Intro) Crime get stiff Man cyaa bun a spliff But a life a the greatest gift Give thanks fi the day when Jah, Jah Blow breath inna mi new lungs Enter the life of a new thugs Born inna sin and iniquity, inner city life A no supn weh mi too love
(Chorus) God know seh mi could a dead already Jah, Jah, must a never ready Ghetto mi live mi si blood shead already Man ever ready whole a firm steady meddy Mi witness nuff a my friend dead
Mi could a dead already Jah, Jah, must a never ready Ghetto mi live mi si blood shead already Man ever ready whole a firm steady meddy Mi witness nuff a my friend dead
(Verse 1) Nuff time mi vision mi self inna coffin But a voice tell mi no a no now it a go happen Yo youth inna the boat a depend pon the captain So mi seh mi haffi dweet before mi bone rotten Bright light tell mi seh life too short Cause a bay young youth him a berry an it pain him heart Casha park to shadago park The gun thing a dead thing listen teacher talk
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(Verse 2) Weh day mi go a my dog funeral Mi a tell yuh seh the feeling never normal Mi seh mi haffi squelchy go one side go ball like a gyal When mi si him likkle son name Hal Laugh if yo waan but mi seh mi a cry fi the ghetto youth No fi government official Youth inna class an yo pants tight an yo skin cool Mi a beg yuh no drop out a school