Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Mi born inna di ghetto, nuttin neva nice
Mama cyaah sleep, food cyaah buy rice
Gully youths a hustle, just fi stay alive
But babylon dem roll up, tek we fi crime
Dem nuh see we pain, dem nuh feel we tears
Just beat we down, same story fi years
Dem treat we like dirt, like we nuh real
But mi heart strong, mi spirit a steel

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[Hook] (Melodic Chant)
Dutty system mash up mi place
Whole heap a youth dem gone widout trace
Police a beat man fi jus’ him face
Jah know, mi waan escape dis space
Still mi rise, mi nah bow down
Righteousness a mi only crown
Mi bun corruption, fire cyan cool
Mi voice a di weapon, mi tongue a di tool

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[Verse 2]
Mi bredrin get shot, him did nothin’ wrong
Babylon say “fit the profile” all along
Dem kick down door like we animal
But dem wuk fi di man weh criminal
Rich man thief big, still walk free
Poor man tek bread, end up inna jail tree
Politician talk nice pon campaign
But dem cyaah feel we blood inna rain

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[Bridge – Spoken with passion, over dub beat)
Look pon di zinc fence, look pon di yute dem
Di likkle girl dem a cry, dem cyaah eat again
We nuh need no bling, we need opportunity
Equal rights, not brutality
Ghetto nuh mean we fi dead early
Ghetto mean we fight fi live surely

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[Hook Repeat]
Dutty system mash up mi place
Whole heap a youth dem gone widout trace
Police a beat man fi jus’ him face
Jah know, mi waan escape dis space
Still mi rise, mi nah bow down
Righteousness a mi only crown
Mi bun corruption, fire cyan cool
Mi voice a di weapon, mi tongue a di tool

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[Outro – Chanted Softly]
Mi nah stop talk, mi nah stop chant
Mi fight fi di ones weh cyaah get a chance
Jah light di path, mi walk wid faith
Ghetto a mi roots, but mi future great
Babylon cyaah silence truth so raw
Mi words stand tall like a lion’s roar
Mi cyaah sell soul, cyaah tek mi pride
Mi stand wid di ghetto till di end a di ride