No no no no no no way You no see it mad out deh No no no no no no way Ayy Things just ain't the same, no mama Son a tun scamma, shell down Alabama Youth them get caught In the glitz and the glamour (what?) Bricks and the hammers Long clips full a ammo Everyday is a drama, guard ring, body armor Protect from everything except fi the karma (hm) Man nah try look to no sky fi no manna Understandable who can't wait son tomorrow Or fi beg or fi borrow That's the horrible truth too Government cyaa find a thing fi the youths do (no) Poverty no cute and you know that's the root A three thousand fi apartment a ruthven avenue (huh) Everyone I assume want live comfortable too Honest man look a work, sent him youth dem go school But in a place weh you screwed if you follow the rules What the alternative you think somebody ago choose Because a thirty million fi a house up a stony Good ol' days How we fi live under dem standard? You don't say No, no way Haffi militant, vigilant, haffi whol' it, hey 'Cause a no thirty million fi no house, none at all How we fi survive? Wah a gwaan down a yaad A million is not a what it used to be Farming use to power communities A degree used to mean opportunity Only thing man a read now a eulogy Funeral parlor say business is booming School dem get empty, so prison is looming Molly consuming (yeah), dolly dem grooming (yeah) Where do you run to? (What?) like lila in blooming But we haffi survive and we a put up a fight Cah life haffi live and me say things haffi buy Can money fi mek and investments fi set But even that under threat, financial sector a fret I mean, what's that about? Me see all bolt make a sound (sound) Can't believe the people wacky dip inna him account (watch ya) Look pon money a spend, european a trend Real estate recommend, man haffi re up again Because a thirty million fi a house up a stony Good ol' days How we fi live under dem standard? You don't say No, no way Haffi militant, vigilant, haffi whol' it, hey 'Cause a no thirty million fi no house, none at all How we fi survive? Wah a gwaan down a yaad