The System

Sad to say

But

White people a bawl

Indian people a bawl

Black people a bawl

Chinese people a bawl

System design fi set we up

Yeah!

Dem give we di guns

Then dem same one come wet we up

Dre Skull, wha' di system do fi ghetto youth? Nothing

Wha' dem do fi ghetto youth? Nothing

Every day another mother bawl

Dem don't do nothing at all, yeah

We've been suffering from we small, so

Some think say a bed of rose true pretty clothes inna mi closet

None of dem nah see me pain

Furthermore, dem never ask yet

Silence a di baddest weapon, so you know wha' me do, me talk less

Man a work every day down a wharf, and a three grand a week dem a accept

Dem no waan me fi build mama house, don't waan me fi own no assets

Sufferation everywhere me turn, so give thanks to Jah when you pass it

So, ghetto youth, don't make silly plans

Believe in yourself, be a man

Dem waan we fi dead pon di road

Dem don't waan we fi make billions

Dre Skull, wha' di system do fi ghetto youth? Nothing

Wha' dem do fi ghetto youth? Nothing

Every day another mother bawl

Dem don't do nothing at all, yeah

We've been suffering from we small, so

If we sell weed, a problem that

If we do a robbery, a problem that

The whole world a pray fi the problem stop

Nobody don't cater fi solving that

Innocent youth a receive gunshot

Mama haffi dress up inna white and black

Oh God

Me tired fi go a Dovecot

White people a bawl

Indian people a bawl

Black people a bawl

Chinese people a bawl

System design fi set we up

Yeah

Dem give we di guns, then dem same one come wet we up

Dre Skull, wha' di system do fi ghetto youth? Nothing

Wha' dem do fi ghetto youth? Nothing

Every day another mother bawl

Dem don't do nothing at all, yeah

We've been suffering from we small, so

If we sell weed, a problem that

If we do a robbery, a problem that

The whole world a pray fi the problem stop

Nobody don't cater fi solving that

Innocent youth a receive gunshot

Mama haffi dress up inna white and black

Oh God

Me tired fi go a Dovecot

Ghetto youth

Believe in yourself, -self, -self

Ghetto youth

Believe in yourself, be a man

Ghetto youth

Believe in yourself, yourself, yourself

Ghetto youth

Believe in yourself, be a man

Believe in yourself, -self, -self

Believe in yourself, be a man

Believe in yourself, yourself, yourself

Believe in yourself, be a man