System a Fraud

Verse

"Mi seh mi change, but mi still inna di fight,

Food price up, bread double overnight.

Gyal a cry fi rent, landlord wicked wid di hype,

Politician fat, while di ghetto cyaan bite.

Youth pon di block, wi haffi juggle fi di plate,

Babylon pass law weh dem self cyaan relate.

Dem bank full up, but mi fridge stay empty,

Mi work whole week an mi still cyaan plenty.

Mi seh mi nuh saint, mi nuh bow, mi nuh bend,

Babylon a puppet fi di Talmudic end.

Dirty hands shake while di people a starve,

Mi bredda deh pon case, mi haffi send likkle charge.

Inflation wicked, cyaan buy no yam,

Mi madda haffi cut oil wid wata pon pan.

Mi youth dem hungry, mi cyaan just watch,

So mi risk pon di road fi di likkle mi catch.

Mi cyaan trust system, dem rig it fi fail,

Dem seh 'justice,' but mi see nuthin but jail.

Man dead at seventeen pon di coke line,

An di minister a smile pon di boatline.

One day mi haffi rise, one day mi haffi free,

Mi cyaan stay trapped ina di Babylon tree.

Rich wid no soul? Dat nuh mi style,

Mi choose truth ova likes every f**kin' time.

Free up mi dawg weh Babylon lock,

Charge him fi nutten but a likkle food stock.

First day mi out, mi reason wid di block,

Second day mi build tune, mi chant down flock.

Mi seh struggle real, but mi heart cyaan die,

System a fraud, but mi spirit stay high.

Youth dem a soldier, wi nah bow to lies,

Rebel ina di booth till di day mi fly.

Mi seh mi still sag, belt cost nuh mean,

Man ina di city still hungry fi dream.

South Side, West End, wi know weh di pain at,

Mi chant fi di people dem, seh mi cyaan stop.

Fridge fi fill, mi table fi serve,

But di big man tief tax wid a smile pon curve.

Case pon mi name, but mi nuh tek blame,

A di wicked Babylon weh dem rig up di game.

Mi seh mi out now, mi ready fi rise,

Stacking up prayers, nuh just money mi prize.

Some seh mi fi hush, seh mi cyaan chant,

But mi live real life weh di liar cyaan grant."