Intro:

Ah ah

Yeah

Mi radda stand fi supm and dead fi nuttn

My mammy and daddy work hard fi mi reach someweh yeah

Chorus:

My pickney dem nah grow up and seh

Dem neva see no daddy no daddy nuff a deh dead

Yuh mussi mad

And mi see dem mi seh

Pedifile rapist bwoy mi a pree dem mi seh

Oh lord

To nuh face the ripper

Tell 'em seh mi madda neva raise nuh quitter

By intention haffi get rich and

Fi work hard and pay the picture

Verse 1:

Alright

Wi haffi, work hard

Yes wi haffi work hard

Mek sure seh mamma papa deh pon di fyah fi earn lord

Haffi fi serve God

Although di time hard

Mi cyan afford fi leff mi pickney dem a yard

Likkle sky so ready fi grab a school

Fifteen thousand a turn mammy fi go form fool

Mi likkle daughta star she a grow up and she soon know

Har fadda work hard but him neva go store blue

Chorus:

My pickney dem nah grow up and seh

Dem neva see no daddy no daddy nuff a deh dead

Yuh mussi mad

And mi see dem mi seh

Pedifile rapist bwoy mi a pree dem mi seh

Oh lord

To nuh face the ripper

Tell 'em seh mi madda neva raise nuh quitter

By intention haffi get rich and

Fi work hard and pay the picture

Verse 2:

Mi nuh know how fi sleep cah sleep mek wi dead

Mi cyan mi tell when last mi rest mi head

Too how di place a run a bare *la*hdshed

Di mount of people a di pen pon mi fi get fame

Outta road a just a run real red

Still a work hard nah go get frustrated

Mi and mi friend dem fi a break bread

Mi believe seh pocket nuh fi ???

Chorus:

My pickney dem nah grow up and seh

Dem neva see no daddy no daddy nuff a deh dead

Yuh mussi mad

And mi see dem mi seh

Pedifile rapist bwoy mi a pree dem mi seh

Oh lord

To nuh face the ripper

Tell 'em seh mi madda neva raise nuh quitter

By intention haffi get rich and

Fi work hard and pay the picture

Repeat verse 1

Chorus