(intro)

life over death(gachapan records)

ghetto life livin like wi livin in hell

people waan mi drop fi see mi skin swell

badmind siddung and a wish fi mi dead

life over death mi seh mi nah dead

(chorus)

dem waan mi,dead dead,dead

but mi nah go dead,dead,dead

mi hold up mi head,headddd highhh

life over death mi seh mi nah deadd

dem waan mi,dead deaddd deadd

but mi nah go dead,deadd deadd

hold up mi head,headddd highhh

life over death mi seh wi nah deadd

(verse 1)

badmine people waan mi life fi done

nuff a dem sidung pon di block dem a wish dem chat waan hollow point mi done

waan rising gun ?? some rocket knifee dem find it done

di bwoy dem cyan believe

weh mi stay same place same deh mi neva run nah run

some hypocrites waan tek yuh life and smile him gun

nah laugh inna road side ??  none smile and smile done

me nuff dem a try bring down waan mi slide pon di toilet ground

protect mi self and watch mi head outta road

and nuff think mi try lay dung

(chorus)

although dem waan mi,dead dead,dead

but mi nah go dead,dead,dead

mi hold up mi head,headddd highhh

life over death mi seh mi nah deadd

dem waan mi,dead deaddd deadd

but wi nah go dead,deadd deadd

hold up wi head,headddd highhh

life over death wi seh wi nah deadd

(verse 2)

mi watch it how mi steppin in the streets

dem waan mi dead board box bury sixty feet

anything you have badmind weh mek dem kill you fi

dem waan catch you off guard fi select it mek it beat

weh dem deh when I'm hungry and have anything fi eat

and a seh money we want everything we sweet

fi mek youths like ??? and ?? dem a creep

dem waan di youths dem madda hold dem belly and weep

and all my tears

hold my head up

I keep on prayy

badmind and grudgeful stay out of my way

out of my way

(chorus)

dem waan mi,dead dead,dead

but mi nah go dead,dead,dead

mi hold up mi head,headddd highhh

life over death mi seh mi nah deadd

dem waan mi,dead deaddd deadd

but mi nah go dead,deadd deadd

hold up mi head,headddd highhh

life over death mi seh wi nah deadd