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The System lyrics with English Translations
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah, yeah, yes
When you work and till the soil Still can't find no food to boil What do you tell a hungry child, yes? When the system no create no job Weh yuh expect ghetto youths fi have Them will kill people and rob, yes When innocent life get burn Government nuh show concern To who do the people turn, yes When the people a hustle in the streets Haffi run from police Jeep Tell me, now weh dem pickney ago eat
Ooh.. times getting rough, times get slow And we feel like letting go! When we fee like letting go, letting go, yeah Ooh.. you try your best, You still can't find a way to fill your needs Feels like letting go Feels like letting go, yes
When yuh give guns to momma's child And change up him whole profile A now blood run like river Nile, yes Tell me how the war ago end When friends killing friends The same thing again and again, yes No joy cyaan hold 'pon the ends The whole community tense, yeah Funeral expense, yes! Does this make any sense? It no make no sense Mr. Man, where is you conscience?
Oh, oh.. feel like letting go, letting go, yeah Oh, oh, oh.. feel like letting go, letting go, yeah
When the big man dem inna the scheme Involve with a girl who a just thirteen Them shut her hopes and dreams, yes Know this girl is living in fear She been through school for so much years Choo so much sweat and tears, yes Now her parents seh she cyaan stay, not even another day If she don't throw it away, yes To who is she gonna turn? How is she gonna earn? Tell me now, who ago show concern?
Oh, oh.. feel like letting go, letting go, yeah Oh, oh, oh.. feel like letting go, letting go, yeah This is my concern, this is my concern, yeah
This is my concern, a is a my concern, ya, hey
When you work and till the soil Still can't find no food to boil What do you tell a hungry child, yes? When the system no create no job Weh yuh expect ghetto youths fi have Them will kill people and rob, yes When innocent life get burn Government nuh show concern To who do the people turn, yes When the people a hustle in the streets Haffi run from police Jeep Tell me, now weh dem pickney ago eat
Ooh.. times getting rough, times get slow And we feel like letting go! When we fee like letting go, letting go, yeah Ooh.. you try your best, You still can't find a way to fill your needs Feels like letting go Feels like letting go, yes
When yuh give guns to momma's child And change up him whole profile A now blood run like river Nile, yes Tell me how the war ago end When friends killing friends The same thing again and again, yes No joy cyaan hold 'pon the ends The whole community tense, yeah Funeral expense, yes! Does this make any sense? It no make no sense Mr. Man, where is you conscience?
Oh, oh.. feel like letting go, letting go, yeah Oh, oh, oh.. feel like letting go, letting go, yeah
When the big man dem inna the scheme Involve with a girl who a just thirteen Them shut her hopes and dreams, yes Know this girl is living in fear She been through school for so much years Choo so much sweat and tears, yes Now her parents seh she cyaan stay, not even another day If she don't throw it away, yes To who is she gonna turn? How is she gonna earn? Tell me now, who ago show concern?
Oh, oh.. feel like letting go, letting go, yeah Oh, oh, oh.. feel like letting go, letting go, yeah This is my concern, this is my concern, yeah
This is my concern, a is a my concern, ya, hey
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