cough cough cough rushian mi grandson from wen mi ah hustle inna di street and all no mi cyaa see a dime mi nuh up to di time
woy mi tyad unu good
(CHORUS) lawd mi tyad rasta mi tyad mi tyad mi tyad rasta mi tyad mi tyad mi tyad rasta di old bwoy tyad enuh lawd woye mi tyad mi tyad mi tyad rasta mi tyad mi tyad mi tyad rasta di old bwoy tyad enuh woye
ah mi deh book jus fi own a buck and all now mi still doh even own a luck ah thirty years now mi ah drive di truck and all now mi cyah get fi buy di truck people unu nuh sorry fi mi yu waan poor life no even borrow fi me ah forty years now mi ah hustle di streets and all now mi still cyaa afford mi teeth (cough)
(CHORUS) woye mi tyad rasta mi tyad mi tyad mi tyad rasta mi tyad mi tyad mi tyad rasta di old bwoy tyad enuh lawd god woye mi tyad mi tyad mi tyad rasta mi tyad mi tyad mi tyad rasta di old bwoy tyad enuh
from when mi a lift block and a mix cement how come mi still cyaa even own a tent mi waan own mi house or pay mi own ah rent suh how dat cyaa gwan wah! ah accident? mi went dey yah rum factory but di buck put down cuase al now mi cyaa even buy a flash a rum mi nuh like how di system a run Marsha ah two party mi know gully and gaza
(CHORUS) woye mi tyad rasta mi tyad mi tyad mi tyad rasta mi tyad mi tyad mi tyad rasta di old bwoy tyad enuh woye(cough) lawd mi tyad mi tyad mi tyad rasta mi tyad mi tyad mi tyad rasta di old bwoy tyad enuh cough
he he he a long time mi a tryin ah dis enuh unu tink a dis today? ah far wen anno yesterday cough