Fed Up Lyrics

[Intro]
Well, this one reaching out to all the leaders and the media
Well, this is Rodney Price aka Bounty Killer
The leader for Poor People Government

Well, poor people fed up to how yuh system sheg up
Yuh issue gun fi wi pickney bus
Poor people fed up to how yuh system sheg up
Well, everyday the ghetto youths dead up

Mi ask the leader, him a di arranger
Fi mek poor people surround by danger
Fly an the roach an giant mosquita
Sewage water whey fill wid bacteria

Unno ever tek a look dung inna di Riverton area
Bactu, and Seaview, Waterhouse, Kentire
Long time the MP him nuh come near yah

And the nedda one whey claims sey she a counselor

Rob senventy five percent and gi wi quarter
Conquer the land nuh waan fi gi wi a acre
Disconnect mi light an chop off mi water
To the Kings of Kings, well mi know them shall answer

The Lords of Lords well a him a wi sponsor
The lion from Judah dem well waan conquer
The eagle an the bear
and the Queen an all daughter
Haile Selassie I mi know the whole a dem after
But them a go guh dung inna flames and water
See Selassie I nuh tek fi fun or laughter

Well, poor people fed up to how yuh system sheg up
Yuh issue gun fi wi pickney bus
Poor people fed up to how yuh system sheg up
Well, everyday the ghetto youths dead up

Some lost dem roots and figot dem culture
Nuh study the past, dem nuh know the future
Some nuh tek telling, so dem end up so vulgar
Dem don't know Selassie I from Ethiopia

Serious as mi born, nuh tek mi for any joker
Dat same man mek mi hol dem note yah
Mi nuh play dem casino, mi nuh play dem poker
Dem plan fi destroy wi wid the coke an drugs yah

Nuff gravalicious like a damn barracuda
Plan to lick Ronnie Thwaites off a di piece a scooter
Yuh think dem like to see wi inna dem hot car ya
Wid dem hot gal yah a sing dem song ya

Dem song yah stronger than them vial and obeah
Mi a go heng Pope Paul wid da piece a rope ya
Jus because
Well, poor people fed up to how yuh system sheg up
Yuh issue gun fi wi pickney bus
Poor people fed up to how yuh system sheg up
Well, everyday the ghetto youths dead up

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This song was a hit in Jamaica when the album My XPerience came out in 1996. It highlights the corruption of the government and the hard times that Jamaica’s poor people are going through.

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1996
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