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Down in the Ghetto
Jahdan Blakkamoore
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Down in da ghetto is where I grow
Down in da, down in da, down in
Down in da ghetto is where I grow
Pain and tribulation all I know
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Babylon is a plague
Oh yes, you're a plague
Oh, hypocrites and parasites
Babylon is a plague of the nation
Blowing the peoples mind
Tell me what are you searching to find
In your mansions in the sky
Them mass producing genocide
Dropping their bombs on the innocent
Blowing the peoples mind
You keep promoting your war and crime
Babylon, you can't deny
Well, I man coming in from the garrison
Yes, I'm coming in from the tenement
I can see that Babylon don't care
I and I done know that is evident
Anything the youth dem want, you see that and take that
And you know that is definite
Go tell the politicians, prime ministers, and the president
Poor people nah go take it no more
And the whole of we ready fi represent
It's about time that you beg for your taking of lives
Tell the youth dem stop commit suicide
Come together and unite
Down in da ghetto is where I grow
Down in da, down in da, down in
Down in da ghetto is where I grow
Pain and tribulation all I know
Babylon says, "Stop them before they grow"
Ghetto youth, don't let them
Put no stress on your brain
Not because of the system which is getting drained
I can see it in their eyes
Them full of ambition, but they're lacking the means
I don't wanna see them going astray
Well, I'm from which part upper class people
At night time them no really waan come 'bout
Police and soldier boy kick in the door
And run inna your house with the guns out
Don't make a sound, bwoy, don't say a word
Or we'll lick all 32 teeth out
Would you get panic and freak out
When you see your own blood a leak out
Your neighbor dem nuh waan peep out
When you hear the gunshot a beat out
If you walk inna that, you fi re-route
If you drive inna that, you fi screech out
Walking after dark, you nuh waan get caught
Inna police and badman shootout
This is the life that I know
In the ghetto I grow
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Down in da ghetto is where I grow
Down in da, down in da, down in
Down in da ghetto is where I grow
Pain and tribulation all I know
Tell the whole of them say me nuh trust none of them
Babylon is burning
Babylon, you are a devil in disguise
You set up your traps for the youths dem
Hoping to take their lives
Like a vampire coming by night
With your SMIS and FBI
I can see tears in her eyes
A when she just get the news that her son has been victimized
He was only searching to find for peace and a better life
So me tell the youth dem nuh fi mix up inna folly
Round the red, the gold, the green, me tell them say fi rally
Inna corruption don't you dilly and a dally
Do the righteous works and don't you worry what the wicked say
Even though you feel despised
Don't get caught in their gangster's paradise
Down in da ghetto is where I grow
Down in da, down in da, down in
Down in da ghetto is where I grow
Pain and tribulation all I know
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