Raw Deal

Oh, do we survive, survive?

Ayy, check it, we face inna nuh deal

You nuh see a mouth, six bills fi a sardine

And two grand, can barely buy box meal

You realise meh native mention nuh soft drinks

Ayy, Garden Town, dem know how it feel, huh

We gate inna raw deal

That's why the youth a spin town, have suh mud steel

Cah we can't feed pon bread and so suck on milk

Cah from rice gahn up, it never come down

And flour gahn up, it never come down

That's why crime gahn up and it nah come down

You can't feed we bread and crumbs

People bawling out, mama crying out

Oh, do we survive?

The cost a living so high

The people bawling out, mama crying out

Oh, do we survive?

The cost a living so high, yeah

Oh, that's it, still meh suh hand fear

You can tell by dem actions, they don't care

Why the teachers have to protest every year?

Me surface and me nah nuh money fi nuh pay, ah

Oh, me fi survive

Pon me granny band, me never see the pay rise

But a every day, we see the prices climb

Tell JPS we can't stop, bridge line

From rice gahn up, it never come down

And flour gahn up, it never come down

That's why crime gahn up and it nah come down

You can't feed we bread and crumbs

People bawling out, mama crying out

Oh, do we survive?

The cost a living so high

The people bawling out, mama crying out

Oh, do we survive?

The cost a living so high, yeah

Crying out, oh, do we survive?

The cost a living so high

Ayy, check it, we facing an ordeal

You nuh see a most six bills fi a sardine

And two grand, can barely buy boxed meal

You realise meh not even mention nuh soft drinks

A garden torn, dem know how it feel, huh

We getting a raw deal

That's why the roots a Spain town, have so much steel

Cah we can't feed pon bread and so, suck on meal

Cah from rice gahn up, it never come down

And flour gahn up, it never come down

That's why crime gahn up and it nah come down

You can't feed we bread and crumbs

People bawling out, mama crying out

Oh, do we survive?

The cost a living so high

The people bawling out, mama crying out

Oh, do we survive?

The cost a living so high, yeah

Ah, help me please survive