Sixteen Tons of Pressure

Yeah

You know seh nuff ghetto yute out deya today breddrin, wah?

You know seh why?

Know the government nah run nothin' for dem breddrin

You know seh the streets are empty

You know seh the pockets are empty

So the yutes dem hungry

You know seh the yute dem ah strugglin'

So dem ah start jugglin'

You nah wan fi get caught in the game

Dem ah wan fi be gangsters, tell me what they're fighting for

So tell me what they fighting for

Lord, wan fi be gangsters, fighting without no war

Bah-wah-da-dan-dan-dan-dan

2015, the ghetto gettin' hotter

Nobody can get a job, so dem ah turn drug shotta

Dem ah sell drugs to the people and nuh see what the matter

Dem nuh talk 'bout food when dem got big MAC-ah

Dem nuh talk 'bout football when dem gwan take shotter

Dem ah buss shot inna di street and dem buss in the blocka

See mi, seh hard life, mi know about dat-ah

Yes, mi know about scraping from the bottom of the butter

Mi know how it feel to lose your mother and your brother

Well, seh comin' in now seh with the bass and fire

Seh I man Charlie P, mi never gwan retire

Mi have to stop the yutes that squeeze the guns and fire

Wan fi take dem inna di dance where the vibes dem higher

Now all around the world seh Charlie P pon flyer (True)

Cah mi original riddim rider (Brr)

Seh sweet Cali weed inna di chalwa (Fire)

Mi seh yes, mi take a draw, higher

Dem ah wan fi be gangsters, tell me what they're fighting for

So tell me what they fighting for

Lord, dem ah wan fi be gangsters, fighting without no war

Bah-wah-da-dan-dan-dan-dan

Seh as a yute mi had it hard, as a yute mi had it tuff

As a yute mi nuh have much, but mi had my family's love

Some yutes nah even have that, some yute nah even know dem dad

Some yute nah even know dem mother, mi tellin' you now, it sad

Some yute dem gwan join a gang and dem a feel like big man

Ghetto yute around the world from Japan to Finland

Some yute have AK and some big machine gun

Some yute nuh even gwan fi make it till the age of twenty-one

Seh, some yute nuh even make it till the age of fifteen

As a yute, I was told you haffi live your life clean

Seh, always treat the people how you wan fi be treat

So I did, now I'm here, seh mashin' up pon the scene

Dem ah wan fi be gangsters, tell me what they're fighting for

So tell me what they fighting for

Lord, dem ah wan fi be gangsters, fighting without no war

Bah-wah-da-dan-dan-dan-dan

Yes, seh when mi walk in the ghetto, no, it's not dangerous

Yes, seh all of the ghetto people dem gwan show mi love

Yes, seh all around the world, ghetto people stand up

We nah let no Babylon fi put you in some handcuff

We give them sixteen tons of di pressure

Seh hit them with bass, watch them bottom lip quiver

The dibby dibby crackhead, dem ah shake and shiver

But you know dem not as bad as the ones that deliver

Mi seh, dem ah you know your life gettin' better

Seh if you trust your brothers, yes, if you trust your bredda

Seh dubplate mi on it that a heavy like lead-ah

You know seh Charlie P, mi ah the lyrical vetter, vetter

Lord, dem ah wan fi be gangsters, tell me what they're fighting for

So tell me what they fighting for

Lord, dem ah wan fi be gangsters, fighting without no war

Bah-wah-da-dan-dan-dan-dan-dan-dan-dan-deh