galang dada

galang gwwaan yaw sah

yu nevvah ad noh life fi live

jus di wan life fi give

yu did yu time pan ert

yu nevvah get yu jus dizert

galang goh smile inna di sun

galang goh satta inna di palace af peace



o di waatah

it soh deep

di waatah

it soh daak

an it full a hawbah shaak



di lan is like a rack

slowly shattahrin to san

sinkin in a sesa af calamity

where fear breed shadows

dat lurks in di daak

where people fraid fi waak

fraid fi tink fraid fi taak

where di present is haunted by di pass



a deh soh mi bawn

get fi know bout staam

learn fi cling to di dawn

an wen mi hear mi daddy sick

mi quickly pack an tek a trip



mi nevvah have noh time

when mi reach

fi si noh sunny beach

wen mi reach

jus people a live in shack

people livin back-to-back

mongst cackroach an rat

mongst dirt an dizeez

subjek to terrorist attack

political intrigue

kanstant grief

an noh sign af relief



o di grass

turn brown

soh many trees

cut doun

an di lan is ovahgrown



fram country to toun

is jus tissel an tawn

inna di woun a di poor

is a miracle ow dem endure



di pain nite an day

di stench af decay

di clarin sights

di guarded affluence

di arrogant vices

cole eyes af kantemp

di mackin symbals af independence



a deh soh mi bawn

get fi know bout staam

learn fi cling to di dawn

an wen di news reach mi

seh mi wan daddy ded

mi ketch a plane quick



an wen mi reach mi sunny isle

it woz di same ole style

di money well dry

di bullits dem a fly

plenty innocent a die

man