[Intro]
Da one yah dedicated to all a who seh
Mi nah come out to nutn'
Fi all a who
Weh nuh want ghetto youth fi have nutn'
Ooh (Dem nuh wah we mek it inna life)
Ooh (No-oh, dem nuh wah see di ghetto youths survive)

[Chorus]
Ghetto youth haffi mek it one day
We nah go di wrong way
No, no, no, no, no
Please believe me
Ghetto youth haffi mek it one day
Nah go di wrong way
No, no, no, no, no
Tell society seh

[Verse 1]
Selassie I nah sleep
Ghetto youth a suffer in di streets and we need fi leave
Too much juvenile mi see bleed
Inna our world, innocent kill by police
Inna fi dеm world, society nuh believе
Dem think all we do a buss gun and smoke weed
Gi' mi yute a chance fi go school and go read
Society a harvest a crime, dem nuh neat
From inna di 70s, politician plant di seed
Selassie I, you philosophy fi a lead
Christianity a tell me supm' weh mi nuh believe
Dem seh fi reach heaven, di Earth mi haffi leave
Better dem gwaan fuss
Mi have a [?] against dem, habeas corpus
Dem cyaa trick di ghetto youth
We haffi rise up

[Chorus]
Ghetto youth haffi mek it one day
We nah go di wrong way
No, no, no, no, no
Please believe me
Ghetto youth haffi mek it one day
Nah go di wrong way
No, no, no, no, no
Tell society seh

[Verse 2]
Politician fi gwaan
When election done, a weh dem run gone?
A who ghetto youth ago see fi stretch a palm?
Gaza see Ryno, elite see Shawn Storm
Ah artist gi' di people weh dem want
But di sed society a fight we but dem can't
A seh we buy ammunition and firearm
Ghetto youth if yuh smart, don't stray from di norm
College if a college, yuh better stay pon di dorm
'Cause a unnu haffi help us
Get weh from dem
Ghetto youth, we need wi' own doctor, wi' lawyer
And we politician dem
We want money inna we pocket
Ghetto youth dem cyaa stop it
And like Isaiah di prophet, and mi prophesy
Seh we ago rise above di sky

[Chorus]
Ghetto youth haffi mek it one day
We nah go di wrong way
No, no, no, no, no
Please believe me
Ghetto youth haffi mek it one day
Nah go di wrong way
No, no, no, no, no
Tell society seh

[Bridge]
Da one yah dedicated to all a who seh
Mi nah come out to nutn'
Fi all a who
Weh nuh want ghetto youth fi have nutn'
Ooh (Dem nuh wah we mek it inna life)
Ooh (No-oh, dem nuh wah see di ghetto youths survive)

[Chorus]
Ghetto youth haffi mek it one day
We nah go di wrong way
No, no, no, no, no
Please believe me
Ghetto youth haffi mek it one day
Nah go di wrong way
No, no, no, no, no
Tell society seh

[Outro]
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