Popcaan - The System

Sad to say but
White people ah bawl
Indian pepole ah bawl
Black people ah bawl
Chinese pepole ah bawl
Di system
Design fi set we up, yeaah
Dem give we de guns
And dem same one come wet we up

Dre Skull
Wey di system do fi ghetto yute? - Nothin'
Wey dem do fi ghetto yute? - Nothin'
Everyday another mother bawl
Dem don't do nothin' at all, yeah
We've been suffering from we small so

Some think sey a bed a rose through pretty clothes inna mi closet
None ah dem nah see ma pain, futhermore dem neva ask yet
Silence ah di baddest weapon so yuh know wey mi do, mi talk less
Man ah work every day dung a wharf and a three grand a week dem a accept
Dem nuh waan me fi build mama house don't waan mi fi own no assets
Sufferation everywhere mi tun so give thanks to Jah when yuh pass it so
Ghetto yute don't make silly plans,
Believe in yourself be ah man
Dem waan we fi a dead pon di road dem don't waan we mek billions

Dre Skull
Wey di system do fi ghetto yute? - Nothin'
Wey dem do fi ghetto yute? - Nothin'
Everyday another mother bawl
Dem don't do nothin' at all, yeah
We've been suffering from we small so

If we sell weed a problem dat
If we do a robbery a problem dat
Di whole world a pray fi di problem stop
Nobody nuh cater fi solving dat
Innocent yute ah receive gun shots
Mama haffi dress up inna white and black
Oh God
Tyaad fi go ah dovecot

White people ah bawl
Indian pepole ah bawl
Black people ah bawl
Chinese pepole ah bawl
Di system
Design fi set we up, yeaah
Dem give we de guns
And dem same one come wet we up

Dre Skull
Wey di system do fi ghetto yute? - Nothin'
Wey dem do fi ghetto yute? - Nothin'
Everyday another mother bawl
Dem don't do nothin' at all, yeah
We've been suffering from we small so

If we sell weed a problem dat
If we do a robbery a problem dat
Di whole world a pray fi di problem stop
Nobody nuh cater fi solving dat
Innocent yute ah receive gun shots
Mama haffi dress up inna white and black
Oh God
Tyaad fi go ah dovecot

Ghetto yute (Believe in yourself)
Ghetto yute (Believe in yourself, be ah man) (x2)