love

So I circle all your maybes

Then I tear the page right up

[Chorus]

Uptown heart in rocksteady time

You break slow

You break kind

Make me sway

Then leave me standing

With the riddim still in my spine

Uptown heart in rocksteady time

I keep crossing that same thin line

Every smile you pull me over

Every lie you let slide by

[Bridge]

One step to you

Two steps back

(oh-oh) I’m dancing with my pride like that

If sweetness mean

I lose myself

I rather walk this road by myself

[Chorus]

Uptown heart in rocksteady time

You break slow

You break kind

Make me sway

Then leave me standing

With the riddim still in my spine

Uptown heart in rocksteady time

I keep crossing that same thin line

Tonight I let your echo fade

And keep this rocksteady heart of mine