Tell mi Mill A how mi youth fi survive How mi fi send him go school in this time If mi don’t mek money Di politician come pon tv A show we this big pretty smile Notin nuh funny (nuh funny, nuh funny)
[Chorus:] Look pon di life we living Look pon di life we living Look pon di life we living Is a betta way we seekin Look pon di life we living Look pon di life we living Look pon di life we living Notin nuh funny (nuh funny, nuh funny)
[Verse 1:] Mi haffi hide from the landlord Becah mi owe bout four months rent Weekend a come mi nuh have a red cent Cry mi cry when mi hear mi son seh Daddy can you please buy me a Nike Air And di likkle money weh mi have done spend Di last grand mi have mi pay di light but wata Commission cut mi pipe again Hmmm…
[Hook:] Di garrison need a betta way And a betta life (fi we pickney dem) Society, Please don’t condemn di ghetto to hell Just…
[Chorus:] Look pon di life we living Look pon di life we living Look pon di life we living Is a betta way we seekin Look pon di life we living Look pon di life we living Look pon di life we living Notin nuh funny (nuh funny, nuh funny)
[Verse 2:] Big woman ting Notin nah gwaan Ghetto youth haffi sidung pon di corna Some a we a hustle Some a beg a chump change Society please mek this better days Mi go fi buy a bagga frass but cigarette raise All we a cry dem a gih we tuff days Then if di times so hard right now From mi born inna the country and mi neva ten years Hmmm…
[Hook:] Di garrison need a betta way And a betta life (fi we pickney dem) Society Please don’t condemn di ghetto to hell Just…
[Chorus:] Look pon di life we living Look pon di life we living Look pon di life we living Is a betta way we seekin Look pon di life we living Look pon di life we living Look pon di life we living Notin nuh funny (nuh funny, nuh funny)
[Bridge:] Tell mi Mill A how mi youth fi survive How mi fi send him go school in this time If mi don’t mek money Di politician come pon tv A show we this big pretty smile Notin nuh funny (nuh funny, nuh funny)
[Chorus:] Look pon di life we living Look pon di life we living Look pon di life we living Is a betta way we seekin Look pon di life we living Look pon di life we living Look pon di life we living Notin nuh funny (nuh funny, nuh funny)
[Outro:] Look pon di life we living Look pon di life we living Look pon di life we living Is a betta way we seekin Look pon di life we living Look pon di life we living Look pon di life we living Notin nuh funny (nuh funny, nuh funny, nuh funny, nuh funny)