Hey watch ya now Hey see yah now Hey cooh ya now Huh-huh-huh Huh-huh, huh-huh Ha-huh-ha Ha-haa-huh-huh-haa Ha-haa-huh-huh-haa Haa-haa, huh-haa-haa Haa-haa Yeah wi- Put Jah first and second and third Watch we blessings come forth Blessings come forth Yow it is a miracle Fi mek yuh thing shot An' nuh end up a' Gun Court End up a' Gun Court Ah-ah Growing up on the banks of the Hope Never give up and wi never lose hope And wi never sell out and never sell dope Now ironically everything weh' we say They say is dope (listen) It never break wi spirit growing up broke Roll out smelling like carbolic soap (yes!) A regular wi run boat just fi stay afloat And wi run joke just fi cope Hear wha nuh social mobility, limited scope But mama mek wi know seh time longer than rope Wi nuh frighten fi nutten 'cause we used to go without From food stamps but now stamp full up wi passport Hear wha juvenile nuh put no gun inna yuh Jansport Fi collect no banknote, no that a di wrong sport (hey!) Everybody want a bus like public transport But hold the fort, everything curry like goat Put Jah first and second and third Watch we blessings come forth Blessings come forth Yow it is a miracle Fi mek yuh thing shot An' nuh end up a' Gun Court End up a' Gun Court Ah-ah Growing up on the banks of the Hope Never give up and wi never lose hope And wi never sell out and never sell dope Now ironically everything weh' we say They say is dope (listen) Marl road, top road to back road Affi make a mark like the chalk pon di blackboard (hey!) Affi do a ting fi mama pot load Swear wi nuh, affi mek di Glock load Hear wha now, the whole a Tavern Hope flat back to common Tin mackerel affi kill wi 'cause wi nah go bow fi salmon And we nah go a no station, answer to no summons Putting up resistance just like Beres Hammond Put Jah first and second and third Watch we blessings come forth Blessings come forth Yow it is a miracle Fi mek yuh thing shot An' nuh end up a' Gun Court End up a' Gun Court Ah-ah Growing up on the banks of the Hope Never give up and wi never lose hope And wi never sell out and never sell dope Now ironically everything weh' we say They say is dope (listen) Ah-ah Growing up on the banks of the Hope Never give up and wi never lose hope And wi never sell out and never sell dope Now ironically everything weh' we say They say is dope (listen)