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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Protoje
Protoje
Vocals
Oje Ollivierre
Oje Ollivierre
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Oje Ollivierre
Oje Ollivierre
Lyrics
Phillip James
Phillip James
Songwriter
Ini Kamoze
Ini Kamoze
Songwriter
Pablito Henry
Pablito Henry
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
James "Bonzai" Caruso
James "Bonzai" Caruso
Mixing Engineer
Jeremy Harding
Jeremy Harding
Engineer
Michael "Box Lunch" Howell
Michael "Box Lunch" Howell
Engineer
Michael W. Howell
Michael W. Howell
Engineer
Phillip Winta James
Phillip Winta James
Producer

Lyrics

(Sowing seeds of crime in di youth dem mind) (Now it's harvest time) Woo, dem a criminal, watch di dem a criminal Seh dem a criminal, watch di criminal Seh dem a criminal, whole a dem a criminal Seh dem a criminal, watch di dem a... Them a criminal, nah follow them Take what them want then them gone back again Them a criminal, nah guh them feast Tell 'em we nuh retreat, we just gone to the east Them a criminal, but a we follow Jah law See dem a fraud with them tra la la la Them a criminal, na Them a criminal, na nah na na Yeh yeh Jah a di main shield The eye them stay peel The music stay real, pickney 'pon the play field Baby in the stomach, mommy know the pain real Headphone 'pon her belly, watch him stay still See how the sun a shine, see how the rain feel Jah beg yu keep him dry, I beg and pray fi him Fi di man dem weh a chop it up a Grange Hill To the man dem weh a cut it in a cane field Dem lock up Leonard Howell fi sell Selassie face Dat couldn't stop the message this a Selassie place A that you hear we reppin ask about what happen Pon September 11, 1987 Then them kill we brethren - Tosh and Free I So Rasta Reggae Radio could never see the light Gwaan no believe in I, say I a Levi Trod with the Simeon, so act like you nuh see me Them a criminal, nah follow them Take what them want then them gone back again Them a criminal, nah guh them feast Tell 'em we nuh retreat, we just gone to the east Them a criminal, but a we follow Jah law See dem a fraud with them tra la la la Them a criminal, na Them a criminal, na nah na na The Son arise before the sun arise Some despise it a so me summarise it See some a eyes it, wah sit weh I sit Create a crisis, but Jah come give me ises, ih huh Them send them dogs to the synagogues But the lions align against the giunea-gogues Mr. Inquisitor, cyaan go see it pause Home of Marcus, His Majesty did visit yard Me envision them timing a go critical Dem select the pawn fi lef' it sticky pon we Walter did warn we, Boukman did born deh And go Haiti and revolution start, yeah The same man dem in a jacket and tie A dem a pack the supply and attract you to buy But that is a lie just fi try stack it up high Well I, never oblige, I attack and survive Them a criminal, nah follow them Take what them want then them gone back again Them a criminal, nah guh them feast Tell 'em we nuh retreat, we just gone to the east Them a criminal, but a we follow Jah law See dem a fraud with them tra la la la Them a criminal, na Them a criminal, na nah na na Them a criminal, watch it, them a criminal Them a criminal, seh them a criminal Oh them a criminal, watch it, them a criminal Oh them a criminal, seh them a criminal Oh them a criminal, woo Oh them a criminal The whole a them a criminal The whole a them a criminal
Writer(s): Ini Kamoze, Phillip James, Oje Ken Ollivierre Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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