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When I'm down Jah lift mi up,
When I get thirsty fill my cup.
Getto youth nah give up no way,
Seh we nah give up no!
When I'm down Jah lift mi up,
When I get thirsty fill my cup yea
Seh mi nah give up no way,
Seh mi nah give up.
Mi see a dancehall a skyrize,
Dem try and hold mi down,
Dem friend passed and a gone and a... down.
When mi ah go pray di dom?
Because deem she'd it gaza... come
... pon di lady's son... When mi a run di park don't wanna touch a gun,
Blood a run, another nine nine touch it but... ask jah.
Oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, tell me why-hy.
Oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, tell me
Why-hy!
From week she a work while friday dinner. Why di bus boy hire and tip her!
To fight and she say she wanna make the money just to buy some food fi di family!
Ah! Hear me out a now, you haffi hear dis... taking taxi was the latest,
Acting so... and unite the ones that... them and warn di boy...
When a dancehall haffi hear dis aahhhhh jah
Oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, tell me why-hy.
Oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why! (why why why why)!
Mi nah want fi see another youth, inna mi gidiyan, hearing another Vybz, singing another song, hoping one day, it won't be long, but Jah will stop all the separation. Mi see another Mom, with shattered dream cah nothing can bring back a man that dead yaaah Them take me any when dem kill children and I gonna still go cryyyy that's why.
Oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, tell me why-hy.
Oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why! (why why why why)!
When I'm down Jah lift mi up, when I get thirsty fill my cup, getto youth nah give up no way, seh we nah give up no, When I'm down Jah lift mi up, when I get thirsty fill my cup yea seh mi nah give up no way, seh mi nah give up.
Oh why oh why, oh why oh why oh why, oh why oh why oh why tell me why-hy. Oh why oh why oh why oh why oh why oh why oh why oh why oh (why why why why)...