ask jah jah

hey hey hey

eeh eeh

popcaan!

hey

notnice

some youth. dem pray fi the wrong thing

pray fi gun fi lef' body 'pon the banking

politician no do a damn thing

when me talk to jah

a dem thing yah me ask him

me ask jah jah fi get a buss

not a chi chi bus

'round a the upstairs is a must

so

me a beg you

no bother cuss

a in jah we trust

'member we've been through a lot a cruffs

me ask jah jah fi get a buss

not a chi chi bus

'round a the upstairs is a must

so

me a beg you

no bother cuss

a in jah we trust

we've been through -

hey

so me never figet weh me a come from

growing up inna the slum for so long

cardboard bed we use to have

but

you done know a we dream fi own divan

no bag a shoe

just me one all star

me granny couldn't find food

me no wrong her

star

me pray to selassie i fi be one

star

cah me sister always waan fi own one bar

dem say me nah come to nothing

youth