Badness no pay, no
Badness no pay, no, no, no

Eih, youthman
Badness no pay
A di truth, man
Hear what I say

You get up every day
You chuck it with your gun
Soon one day
Your fun a go done

Goin' around making disturbancy
Goin' around givin' natty dread badness

Eih, youthman
A better you cool
A di truth, man
Mi know you no fool

From the prison to the morgue to the cemetery
That's so a no bad man end up, you see

Goin' around making disturbancy
Goin' around givin' natty dread badness

Now, youthman
Badness no pay
A di truth, man
Hear what I say

Hey, what I say, no
Hey, what I say, yeah-yeah
Woah-oh-oh
Ooh-ooh

From the prison to the morgue to the cemetery
That's so a no bad man end up, you see

Goin' around making disturbancy
Goin' around givin' natty dread badness

Eih, youthman
Badness no pay
A di truth, man
Hear what I say

You get up every day
You chuck it with your gun
Soon one day yuh fun a go done

Goin' around making disturbancy
Goin' around givin' natty dread badness

Yeah, uoh
Yeah, givin' natty dread badness
Oh, uoh, uoh yeah
Uoh yeah, uoh yeah, uoh yeah

Be cool my brother, be cool
Cool down your temper my sister, cool down
Cool down my brother, uoh yeah
Badness don't pay, no, no