Ghetto Youth - VYBZ Kartel

A jah jah

society… teacha.

fi di ghetto youth dem

Allrigh.

Tired fe see another mother cry

we alone face the sacrifice

but no matter what dem say

ghetto youth haffi still survive

hold di faith and do it from sun up till sunrise

a we dem persecute and terrorize

but no matter what dem say

Mi born a mi raise ina di gehtto ye

hungry days hungry night, well mi haffi face

me leff school without no subjects

society nah show no interest

every day ina di ghetto wah di same ting

survival, survival of the fittest

babylon now gi we access

so bredder against bredder ina rat race

me watch me gwaan and bring di money to the church door

she say the past a tell us where fi ought more

dem say livin ina sky

but mi dont sure

cah mi dont see no?

brosure?

All me see a ghetto youth tired fi see another mother cry

we alone face the sacrifice

but no matter what dem say

ghetto youth haffi still survive

hold di faith and do it from sun up till sunrise

a we dem persecute and terrorize

but no matter what dem say

ghetto youth haffi still survive

Me really waan fi know where is de future

fi jamaica an di whole a dem ghetto youth ya

?giirl

she nah’ve no father

fi pay di school fee

she nah’ve her mother

(so pose your ears)

she turn a dirty dancer

(so pose your ears)

she turn a dirty dancer

society why you make di cryin (crime) heat away

di ghetto like a cancer

me waan yuh answer

All me see a ghetto youth tired fi see another mother cry

we alone face the sacrifice

but no matter what dem say

ghetto youth haffi still survive

hold di faith and do it from sun up till sunrise

a we dem persecute and terrorize

but no matter what dem say

ghetto youth haffi still survive

well allrigh…

ghetto youth from jamaica, trinidad and antigua

venezuela, belize an cuba

mi bredder dem ina angola

zimbabwe, black soldier

?gaza…chilren.

tired fi see anoterh mother cry

but no matter what dem say

ghetto youth haffi still survive

hold di faith and do it from sun up till sunrise

a we dem persecute and terrorize

but no matter what dem say

ghetto youth haffi still survive