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T.O.K.
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T.O.K. were a Kingston dancehall group formed in 1996 — Roshaun "Bay-C" Clarke, Alistaire "Alex" McCalla, Craig "Craigy T" Thompson and Xavier "Flexx" Davidson, now billed Ja Flexx — and were among the biggest Jamaican acts of the 2000s, working in four-part harmony at a point when dancehall was overwhelmingly a solo deejay's form. "Chi Chi Man", "Footprints" and the album Unknown Language carried them well beyond Jamaica. The group announced it was finished in October 2015 and the four went to solo careers; they reunited in 2022, released "NPLH (Home)" with Shams the Producer, and were touring again in 2025 on the twentieth anniversary of Unknown Language.
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T.O.K. - Footprints | Official Music Video
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- 0:13Yeah. One set of good friends and you
- 0:18Yeah. One set of good friends and you think
- 0:20think
- 0:20think one thing you got. So when you see one
- 0:23one thing you got. So when you see one
- 0:23one thing you got. So when you see one set of good friends I got to carry you.
- 0:26set of good friends I got to carry you.
- 0:26set of good friends I got to carry you. Hurry up and come back. was the last
- 0:29Hurry up and come back. was the last
- 0:29Hurry up and come back. was the last thing she said to her son.
- 0:34thing she said to her son.
- 0:34thing she said to her son. The day his life was taken. She didn't
- 0:37The day his life was taken. She didn't
- 0:37The day his life was taken. She didn't know he wouldn't come back. He died from
- 0:41know he wouldn't come back. He died from
- 0:41know he wouldn't come back. He died from the bullet of a gun.
- 0:45the bullet of a gun.
- 0:45the bullet of a gun. And now our little boy is gone. She
- 0:49And now our little boy is gone. She
- 0:49And now our little boy is gone. She said, "Help me.
- 0:52said, "Help me.
- 0:52said, "Help me. Lord, help me." Then she looked up to
- 0:55Lord, help me." Then she looked up to
- 0:55Lord, help me." Then she looked up to the sky and she heard a voice reply.
- 1:01the sky and she heard a voice reply.
- 1:01the sky and she heard a voice reply. When you cry, I cry.
- 1:04When you cry, I cry.
- 1:04When you cry, I cry. I cry along with you. When you smile, I
- 1:08I cry along with you. When you smile, I
- 1:08I cry along with you. When you smile, I smile.
- 1:10smile.
- 1:10smile. I smile along with you. When you cry, I
- 1:14I smile along with you. When you cry, I
- 1:14I smile along with you. When you cry, I cry.
- 1:16cry.
- 1:16cry. I cry along with you. When you smile, I
- 1:20I cry along with you. When you smile, I
- 1:20I cry along with you. When you smile, I smile.
- 1:21smile.
- 1:22smile. I smile along. My mama baby left
- 1:24I smile along. My mama baby left
- 1:24I smile along. My mama baby left homeless
- 1:26homeless
- 1:26homeless abandoned when he was two. So the street
- 1:29abandoned when he was two. So the street
- 1:29abandoned when he was two. So the street side kids and a shopping mall was a
- 1:32side kids and a shopping mall was a
- 1:32side kids and a shopping mall was a family he knew. It's not easy being
- 1:35family he knew. It's not easy being
- 1:35family he knew. It's not easy being homeless. Sometimes you want to do what
- 1:38homeless. Sometimes you want to do what
- 1:38homeless. Sometimes you want to do what you have to do. And he didn't have a mom
- 1:42you have to do. And he didn't have a mom
- 1:42you have to do. And he didn't have a mom or dad to help him get through. He says,
- 1:47or dad to help him get through. He says,
- 1:47or dad to help him get through. He says, "Help me.
- 1:49"Help me.
- 1:49"Help me. Father, help me." And he looked up to
- 1:53Father, help me." And he looked up to
- 1:53Father, help me." And he looked up to the sky and he heard a voice reply.
- 1:58the sky and he heard a voice reply.
- 1:58the sky and he heard a voice reply. When you cry, I cry.
- 2:01When you cry, I cry.
- 2:02When you cry, I cry. I cry along with you. When you smile, I
- 2:06I cry along with you. When you smile, I
- 2:06I cry along with you. When you smile, I smile.
- 2:07smile.
- 2:07smile. I smile along with you. When you cry, I
- 2:11I smile along with you. When you cry, I
- 2:11I smile along with you. When you cry, I cry. Based on a true story,
- 2:17I smile your head up. I smile. It was
- 2:20I smile your head up. I smile. It was early Sunday morning. Me get up and
- 2:22early Sunday morning. Me get up and
- 2:22early Sunday morning. Me get up and watch the news. Then me said last night
- 2:24watch the news. Then me said last night
- 2:24watch the news. Then me said last night I see you then kill a youth. Then mama
- 2:26I see you then kill a youth. Then mama
- 2:26I see you then kill a youth. Then mama tell me say our church sister Jack just
- 2:29tell me say our church sister Jack just
- 2:29tell me say our church sister Jack just lose our brother over view. When she
- 2:32lose our brother over view. When she
- 2:32lose our brother over view. When she tell me judge I know it mash me up not
- 2:34tell me judge I know it mash me up not
- 2:34tell me judge I know it mash me up not tell lie but you know so you never see
- 2:37tell lie but you know so you never see
- 2:37tell lie but you know so you never see me cry. Every day and every night she
- 2:39me cry. Every day and every night she
- 2:39me cry. Every day and every night she still ask the father why her brother had
- 2:41still ask the father why her brother had
- 2:41still ask the father why her brother had to die. She care a voice reply. When you
- 2:44to die. She care a voice reply. When you
- 2:44to die. She care a voice reply. When you cry I cry.
- 2:47cry I cry.
- 2:47cry I cry. I cry along with you. When you smile, I
- 2:51I cry along with you. When you smile, I
- 2:51I cry along with you. When you smile, I smile.
- 2:53smile.
- 2:53smile. I smile along with you. When you cry, I
- 2:57I smile along with you. When you cry, I
- 2:57I smile along with you. When you cry, I cry.
- 2:59cry.
- 2:59cry. I cry along with you. When you smile, I
- 3:03I cry along with you. When you smile, I
- 3:03I cry along with you. When you smile, I smile.
- 3:04smile.
- 3:04smile. I smile along with you. When you cry, I
- 3:08I smile along with you. When you cry, I
- 3:08I smile along with you. When you cry, I cry.
- 3:10cry.
- 3:10cry. I cry along with you. When you smile, I
- 3:14I cry along with you. When you smile, I
- 3:14I cry along with you. When you smile, I smile.
- 3:16smile.
- 3:16smile. I along with you when you cry. I cry.
