Di sun hot like this Kingston fyah
Man ah look a work and can't get hire
Mi smoke di herb so mi can get higher
Haffi bun dem up mi nuh short a fyah
Di youth dem go ah school
And you teach dem bare lie
Have dem out a street
And nuh know dem shoe size
Pack it full a paper
Just to mek it fit right
Anything just to get by
Jah jah
Yes him put mi to the test i know
Jah jah
Bless me anywhere i go
Jah jah
Gimme strenght to defeat my foes
Woah ooo woah oh oh yeah
Got to find a way
Woah ooo woah oh oh yeah
Jah show i the way
Woah ooo woah oh oh yeah
X2
In my town people do tings
Dem nuh want fi do
Haffi juggle three jobs
Just to feed dem youth
Hustle fi a raise
But dem nah raise di truth
Dem nuh waan we deh yah
So we sing it in a di booth
That we haffi work harder now
Done know we stronger now
Ah di new order now
Yo people hear mi now
Fi we life
So we ah go take back control
Ah fi we life
So dem nah go tek weh we soul
Jah jah
Yes him put mi to the test i know
Jah jah
Bless me anywhere i go
Jah jah
Gimme strenght to defeat my foes
Woah ooo woah oh oh yeah
Got to find a way
Woah ooo woah oh oh yeah
Jah show i the way
Woah ooo woah oh oh yeah
X2
All my people haffi stand firm
Or this Kingston fyah is gonna burn
Yes my people stand up strong
How long we ah suffer too long
All my people haffi stand firm
Yes this Kingston fyah is gonna burn
How long we ah suffer too long
All my people haffi stand firm
Got to find a way
Woah ooo woah oh oh yeah
Jah show i the way
Woah ooo woah oh oh yeah
X2
