System

Boy, it's so hard fi go through opportunity door
When you born poor
Crazy nights man bleach and a sleep pon floor
Bread without butter
Hear nuh see say man a suffer
A wha' dem waan we do?
Wha' dem waan we do?!

Wha' we fi do when we see the rent a back up and the bills a get high?
When back to school a come up and the youths dem book fi buy
Me try fi look a work, but anywhere me go, apply
The address weh me give, mi application deny
Now wha' dem waan me do when me see mi kids a cry?
When access is so easy fi go get a pie pie
Dem said that dem nuh cater fi the ghetto youths, why?
Dem rich and we inna pigsty
Unuh know why?

When you born poor, you're just a victim (Victim)
And I don't know why (Neither do I)
If you see the conditions that we live in (Disgraceful living)
It will bring tears from your eye
We're tired of the excess police brutality (Tired of it)
Fi some justice, poor people a cry
They stereotype us
But we're not so bad, we're not so bad, no

You know how long man no see one of dem thousand dollar bill?
Poverty a bore through we skin like drill
Qualify and have we skill, still we hungry a kill
But dem no care 'cause dem have dem big house pon the hill
Kick back inna dem AC with dem family a chill
A talk 'bout wha' dem a go lef' inna dem will
Wha' dem doing fi the poorer class? Absolutely nil
It soon reach the point fi man come tear off your grill, yo

When you born poor, you're just a victim
And I don't know why
If you see the conditions that we live in
It will bring tears from your eye
We're tired of the excess police brutality
Fi some justice, poor people a cry
They stereotype us
But we're not so bad, we're not so bad, no

When we see the rent a back up and the bills a get high
When back to school a come up and the youths dem book fi buy
Me try fi look a work, but anywhere me go, apply
The address weh me give, mi application deny
Now wha' dem waan me do when me see mi kids a cry?
When access is so easy fi go get a pie pie
Dem said that dem nuh cater fi the ghetto youths, why?
Dem rich and we inna pigsty
Unuh know why?

When you born poor, you're just a victim (Victim)
And I don't know why
If you see the conditions that we live in
It will bring tears from your eye (Disgraceful living)
We're tired of the excess police brutality
Fi some justice, poor people a cry (Tired of it)
They stereotype us
But we're not so bad, we're not so bad, no

Hear me nuh...