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Blood Money

by Protoje








Blood Money lyrics with English Translations





[Intro] Hey Hey

[Verse 1] Mi nah watch nuh face, beg nuh more pardin (I'm not watching any face, begging anymore pardons) A nuff drugs money deh a Cherry Garden (A lot of drugs money are in Cherry Garden) Nuff individuals society applauding (A lot of individuals that society's applauding) Yuh can ask anybody weh dem get dem starting (You can ask anybody where they got their start from) But nuff Politician tek eh donations (But a lot of Politicians take donations) Suh nuff criminal will neva si ah station (So a lot of criminals will never see a police station) Neva si ah cell not even a court house (Never see a cell, not even a court house) But ah every Sunday wi si dem tek di boat out (But every Sunday we see them taking the boat out) North coast resort and car dealership Di construction company dem jus doh legit (The construction companies just aren't legit) Use eh wash eh money tun roun a hide it (Use it to wash the money then turn around and hide it) When di big pat cum in di govament delighted (When the big pot comes in, the government is delighted)

[Chorus] Suh (So) Police cancel operation Cause nuh real bad man a guh station (Because, no real gangster is going to the police station) Now if yuh check eh situation (Now if you check the situation) Ah blood money run di nation (It's blood money that's running the nation) Cum tek ah look inna Jamaica (Come take a look in Jamaica) Injustice in di place nuh-uh (Injustice is in the place) If wah yuh si nuh really faze yuh (If what you see doesn't really fazed you) Den yuh a di problem wah wi face to (Then you're one of the problem that we face too)

[Verse 2] Was bout to buy an x6 enuh (Was about to buy a BMW x6) Maybe den I neva have to be a prisoner (Maybe then I wouldn't have to be a prisoner) Maybe then I could of not turn in my firearm Police couldn't cum remand coming like mi run an army (Police couldn't remand me, it's like I run an army) Was bout to be a Politician to (Was about to be a Politician too) Maybe den I coulda mek any decision look (Maybe then I could make any decision look) Maybe den I coulda mek a 100 million disappear (Maybe then I could make 100 million disappear) Den mi act like mi nuh care what yuh going leff bak in there (Then I act like I don't care what is going to be left back in there) Becaw dis a reality (Because this is the reality) Inna Jamaica, seh yuh status a yuh salary (In Jamaica, your status is your salary) Man deh road a carry one wuleepa a felony (Men are free that have a lot of felonies) But dem hav a family a boost up eh economy (But they have a family that's boosting up the economy)

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[Verse 3] Is out a many but a one set a people feeling it (It's out of many but it's one set of people feeling it) How dat real, society yuh agree to dis? (How's that real, society, do you agree to this?) Tings a reveal, the garbage dem a shin spit (Things are revealing, the garbage are shin spit) Nuh smoke screen a Riverton nuh conceal it (No smoke screen at Riverton is concealing it) Di system failing, di gap a get wider, (The system's failing, the gap's getting wider) A matta time before a total divide yah (It's a matter of time before it's total divide here) Yuh cross di line, man draw quick fi remind yuh (You cross the line, man will draw quickly to remind you) If yuh dwell pan crime den crime will haffi find yuh (If you dwell on crime then crime will have to find you) And dats how it's been always, dat nuh frustrate yuh? (And that's how it's always been, doesn't that frustrate you?) Like it duh to me, how much dead baby deh over Jubilee? (Like it did to me, how much dead babies are over at Jubilee?) How much yute did 10 wen dem run inna Tivoli (How much youths are 10 years old when they ran up into Tivoli) Now dem 16, heart fried, berretta seized (Now they're 16, heart fried, berretta seized)

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