[Intro:] Stephen ah di genius Me cyaa believe Police lock up di taxi man Weh a hustle fi him family That's why people ah dead like dog Officer! Ah survivor ting Beg yuh ah bligh fi di coaster driver dem Memba dem ah have dem pickney fi feed At that time Suh bloodclaat hard
[Verse 1:] Yuh tek ghetto people dem fi cartoon Time weh yuh spend ah try fi ban chune Spend da time deh fi build poor people house Cah nuff ah we still ah kotch up inna one room Wah happen to di nurse ah public hospital Weh government ah treat like dem ah likkle gyal Mash up cashplus through ah poor people ting And yuh nah sentence white collar criminal Chicken back rate and pickney fi feed School fee raise and me yute wah fi read Import product fi mash up di farmer Me ah seh every farmer guh plant weed People ah work hard fi four grand a week Yute left school nah have nuh job fi seek Me nuh see nuh factory ah build But a new prison open last week
[Chorus:] Poor people Dem nuh like we No dem nuh like we No dem nuh like We mek money abroad Dem extradite we Cah dem nuh like we No dem nuh like Without di taxi man dem Stop fight we Cah dem nuh like we No dem nuh like we Dem raise di toll more, over portmore Sabatoge me Dat mean dem nuh like we (like we)
[Verse 2:] Me granny follow up di system Dem treat her like garbage Father work fi 25 years Just fi pay off di mortgage Ghetto yute life don't mean nuttin to dem Five ah day ah di average Dem ah work we like slave Minimum wage ah di bondage (bondage) Then poverty is such ah heavy load Wah happen to di people dem weh ah sweep road Why dem fight rasta man inna di street And use rasta image pon tourist board Memba me know di pen is mighty than di sword Low di taxi man dem cah yuh nah fix di road From yuh ban di Rompin Shop Yuh haffi ban carnival Pon tv yeah Every episode
[Chorus:] Poor people Dem nuh like we No dem nuh like we No dem nuh like We mek money abroad Dem extradite we Cah dem nuh like we No dem nuh like Without di taxi man dem Stop fight we Cah dem nuh like we No dem nuh like we Dem raise di toll more, over portmore Sabatoge me Dat mean dem nuh like we (like we)
[Verse 3:] Me cyaa believe Police lock up di taxi man Weh a hustle fi him family That's why people ah dead like dog Officer! Ah survivor ting Beg yuh ah bligh fi di coaster driver dem Memba dem ah have dem pickney fi feed Time suh bloodclaat hard
[Chorus:] Poor people Dem nuh like we No dem nuh like we No dem nuh like We mek money abroad Dem extradite we Cah dem nuh like we No dem nuh like Without di taxi man dem Stop fight we Cah dem nuh like we No dem nuh like we Dem raise di toll more, over portmore Sabatoge me Dat mean dem nuh like we (like we)