Wickedness

Too much dying in the ghetto Too much wickedness and too much gunshot too Too much wickedness in the ghetto Too much sufferation on the poor Things raising too fast beyond our consent And the man a top seems to have no conscience ?? ease up?? Massa Talk to poor man, tell you weh you after Too much crying in the ghetto This ah raise and that ah raise and that ah everything And then you take the people them crying fi praise I don't like see the poverty Myself has been gone without authority Too much crying in the ghetto Too much empty pockets Too much people walking out to work, while. (So wha'appen to the car!) Nuff old car inna car lot ah rust (Because them can't buy one) Too much crying in the ghetto I don't like to see the crying Every day another youth-man die in the gutter Gunshot ah sell more than cake Gunshot on the shelf ah sell (wha dem ah seh?) One a penny two a penny hot cross bun You nuh see the youth-man life dun One a penny two a penny hot cross bun One a penny two a penny hot cross bun Life can't dun I don't like see the coffin On the car-top ah go out ah Dovecot Like man ah wonder ah wha' dat All you can hear ah night-time ah gunshot Too much crying in the ghetto This one have a gun and that one have a gun No one having no fun This one have a gun and that one have a gun Yet dem a bawl seh fool dun This one has a gun and that one has a gun Yet dem a bawl fi fun Can't you see fun park lock down An' even naked man pocket have a gunshot Lazy man ah cry out fail Yet him nah do a thing, it's a sin De working man hav'fi work fi me and them