Time's Dread

Innocent keep dying

And the innocent keep crying

Innocent keep dying

And the innocent keep crying

Why the innocent keep dying?

Why the innocent crying?

Why the government keep lying?

Yo! Tell me why them lying?

I see blood being shed

Man are dead

Streets getting hotter

And the metal turning red

Babylon corrupt

Youths don't know

How to hold their heads

Time is getting harder

And the place is feeling dread

Babylon a kill innocent youth

And the broadcast media

Hiding the truth

Everyday, when I listen to the news

An innocent loses

His life in a gunplay shoot

Life ain't sweet

Life's like a bitter tea

One thing I know

Nothing comes for free

I tell myself I must achieve

Every time I wake up

Money's what I see

I ain't robbing nobody

Man tough like Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali

But when I touch my island

I kick it and I rally

Let me tell you personally, and finally

In the heart of the ghetto

It's not sweet

Like winning the lotto

The friends you grew with

Plan with the enemy

Just to kidnap you

Be careful who's around you

They'll turn and watch you

Red-eyed people want your things

Don't give them the chance to chat you

We need change right now

Don't you see how many

Men are in jail right now?

Innocents are dying

By the hands of the pow-pow

And if you're not firm

They'll put you down

I see blood being shed

Man are dead

Streets getting hotter

And the metal turning red

Babylon corrupt

Youths don't know

How to hold their heads

Time is getting harder

And the place is feeling dread

We need a change right now

Don't you see how many

Men are in jail right now?

Innocents are dying

By the hands of the pow-pow

And if you don't firm

They'll put you down