What Is Life lyrics with English Translations
[Intro] Sometime I wonder Why people gotto think the way they do (Why people got to think the way they do) (The way they do) And nuh matta wah yuh duh fi dem (And no matter what you do for them) Dem really nuh care bou you (They really don’t care about you) (Dem nuh care bou you) ((They really don’t care about you)) Dem always deny it (They always deny it) Even though dem know seh a true (Even though they know that it’s true)
[Pre-Chorus] Sometimes life painful (So painful) Some people don't si di need tuh help (Some people don't see the need to help) Unless it's gainful (Less dem aguh gain from it) ((Less they’re going to gain from it)) Oh yes it's shameful (Such a shame on you) Mia try focus mi cyaah concentrate (I’m trying to focus I can’t concentrate) Caah mi brain full (Cause my brain’s full) (Brain full, Jah know mi brain full) ((Brain full, Jah know my is brain full))
[Verse 1] What is life? If yuh living it just for yourself alone (If you living it just for yourself alone) What is life? If yuh nuh value yuh bredren like yuh phone (If you don’t value your bredren like your phone) What is life? Wen a man will sell him breda (When a man will sell him brother) For an ice cream cone What is life? Rememba seh craven dawg lose him bone (Remember that craven dog lose his bone) Yee
[Verse 2] Instead a some walk pon foot (Instead of some walk on foot) Dem a walk pon head (They’re walking on head) Life affi living (Life have living) But wi have a lot a walking dead (But we have a lot walking dead) Some seh dem a grow (Some say they’re growing) But a true yuh nuh know dem only a get (But it’s because you know they only getting) Tall dem naah wull nuh med (Tall they’re not holding no meditation) Dem only care bou one life (They only care about one life) Affi hustle fi dem (Have to hustle for them) And dem a di first fi a talk seh yuh (And they’re the first to talk that you) And dem a fren (And them are friends) Dats why mi suh picky (That’s why I’m so picky) Cause mankind nuh pretty (Cause mankind isn’t pretty) Pon nuhn a dem yuh cyaah depend (On none of them you can’t depend)
(Repeat Chorus)
[Verse 3] Man a hold on same way (I’m holding on same way) Kabaco just light a spliff Man a hold on same way (I’m holding on same way) Remember seh elaf drop a wata (Remember that elaf drop a water) But it don't Rotten same day Different game but a same play (Different game but same play) Different ice but a same tray Different plant but a same clay
[Verse 4] It nuh matter how yuh physically up breda (It don’t matter how you physically up brother) Mek sure seh yuh up mentally (Make sure that you’re up mentally) Cause now a days Eh nuh matta how yuh duh good (It don’t matter how you do good) Dem people ya nuh care bout nuhbaddi (These people don’t care about nobody) Suh if yuh si mi dealing wid people a way breda (Suh if you see me dealing with people a way brother) A because a bad experience (It’s because of bad experience) An' everything a pile up (And everything is piling up) Mi a human being and mi blood a boil up (I’m a human being and my blood is boiling up)
(Repeat Chorus)
[Bridge] Is like eh naah nuh value (It’s like it don’t have no value) Is like eh naah nuh value nuh more (Is like it don’t have no value no more) Mhhmm Even some man weh cyaah play di game (Even some man that can’t play the game) Still a dem want score (Still they want to score) Imagine, man cyaah sing (Imagine, man can’t sing) Him neva write a song and him want fi tour (He never wrote a song and he want to tour) So it is Everyone is running down riches Acceptance without expectation
[Outro] Free yuh mind ye (Free your mind ye) Free yuh mind ye (Free your mind ye)
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