Dis A survival story
True ghetto story
Dis is my story
Real ghetto story heeeeah
I rememba those days when hell was my home
when me and mama bed was a big piece a foam
and mi neva like bathe an mi hair neva comb
when mama gaawn a work me go street go roam
i rememba when Danny dem tek mi snow cone
and mek him likkle bredda dem kick up Jerome
i rememba when wi visit dem wid pure big stone
an di bwoy Danny popout sumtin well full chrome
i rememba when we run Fatta get him knee blown
an mi best fren Richie get two inna him dome
i rememba so sunny avenue tun inna war zone
an Mickey madda fly him out caw she get a loan
but Mickey go to foreign an go tun Al Capone
mek whole heap a money a send in our own
now a wi a lock di city an dat is well known
yesterday Mickey call mi pon mi phone
mim seh Mickey
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wi get di ting dem dem outta luck now
wi squeeze 7 an di whole a dem a duck now
wi have whol heap a extra clip caw wi nuh bruk now Raaah Raaah Raaah Raaah
wi get di ting dem so dem haffi rate wi
caw wi a tek it to dem wicked of lately
an now di whole community a live greatly
Raaah Raaah Raaah Raaah
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I rememba bout eighty Jamaica explode
wen a trinity a tony Yo wid dem a run road
dat a long b4 lang dem an even bigga ford
wen adams dem a corporal nuh know di road code
i rememba wen wi rob di chiney shop dung di road
an rumor have it seh di chiney man have a sword
but wi di have a one pop weh mek outta board
so yuh kno di next day mama pot ovalooooooad
i remeba wen wi stick di poll clerks
an dump di ballot box pon tivoli outskirts
an hol a plane ticket an go chill ova turks
wen mi come bac i still inna di hole mi a lerks
i rememba those days wen infarma Dirks
get one inna him face an mi nh get nh perks
caw di bigga heads dem are a couple of jerks
caw a dem a mek di money wen a wi mash di works
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Verse 3
Jamaica get screwed threw greed an glutten
politics manipulate an press yutes button
but wi rich now so dem caan tell man nuttin
caw a wi a mek mama nyam fish an mutton
heeeeey ova deh so mek mi tell unno suttin
true mi deh a foreign now a guy kill mi cousin
an mi hear seh T di deh deh but him seh him wasnt
anytime mi fly down him a get bout dozen caaw
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Wi get di ting dem dem outta luck now
wi squeeze 7 an di whol a dem a duck now
wi have whol heap a etxre clip caw wi nuh bruk now Raaah Raaah Raaah Raaah
wi get di ting dem so dem haffi rate wi
caw wi a tek it to dem wicked of lately
an now di hol community a live greatly
Raaah Raaah Raaah Raaah