Have u eva tek a look ina the ghetto
Me caah sleep a night time gunshot a echo
Society a wolf dat a facts me a seh so
Apart frm dat now me have a question
Oh Why, Oh why, Oh Why?
So much ghetto youths a die O My, O My!
O Why, O Why, Oh Why?
Me nah give up dawg cuz the limit is the sky
Oh Why, Oh why, Oh Why?
So much ghetto youths a die O My, O My!
O Why, O Why, Oh Why?
Jus nuh give up dawg cuz the limit is the sky
Tiad a funeral nine night and candle
Youths wid gun clip long and broad angle
Police come handcuff hand like bangle
Fren stab up fren kill fren tru gamble
Mama seh fi pray Jah will surely mek a way
Neva go pon di robbery a so come me get away
Me fren dem nuh come back me still deh Yahso a wait
Wen me hear the news me jus cudnt hold the tears
Oh Why, Oh why, Oh Why?
So much ghetto youths a die O My, O My!
O Why, O Why, Oh Why?
Me nah give up dawg cuz the limit is the sky
Oh Why, Oh why, Oh Why?
So much ghetto youths a die O My, O My!
O Why, O Why, Oh Why?
Jus nuh give up dawg cuz the limit is the sky
Dis a di chop a boat fi doc we a land a pot
Either yuh cook the food or wash the plate or gwan a shop
Juvenile tek the money seh him soon come back
The man dem hungry dawg so nuh bada mek nuh stop
A prefer me did go it hurt me heart me caah figot
Sometimes me find me self a bawl more time me pre the spot
Before him reach back me seh a pure gunshot
Dem seh a drive by n now me likkle fren drop
Oh Why, Oh why, Oh Why?
So much ghetto youths a die O My, O My!
O Why, O Why, Oh Why?
Me nah give up dawg cuz the limit is the sky
Oh Why, Oh why, Oh Why?
So much ghetto youths a die O My, O My!
O Why, O Why, Oh Why?
Jus nuh give up dawg cuz the limit is the sky
We afi mek the grung more safe so we can safe
An save the younger youths life an teach dem how fi save
We stand up pon we grave nuh page nuh man ina nuh rage
Prefer buy the youths dem book an mek dem turn a better page
Elevation via education
An hold ur meditation it's like medication
Run the dutty system wid dem segregation
It nuh afi be we birthday fi av celebration cuazzzz!
Oh Why, Oh why, Oh Why?
So much ghetto youths a die O My, O My!
O Why, O Why, Oh Why?
Me nah give up dawg cuz the limit is the sky.
Oh Why, Oh why, Oh Why?
So much ghetto youths a die O My, O My!
O Why, O Why, Oh Why?
Jus nuh give up dawg.
Marcus Antonio, Terro don, if u hear Dropa Don a cry ina the song
Me nuh care if it go number one
Jus wah we find a real solution
Mel Don a u a my don if u hear Dropa Don a cry ina the song
Me nuh care if it go number one
Jus wah we find a real solution