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Ghetto Life lyrics with English Translations
[Intro]
Before hi lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul fi keep
If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord me soul fi take
Yo, the city don't love me
Me know say the city don't love me
Me don't have a job no money
Lord, the pain, me hungry
[Chorus] A just ghetto life We a search fi the paradise Da one yah name ghetto life We need a way to survive Mhm-hmm, mhm-hmm A just ghetto life We a search fi the paradise Da one yah name ghetto life The system traumatize Listen to the elder
[Verse 1] Me granny never tell me no lie When she say the system it don't right Dem don't have no mercy, society You don't listen to the ghetto youth voice Mek the ghetto youth dem strive Everybody pickney waan fi know life A the prison and the jail dem find Tell me weh dem waan we dead fah
[Pre-Chorus] Every ghetto youth waan money, yeah And dem waan buy a house for mommy, yeah In the streets everyday don't funny, yeah Me no know when the hearse coming for me, yeah Every ghetto youth waan money, yeah And dem waan buy a house for mommy, yeah In the streets everyday don't funny, yeah Me no know when the hearse coming for me, yeah
[Chorus] A just ghetto life We a search fi the paradise Da one yah name ghetto life We need a way to survive Mhm-hmm, mhm-hmm A just ghetto life We a search fi the paradise Da one yah name ghetto life The system traumatize Listen to the elder
[Verse 2] Colonial brutality Innocent youth get shoot, Addi see Society no do nothing fi me Cah me scheme never benefit through charity Ghetto youth have the true quality Marcus Garvey philosophy Something a go happen in a the inner city And me granny say the longest liver haffi see
[Pre-Chorus] Every ghetto youth waan money, yeah And dem waan buy a house for mommy, yeah In the streets everyday don't funny, yeah Me no know when the hearse coming for me, yeah Every ghetto youth waan money, yeah And dem waan buy a house for mommy, yeah In the streets everyday don't funny, yeah Me no know when the hearse coming for me, yeah
[Chorus] A just ghetto life We a search fi the paradise Da one yah name ghetto life We need a way to survive Mhm-hmm, mhm-hmm A just ghetto life We a search fi the paradise Da one yah name ghetto life The system traumatize Listen to the elder
A just ghetto life We a search fi the paradise Da one yah name ghetto life We need a way to survive Mhm-hmm, mhm-hmm A just ghetto life We a search fi the paradise Da one yah name ghetto life The system traumatize Listen to the elder
[Chorus] A just ghetto life We a search fi the paradise Da one yah name ghetto life We need a way to survive Mhm-hmm, mhm-hmm A just ghetto life We a search fi the paradise Da one yah name ghetto life The system traumatize Listen to the elder
[Verse 1] Me granny never tell me no lie When she say the system it don't right Dem don't have no mercy, society You don't listen to the ghetto youth voice Mek the ghetto youth dem strive Everybody pickney waan fi know life A the prison and the jail dem find Tell me weh dem waan we dead fah
[Pre-Chorus] Every ghetto youth waan money, yeah And dem waan buy a house for mommy, yeah In the streets everyday don't funny, yeah Me no know when the hearse coming for me, yeah Every ghetto youth waan money, yeah And dem waan buy a house for mommy, yeah In the streets everyday don't funny, yeah Me no know when the hearse coming for me, yeah
[Chorus] A just ghetto life We a search fi the paradise Da one yah name ghetto life We need a way to survive Mhm-hmm, mhm-hmm A just ghetto life We a search fi the paradise Da one yah name ghetto life The system traumatize Listen to the elder
[Verse 2] Colonial brutality Innocent youth get shoot, Addi see Society no do nothing fi me Cah me scheme never benefit through charity Ghetto youth have the true quality Marcus Garvey philosophy Something a go happen in a the inner city And me granny say the longest liver haffi see
[Pre-Chorus] Every ghetto youth waan money, yeah And dem waan buy a house for mommy, yeah In the streets everyday don't funny, yeah Me no know when the hearse coming for me, yeah Every ghetto youth waan money, yeah And dem waan buy a house for mommy, yeah In the streets everyday don't funny, yeah Me no know when the hearse coming for me, yeah
[Chorus] A just ghetto life We a search fi the paradise Da one yah name ghetto life We need a way to survive Mhm-hmm, mhm-hmm A just ghetto life We a search fi the paradise Da one yah name ghetto life The system traumatize Listen to the elder
A just ghetto life We a search fi the paradise Da one yah name ghetto life We need a way to survive Mhm-hmm, mhm-hmm A just ghetto life We a search fi the paradise Da one yah name ghetto life The system traumatize Listen to the elder
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