It a Ring

it a ring inna me ears it a ring it a ring inna me ears it a ring now each and everyday we hear poor people crying cannot feed di elders cannot feed di suckling me fadda cyaan buy a phensic if mi head is hurting now living in jamaica is a wonderful thing lot of food and water when di sun is shining but all over di world people is suffering they don't know where to turn to make a living ambitious... we haffi live pon hustlin we nah turn a thief we prefer do some sellin' seller out there more than buyer but we stil a try a thing Now it a ring, inna we ears it a ring it a ring, inna we ears it a ring Now mi hold di michrophone now like a damn safety pin Yuh jook me with a pin Jah a go charge yuh fi sin We got to be conscious in this world we livin in Some bwoy nowadays man dem follow fashion And marry fi dem girl and give her pretty redding wing(wedding ring) And when di wedding done and dem no have no ¿? It a ring, inna we ears it a ring it a ring, inna we ears it a ring Children must go to school to do some learning stop waste time bout yuh is calling Go to school jah man and see what you can win Like Michael McCallum come up inna boxing Merlene Ottey she come up inna running Puppa Jammy him inna producing Yuh know that Tonto Irie him inna entertaining Man daddy John Wayne inna entertaining Junior Reid and Half Pint inna entertaining It ring, inna wi ears it a ring it a ring inna we ears it a ring cannot feed di elders cannot feed di suckling me fadda cyaan buy a phensic if mi head is hurting but living in Jamaica is a wonderful thing lot of food and water when di sun is shining but all over di world people is suffering they don't know where to turn to make a living ambitious... we haffi live pon hustlin we nah turn a thief we prefer do some sellin' seller out there more than buyer but me still a try a thing It a ring, inna we ears it a ring it a ring, inna we ears it a ring Children must go to school to do some learning stop waste time bout yuh is calling Learn fi do a lickle reading, licke writing, so you can write your application if a job is open It a ring, inna we ears it a ring it a ring, inna we ears it a ring ¿? Tonto Irie a di DJ king Now me sit down pon di riddim like a lizard pon a limb Sit down pon di riddim like a tyre pon a rim Now mi hold di michrophone now like a damn safety pin We got to be conscious in this world we livin in jook me with a pin Jah a go charge yuh fi sin Now It a ring, inna we ears it a ring it a ring, inna we ears it a ring ¿? Tonto Irie man him sit down pon riddim sit down pon riddim like a lizard pon a limb sit down pon riddim like my transport spring from we born we neva sight such a dangerous thing Take 'way the queen me say from di king I know the warn me warn me warn me inna Brooklyn dem warn me warn me warn me inna foreign Dem seh Tonto Irie man him ... this thing It a ring, inna we ears it a ring it a ring, inna we ears it a ring Children must go to school to do some learning Stop waste time bout yuh is calling Don't throw your talent inna rubbish bin Just go to school Jah man and see that what yuh can win Like Michael McCallum come up inna boxing Merlene Ottey she come up inna running Tonto Irie him inna entertaining Man John Wayne inna entertaining Junior Reid and Half Pint inna entertaining It a ring, inna we ears it a ring it a ring, inna we ears it a ring We got to be conscious in this world we living in Jook me with a pin JaH a go charge yuh fi sin Dem warn me warnme warnme inna foreign Dem warn me warn me warn me inna BrooKLYN