Yo see what these man dealin' wid? One man pull his iron So the other man retaliate While the youths dem in the streets a' playing Someone's life gets destructed Innocent victim is what the newsman will say But I beg to differentiate, you see The gunman was once a youth And the community let his life go to waste So simmer down youthman, life can be so great Simmer down youthman, hold on One man burst a shot, so the next man, So the next man pull he Glock, And the next man fire shot gunshot, Lord, Mac-10, Gatt, nah… Now these clown are got, GRENADES!!! And all dem smoke, all dem toke, gunsmoke All dem smoke, all dem toke, gunsmoke Gangsta is what dem want to be Might as well wear white sheets Blood shed on our little islands Armageddeon clouds of dismay But the gangsta, wouldn't last a day in Vietnam Where were they when Grenada got invade Dem don't try to improve the schools for the youth dem Nah, look what they did, burstin' down man chest Gash inna de head, Lord destroying what God create But say, look what smoke dem man a toke, gunsmoke, gunsmoke Walking 'round strap with their holster 'bout, gunsmoke, gunsmoke Gangsta is what dem want to be, might as well wear white sheets Soldiers, I man got to sing, one step forward, 3 steps backwards Lord, war inna Gabylon One step forward, but the man dem backward, Lord War inna Gabylon, war inna Gabylon, Gabylon ways Man adopt, Gabylon ways, burstin' shot, in Gabylon ways Blood stains on our little islands Too many mommys crying over graves But the gangsta, wouldn't last a day in Vietnam Where were they when Grenada got invade Dem don't try to improve the schools for the youth dem Don't fight the bigotry of the Ku Klux Klan Don't fight the economic genocide, Lord That is rampant in our land But say, look what smoke dem man a toke, gunsmoke, gunsmoke Walking 'round strap with their holster 'bout, gunsmoke, gunsmoke Gangsta is what dem want to be, might as well wear white sheets Like the Klan, all you doing is shooting people down Like the Klan, like the Klan all you do is shooting our heroes down Like the Klan, like the Klan, catch dem alone and dem man a 'cow' Satan's capitan's, Satan's capitan's, Satan's capitan Man adopt burstin' shot in Babylon ways Look what smoke dem a toke, gunsmoke, gunsmoke Walking 'round strap with their holster 'bout, gunsmoke, gunsmoke Gangsta is what dem want to be, might as well wear White sheets!