Mi seh fi run it ,turn me up no bad come tun mi down

Mi seh fi run it, mek it run

We no wan see no gun

Cause the food it haffi run and the dollars haffi run so nuh tell me fi siddung else the fire ago bun cause the supm den fi run (run, run run run, run, run run run ruuunnn)

Cause the riddim just a run like a lava pan di ground

And it hotta than the sun

So nobody can siddung

Everybody just a run run run run come on make it run run

Dis ya generation seh RUN IT!

So mi a seh hand inna di air like its a stick up stick up

Cause the drummi just a thump di bass a kick up kick up

Watch the ride when u a cruise no badda lick up lick up

Hustle hard and make a move no badda hitch up hitch up

I know u feel the frustration

U gotta work fi better the situation

U haffi search fi cheddar fi make a way man

Cause for too long we been suffering

Listen when me sing

Vatican system nah give we not a ting

Still we well strong like we no stop go a gym

Whether marathon or a sprint we haffi win

Call up on the strength of the lion from within

Them cyaan hold we down through the colour of we skin

Whole heap a power down inna we melanin

Them cyaan lock we out right ya now we breaking in

There no escaping it

Cause the food it haffi run and the dollars haffi run so nuh tell me fi siddung else the fire ago bun cause the supm den fi run (run, run run run, run, run run run ruuunnn)

Cause the riddim just a run like a lava pan di ground

And it hotta than the sun

So nobody can siddung

Everybody just a run run run run come on make it run run

Dis ya generation seh RUN IT!

So make it run run run

Watch me make it come down

Down down diggi down down just like a super cat song

Because the vibe is up like a rocket

Selecta turn it up and don’t stop it

Nairobi to Kingston

Yes we bring the heat come

From the African sun to my African sons and daughters

I see them taking shots

But what they stole we come fi take it back.

Cause the food it haffi run and the dollars haffi run so nuh tell me fi siddung else the fire ago bun cause the supm den fi run (run, run run run, run, run run run ruuunnn)

Cause the riddim just a run like a lava pan di ground

And it hotta than the sun

So nobody can siddung

Everybody just a run run run run come on make it run run

Dis ya generation seh RUN IT!