Arise We Fi Rise

Yo
Man warn dem and show dem (Show dem)
Long time (Long time)
Yeah, you know the style nuh stop, cho
Any who pon dem and mek dem know this, enuh
Well then, yo, yo
So mi sing

I tell dem, I say rise, you haffi rise
Ghetto people, unuh fi open unuh eyes
Yo, revelation that a happen, so unuh fi realize
Inna certain livity unuh fi don't socialize
And mi tell dem, I say rise, you haffi rise
Ghetto people, unuh fi open unuh eyes
And now is the time fi everybody try compromise
Well, yes, a that unuh fi try realize

So mi sing and say, yo
And a nuff of dem, mi know, weh nah live bona fide
And a so mi know say dem a go slip and a go slide
Yo, dem a go run, but there is nowhere to hide
The whole of dem must get destroyed
A this unuh fi try recognize
No matter how you big, the Most High will put unuh down to size
That's why mi ghetto youth, dem haffi wise
And don't mek the money get unuh hypnotize

And mi tell dem, I say rise, you haffi rise
Ghetto people, unuh fi open up your eyes
Yo, revelation that a happen, so unuh fi realize
Inna certain livity unuh fi don't socialize

So mi sing, yes
Just true mi check the situation
And mi get fi see say dem a destroy mi nation
Dem have the most wickedest intention
The gun dem weh a kill we a fi dem invention
So we haffi try fi know we right from wrong
And just listen to the words of the Almighty One
Because Him a the guidance and protection
Youths, mi a beg unuh low corruption

I tell dem, I say rise, you haffi rise
Ghetto people, unuh fi open up your eyes
Yo, revelation that a happen, so unuh fi realize
Inna certain livity unuh fi don't socialize
And mi tell dem, I say rise, you haffi rise
Ghetto people, unuh fi open up your eyes
And now is the time fi everybody try compromise
Well, yes, a that unuh fi try realize

So mi sing, cho
Ghetto youths, unuh fi a live loving
And try nuh bother get caught up inna the system
Mi see weh dem a plan and mi see weh dem doing
Dem a try fi destroy mi youths dem weh growing
'Cause now mi nuh see dem a teach mi youth dem nothing
Bere foolishness dem have the youths dem believe in
So 'til mi haffi a wonder is what dem achieving
Yo, but mi nah go stop and a the King

So mi sing and I say rise, we haffi rise
Ghetto people, unuh fi open up your eyes
Yo, revelation that a happen, so unuh fi realize
Inna certain livity unuh fi don't socialize
And mi tell dem, I say rise, we haffi rise
Ghetto people, unuh fi open up your eyes
And now is the time fi everybody try compromise
Well, yes, a that unuh fi try realize

So mi sing, yo, hey
And a nuff of dem, mi know, weh nah live bona fide
And a so mi know say dem a go slip and a go slide
Yo, dem a go run, but there is nowhere to hide
The whole of dem must get destroyed
A this unuh fi try recognize
No matter how you big, the Most High will put unuh down to size
That's why mi ghetto youth, dem haffi wise
And don't mek the money get unuh hypnotize

And mi tell dem, I say rise, you haffi rise
Ghetto people, unuh fi open up your eyes
Yo, revelation that a happen, so unuh fi realize
Inna certain livity unuh fi don't socialize
And mi tell dem, I say rise, you haffi rise
Ghetto people, unuh fi open up your eyes
And now is the time fi everybody try compromise
Well, yes, a that unuh fi try realize