Listen up now, Island Uncle got something important to tell you
You see them walking down the beach in the sunset light
Curves and muscles moving, everything feels right
Your heart start pounding like a drum in your chest
Your brain stop working, hormones do the rest
It’s like the sky getting dark, wind start to blow
You feel the pressure dropping, electricity show
That’s not love coming, mon, that’s something else
That’s category five heading straight for yourself
Don’t marry the hurricane! (Don’t do it!)
Don’t marry the hurricane! (Listen good!)
When the storm is raging and you can’t think straight
Go home, tie down your life, and WAIT
Don’t marry the hurricane!
Old people warning you, but you don’t hear nothing
Your body screaming “YES!” while your mind saying “Run thing!”
You making promises, talking about forever
But forever with the wrong person? That ain’t clever
When that hurricane hit, everything look amazing
Powerful and beautiful, absolutely blazing
But after the storm pass, what you gonna find?
Broken rafters, no foundation, nothing left behind
Don’t marry the hurricane! (Don’t do it!)
Don’t marry the hurricane! (Take advice!)
When the storm is raging and you can’t think straight
Shut the door, board the windows, and WAIT
Don’t marry the hurricane!
Ask the old folks, they’ll tell you true
“Fall in love with character, not what the body do”
Can they cook? Can they listen? Can they fix things?
Do they laugh easy? Work hard? Treat people kind?
‘Cause when the hurricane beauty fade away
And the storm calm down to normal day
You gonna wake up next to someone every morning
Better make sure you LIKE them, that’s the warning!
I’m not saying don’t feel the attraction, no
But feeling it and acting on it? Two different roads
When that hurricane coming, respect the power
Go home, secure yourself, give it some hours
Maybe days, maybe weeks, let the weather clear
Then go back and see if the person still appear
Beautiful in the calm, when the wind die down
THAT’S when you know if love is around
Don’t marry the hurricane! (Learn from me!)
Don’t marry the hurricane! (Save your life!)
Fall in love with the person, not the storm
Fall in love with the character, that’s the norm
Don’t marry the hurricane!
Don’t marry the hurricane!
No, no, no…
Island Uncle speak the truth, mon
The hard truth!