Blood in the Streets

Well it nuh safe when the guns come out Careful how yuh run yuh mouth To the man dem dung a south Nuh bodda pose like nuh wanna be To the youth dem dung a tivoli Inna broad day light dem will take yur life With a rusty knife Up a standpipe So many places I can name The situations still the same "Cause everywhere I go A dark cloud seems to follow me around And I don't even know If there's any peace of mind to be found Blood in the streets (yea) Rude boy and police (yea) Every man have a piece (yea) But dem nah keep the peace (yea) Scammers and thief (yea) Say dem nah squash nuh beef (yea) Let the dogs off the leash (yea) The return of the beast (yea) In a world where violence is incentivized Out a touch with leaders who don't empathize The yutes dem choose to scam to build dem enterprise Protection of dem asset dem nah compromise So dem organize The clips dem extra size When dem step it's like a military exercise Mercenaries move to kill and then collect the prize Uncle, mumma, pickney Dem nah sympathize Blood in the streets (yea) Rude boy and police (yea) Every man have a piece (yea) But dem nah keep the peace (yea) Scammers and thief (yea) Say dem nah squash nuh beef (yea) Let the dogs off the leash (yea) The return of the beast (yea) Shame to say the system that should be protecting Is still the reason we suffer The perpetrators blame the victims Do they even listen Can they hear us from the gutter Blood in the streets (yea) Rude boy and police (yea) Every man have a piece (yea) But dem nah keep the peace (yea) Scammers and thief (yea) Say dem nah squash nuh beef (yea) Let the dogs off the leash (yea) The return of the beast (yea)