And in the news today a teenage boy was shot in a

Drive-by shooting while reading a book at his gate

Police say there was no motive for the

Shooting and that investigations have started

It's a battlefield, hot, hot, hot, hot, Jamaica not to rock

Beware, for the shotta dem strap

Rastaman a tell the youths them fi lowe the Glock

Beware, now the cops start attack and them no care, no

It's a shame to see brothers killing themselves

Wasting energy, should be uplifting themselves

Who's the enemy putting shots on the shelf?

What we need is brain food and belly food for our health

So don't get caught up in a petty passion

Be careful of them guns and ammunition

And let us make a change in meditation

'Cause we could use the strength for cultivation, my Lord

Beware, for the shotta dem strap

Rastaman a tell the youths them no, rat-a-tat-tat

Beware, now the cops start attack and them no care

And them will shot you inna your pupu

Beware, now the whole place hot

Rastaman a tell the youths them fi lowe the Glock

Beware, now the cops start attack and them no care, no

So much gun crime, man are shot man at night time

Read your headlines, Lord it really blows my mind

School children targeted in the broad daylight

Them a dead fi cell phone, also inna drive-by police are dead too

One day them shot the sheriff and a come fi the deputy

Jeez, all woman them no partial

Wha' make them kill the old lady and the old man now?

Beware, for the shotta dem strap

Rastaman a tell the youths them fi lowe the Glock

Beware, now the cops start attack and them no care

And them will shot out your pupu

Beware, now the whole place hot

Rastaman a tell the youths them no, rat-a-tat-tat

Beware, now the cops start attack and them no care

And them will shot you inna your pupupupu

Blood, blood in the streets

Rude boys and police a compete

Better them turn to Rastafari

Then all and all woulda alright, yeah

Now here we go again, another man drops flat again

Go ahead and tell your friend, the streets no safe again

While them searching for terrorist

Youths them dying for foolishness

So beware, for the shotta dem strap

Rastaman a tell the youths them fi lowe the Glock

Beware, now the cops start attack and them no care

And them will shot you inna your pupu

Beware, now the whole place hot

Rastaman a tell the youths them no, rat-a-tat-tat

Beware, now the cops start attack and them no care, no

It's a shame to see brothers killing themselves

Wasting energy, should be uplifting themselves

Why's the enemy putting shots on the shelf?

What we need is brain food and belly food for our health

So don't get caught up in a petty passion

Be careful of them guns and ammunition

And let us make a change in meditation, woah

'Cause we could use the strength for cultivation, my Lord

Beware, for the shotta dem strap

Rastaman a tell the youths them fi lowe the Glock