Ghetto life... Ghetto life... Ghetto life... Life in the ghetto ain't easy Life in the ghetto don't nice Life in the ghetto ain't easy Life in the ghetto ain't nice
Mother and father don't have no money Mother and father don't have no food to eat De pickney dem no have nowhere fi sleep So five child and the mother on the bed And four more on the floor You should de hear the children man snore Beco' pon de floor rastaman it's so cold Wouh woah, alright
Life in the ghetto ain't easy Life in the ghetto ain't nice Life in the ghetto ain't easy Life in the ghetto ain't nice
Mother and father don't have no money Mother and father nah know food to eat Some no have nowhere to sleep Some go pon de room rastaman go a sir (?) The children go outta dem go pick up bakkle Some I beyond de bushes dem a play cowboy I beyond the wall and dem a play football A some play cricket dem apart weh di ball (?)
Life in the ghetto don't easy Life in the ghetto ain't nice Life in the ghetto ain't easy Life in the ghetto ain't nice
The children goes out and themself dem star Some try to be a star But dem never get around so far
Life in the ghetto ain't easy Life in the ghetto don't nice Life in the ghetto ain't easy Life in the ghetto ain't nice
Living in the ghetto man a bare cuss-cuss And bare exploitation So bare brutalization Down in the ghetto man you always get wrong Down in the ghetto man you always get wrong You see the likkle children not going to school Beco' dem nah have no school De children grow and dem grow turn fool
Life in the ghetto ain't easy Life in the ghetto ain't nice
Mother and father don't have no money Mother and father don't have no food to eat Some have nowhere to sleep So five children and the mother on the bed And four more on the floor You should de hear the children man snore