Every Sunday mi buy Gleaner A search out di classifies Mi want a work
Mi youth fi feed And mi youth dem muss survive
Di light bill payment Wata payment Plus di bed and di stove coal payment Plus di bus fares Plus di school fee Dem pon top a dat dem a raise when Babylon yuh must fall, is not a statement Cause a nuh work this, this a enslavement Mi just a hold it, but dem a force mi Fi broke di six and di eight commandment
Mi don´t want do nuh crime Society don´t mek mi change mi mind Cah mi want a better life My pickney want a better life
Mek mi don´t want do nuh crime Society don´t mek mi change mi mind (ghetto youths) Cah mi want a better life (mm) My pickney want a better life
Mi get a blind eye from society But di ghetto nuh expect betta from dem But mi surprised when a mi di church condemn Dem seh dem a church bredrin but dem a heathen Religion cyan trick wi Wi deh yah above dem Cause a di pope control di world bank dem Mi just a hold it, but dem a force mi Fi broke di Six and di eight commandment
Mi don´t want do nuh crime (don´t want do nuh crime)
Society don´t mek mi change mi mind (don´t mek wi) Cah mi want a better life (we sufferin´) My pickney want a better life (help wi please cah mi) Mi don´t want do nuh crime Society don´t mek mi change mi mind (ghetto youths) Cah mi want a better life (mm) My pickney want a better life
As far as my eyes can see Dem nuh response pon wi Society forsake wi Mi done tell di garrison already But times hard Dem treat wi like dog If dem raise di toll again
Mi haffi go walk ova mi yard mm
Mi don´t want do nuh crime (don´t want) Society don´t mek mi change mi mind (ghetto youths) Cah mi want a better life (mmm) My pickney want a better life (help wi plz cah mi) Mi don´t want do nuh crime Society don´t mek mi change mi mind (ghetto youths) Cah mi want a better life (mm) My pickney want a better life