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Hard Way lyrics with English Translations
[Intro] It lock, yes it lock Weh mi seh?, yeah (What I said?, yeah)
[Verse 1] Sixteen an’ him luv di sixteen (Sixteen and he loves the sixteen) Him neva read, but him load magazine (He never read, but he load magazine) Him fada tell him lowe di rich quick team (His father told him leave the rich quick team) Till him end up wid di man dem lock (Until he end up with the men locking) Di housing scheme (The housing scheme) Seh him waan fi floss big an’ dress clean (Said he wants to floss big and dress clean) Tek how much life (Take a lot of life) An’ neva know death a creep in (And never knew death is creeping in) An’ now di table an’ di chair tun 'pon him (And now the table and the chair turn on him) Issa a juvenile, me hear, turn it 'pon him (It’s a juvenile, I heard, turn it on him)
[Chorus 1] He learned the hard way, hard way Didn't listen what his mama say He learned the hard way And death is the price he pays The hard way, hard way Didn't listen what his mama say Yes, he learned the hard way Death is the price he paid
[Verse 2] Seventeen an’ shi jus’ come out a school (Seventeen and she just came out of school) Shi neva listen wen her mama set di rule (She never listen when her mama sets the rule) Every morning Wen Miss Ling gone 'pon the job (When Miss Ling gone on the job) Benji come in and ride her like a yellow taxi cab Shi catch a belly (She caught a belly) And her mom say she cannot stay Shi contemplating seh fi dash di child away (She’s contemplating to dash the child away) But wen shi check di Doc shi find out (But when she check the Doc she find out) Shi been travelling around wid a big letter A (She been traveling around with a big letter A)
[Chorus 2] Hard way hard way Didn't listen what her mama say Yes, she learned the hard way And death is the price you pay The hard way, hard way Didn't listen what her mama say Yes, she learned the hard way Death is the price she pays
[Post-Chorus] So many words have spoken So many lives have lost The way you see your future Depends on your past So many mothers crying There's no one to feel their pain Hey
[Chorus 3] The hard way, the hard way Didn't listen what his mama say Say he learned the hard way And death is the price you pay The hard way, the hard way Yes, he learned the hard way (And death was the price he paid)
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