(intro)

you know seh mi nuh like wah a gwaan

mi fi tell you

jah know

place a run away star

a wah gwaan

(verse 1)

is like

few man gone di area

and ova thirthy a dead accountin

and by time a june drop wid a double nah gun round ting

people *lo** a splash inna di streets

just like a fun ting

weh hear man selektah buss dem 45 a nuh nuh sound ting

a nuh gal alone when dem hear

a man talk bout dem a par with dem brownin

innocent pass and shoot out a gwaan

inna dem own *lo** dem drowning

bare hungry belly growing inna di street dem roming

fish and bread nyam and mamma mourning

(chorus)

in the streets in the streets

whole a heap shot a beat

everyday man a dead

mamma beg mama weep

in the streets in the streets

whole a heap shot a beat

everyday man a dead

watch you head

(verse 2)

well di youths dem nah tek no talk

everyday man a touch road wid dem tall up

see and blind your hand dem certain name yuh nuh fi call up

you haffi watch yuh head back or you get one when you nah look

a nuh like dem mi real waan fi live up but some man dem get caught up

wonder if a weh dem a drink a get dem brain so charge up

dem need fi read a couple chapta from di broad book

cah when you go fi mash your works mi mad mi ?? look

is like dem inna years fi  know dem a ??

(chorus)

in the streets in the streets

whole a heap shot a beat

everyday man a dead

mamma beg mama weep

in the streets in the streets

whole a heap shot a beat

everyday man a dead

watch you head

(verse 3)

well man haffi tekweh one a way from mr. wah name  mi notice

is a trend dem pick up from di odda day

di place tun inna shooting rain

so where di kids dem gonna play

fadda god guide and protect mi so mi see anodda day

how man fi survive when it hard fi get a job man have no pay

weh man have six pickney fi feed

and anodda on the way

nah go mek mi kids dem suffa neva gone wrong a way

lord inna di streets a run away cause

(chorus)

in the streets in the streets

whole a heap shot a beat

everyday man a dead

mamma beg mama weep

in the streets in the streets

whole a heap shot a beat

everyday man a dead

watch you head