Ghetto People

Where you gonna run now that the Gideon start Where you gonna run now that the Gideon, Gideon start When all the money that you robbed from ghetto youths ain't enough to fly you to mars When the system you defend start break down like a lego When the whole world becomes a ghetto That's when you realize The whole a wi a ghetto people Ghetto people Suh tell mister boasty slave don't forget the people Ghetto people, ghetto people Call dem all Remember Haile Selassie never left the people No time at all, not even an inch (2) Gimme a pound ah di macka height and no grabba Mek mi cool and satta pon the riddim proper Every youth top shatter part the zig zagger Mek mi show you what a clock a strike in a Jam-Rock yah Politician dem a chat a tongue sharp like macka Dem nuh have no vision dem a scammer Wi a wave the banner Wa kind a honor unuh nah treat the youth wid honor Mek mi show unuh a vibes Nuh true yo living uptown when the banks fall down Then the whole a wi a ghetto youths A me poor you rich but when the pole shift Then the whole a wi a ghetto youths And me black, you white, but when famine strike Then the whole a wi a ghetto youths On that day when you trade yo rolls royce for a grain of rice That's when you realize seh (Repeat) (3) Warning to all the future leaders Dem don't treat the youths like a different creature dem Seek a friend before you need a friend Those children in the streets a wi teacher dem Future soldiers and politician But a bet you cannot seet Meck mi adjust yo folly vision Yo eyes blurred by the guns and ammunition Suh mek mi show unuh a vibes When the night turn day White house turn grey Then the whole a wi a ghetto youths And me walk you drive But when there's no oil Then the whole a wi a ghetto youths And when you cyaa tell Liguanea different from Tivoli Then yo si seh wi a ghetto youths When you cant tell Havendale from downtown parade Then a then you realize seh the whole a wi (Repeat)