Intro:
(UIM records)
Before I lay mi down to sleep
I pray the lord my soul fi keep
If I should die before I wake
I pray the lord my soul fi take
Yo
The city dont love mi
Mi know seh the city dont love mi
Mi dont hav a job nuh money
Lawdd the baby hungry
Chorus:
A just ghetto life
Wi a search fi di paradise
Da one ya name ghetto life
Wi need a way to survive(mm mm mm mm)
Di system dramatize
(Listen to di elder)
Verse 1:
Mi granny neva tell mi nuh lie
When she seh di system it dont right
Dem dont hav nuh mercy society
Yuh dont listen to di ghetto yute voice
Many ghetto youth dem strive
Everybody pickney want fi kno life
A di prison and the jail dem find
Tell mi weh dem want wi dead fah
Hook:
Every ghetto youth waan money yeah
And dem want buy a house for har mummy yeah
In the streets everyday dont funny yeah
Mi nuh kno when di hearse comin for mi yeah
Verse 2:
Colonial brutality
Innocent youth get shoot Addi si
Society nuh duh nuttn fi mi
Cah mi scheme neva benefit through charity
Ghetto youth have di true quality
Marcus Garvey philosophy
Supm a guh happen inna di inna city
And mi granny seh di longest liver haffi si
Intro:
(UIM records)
Before I lay mi down to sleep
I pray the lord my soul fi keep
If I should die before I wake
I pray the lord my soul fi take
Yo
The city dont love mi
Mi know seh the city dont love mi
Mi dont hav a job nuh money
Lawdd the baby hungry
Chorus:
A just ghetto life
Wi a search fi di paradise
Da one ya name ghetto life
Wi need a way to survive(mm mm mm mm)
A just ghetto life
Wi a search fi di paradise
Da one ya name ghetto life
Di system dramatize
(Listen to di elder)
Verse 1:
Mi granny neva tell mi nuh lie
When she seh di system it dont right
Dem dont hav nuh mercy society
Yuh dont listen to di ghetto yute voice
Many ghetto youth dem strive
Everybody pickney want fi kno life
A di prison and the jail dem find
Tell mi weh dem want wi dead fah
Hook:
Every ghetto youth waan money yeah
And dem want buy a house for har mummy yeah
In the streets everyday dont funny yeah
Mi nuh kno when di hearse comin for mi yeah
Every ghetto youth waan money yeah
And dem want buy a house for har mummy yeah
In the streets everyday dont funny yeah
Mi nuh kno when di hearse comin for mi yeah
Chorus:
A just ghetto life
Wi a search fi di paradise
Da one ya name ghetto life
Wi need a way to survive(mm mm mm mm)
A just ghetto life
Wi a search fi di paradise
Da one ya name ghetto life
Di system dramatize
(Listen to di elder)
Verse 2:
Colonial brutality
Innocent youth get shoot Addi si
Society nuh duh nuttn fi mi
Cah mi scheme neva benefit through charity
Ghetto youth have di true quality
Marcus Garvey philosophy
Supm a guh happen inna di inna city
And mi granny seh di longest liver haffi si
Hook:
Every ghetto youth waan money yeah
And dem want buy a house for har mummy yeah
In the streets everyday dont funny yeah
Mi nuh kno when di hearse comin for mi yeah
Every ghetto youth waan money yeah
And dem want buy a house for har mummy yeah
In the streets everyday dont funny yeah
Mi nuh kno when di hearse comin for mi yeah
Chorus:
A just ghetto life
Wi a search fi di paradise
Da one ya name ghetto life
Wi need a way to survive(mm mm mm mm)
A just ghetto life
Wi a search fi di paradise
Da one ya name ghetto life
Di system dramatize
A just ghetto life
Wi a search fi di paradise
Da one ya name ghetto life
Wi need a way to survive(mm mm mm mm)
A just ghetto life
Wi a search fi di paradise
Da one ya name ghetto life
Di system dramatize
(Listen to di elder)