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Violence In The Streets
Julian Marley;Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
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Well, all this crime and violence
Trials and tribulations
Well, a unemployment a breed up gangsta bow yah enuh
(Well if a did a Pupu Jay)
And dem fi know
Voice a di one, di Royalty 'longside Gong Marley
A weh some guy feel like?
Seh suh, huh
Aye, it's this violence in the streets (hot, hot)
My brothers got no time to sleep
Seh dem cyaan find the job
'Cause they've got no credentials (steppah)
It's this violence in the streets
My brothers got no time to sleep
Seh dem cyaan find the job (seh suh)
'Cause they've got no credentials
What more do you ask for?
Can't you see the world is in a disaster?
Listen up, Mr. Moneymaker (man)
Can you take a blow from the Grand Creator? (Boom)
Suh mi seh Mr. Moneymaker, did you get your belly full?
Yuh tek advantage of di yute dem
When dem hair resemble wool
Diligence and persistence, yuh haffi use it as your tool
Craven dawg, him lose him bone
No greediness will do no good
Mrs. Moneymarketer have tings misunderstood
Yuh profit on di loss of life
So we're not living as we should
In the neighbourhood
We have to wonder if they would issue guns
On Sesame Street to little children if they could
It's this violence in the streets
My brothers got no time to sleep
Seh dey cyaan find the job
'Cause they don't fit the description (sing out)
It's this violence in the streets (steppah)
My brothers got no time to sleep
Seh dey cyaan find the job (unemployed)
So at night they kill and rob
They give us dreams and aspirations
Den yuh turn us down
Yuh turn us down (same ole bag a tricks)
Yuh build up community centres (huh)
Den yuh break dem down
Den yuh break dem down
I pray that you don't know (uh-huh)
Exactly what you've done (uh-huh)
After you've bit the slums
And then you issue guns (steppah)
Situation's bad and I'm real fed up
(Never, never know tings would bitter dis way)
Di 'mount a carat round your neck
It mek a man a rabbit (dis)
And from a tekkah see yuh chain, yuh know a man a grab it (dis)
A man a drive car come a dance, an' a guh home a cab it (dis)
Cah man a thief dem pretty vehicle an' a pick dem pocket (dis)
Woman have yute a road and a gi' money man jacket (dis)
An' a drain out dem bank account, an' have dem cash a stock it (dis)
Dem thief him decent motorbike, not even lef' a sprocket
Ahrite, man a pop it off an dem nuh stop from knock it
Yuh nuh know, violence inna di street it a create a havic
First off, disrespect a sum'n, bad man just won't have it
Eh-eh, bruk pocket a sum'n weh wi get man crabbit
Yuh try fi hide your jewelry but tekkah done a map it
An' have a couple granny vendor ready fi guh swap it
Yuh wear a crackle and a poppah an all your chain him snap it
An if yuh come a Miami, man rob yuh inna Spanish
Yuh tek a chance an - around, yuh belongings will vanish
And all yuh gyal deh 'pon di play an' she a play astonish
Woman a thief clothes off a line and dem a mix-match it
And all who can't afford a gun a rob yuh wid a ratchet
And all di victim try fi run and buckle through him panic
Huh, police a pull wi dung a rob we inna traffic
Seh dem an' dem fren deh 'pon di line and dem a dispatch it
Dem talking 'bout your pocket buff an' 'bout your wrist catchy
Sufferation of the masses is di only logic, hey!
Oh-oh, it's this violence in the streets (steppah)
My madda cyaan find food to eat (tell dem nuh, Royal)
Bredda can't find a job
He doesn't fit the description
It's this violence in the streets (steppah)
My brothers got no time to sleep (huh)
Seh they cyaan hold down a job
So at night, they kill and rob
What more do you ask for?
Can't you see the world is in a disaster?
Listen up, Mr. Moneymaker
Can you take a blow from the grand creator? (Seh suh)
Suh why yuh do us like dat?
I don't know
Suh bad, suh bad (real, real bad)
Why yuh do us like dat?
It's suh bad, suh bad, suh bad
Why do we haffi live dis way?
It's suh bad, suh bad, suh bad (hear it)
Why do we fight each other? I'll say
"It's suh bad, suh bad, suh bad"
It's this violence in the streets (real medz, no)
My brothers got no time to sleep (real, real, yeah)
Jah bless homeless