(intro)
every ghetto youth a say
cah right now di youth dem frost
real thing you know

(chorus)
mi waan fi rich
before the year done
before da shoes yah pon mi foot start wi hurt down
call mamma boardhouse
haffi get tear down
build house fi har big like stadium
mi waan fi rich
before the year done
mi see a car pon di land fi go pay down
but the money inna mi account wi earn down
still mi nah mek it stress mi out and grey down

one day things must betta
one day things must betta
I know
one day things must betta
one day things must betta

(verse 1)
well mi nah siddung and wait fi money fall from the sky
mi willing fi work fi my piece a di pile
nuh sponge pon no girl I rely pon nuh guy
from mi likkle big mi nuh rate di I
fi beg a man a thing nuh a nuh my style
mi radda tun a farma until the soil
work fi weh yuh want mi tell every juvenile
for a house or a nice Mobile

(chorus)
mi waan fi rich
before the year done
before da shoes yah pon mi foot start wi hurt down
call mamma boardhouse
haffi get tear down
build house fi har big like stadium
mi waan fi rich
before the year done
mi see a car pon di land fi go pay down
but the money inna mi account wi earn down
still mi nah mek it stress mi out and grey down

(verse 2)
this a fi di mass
di youth dem well frost
get food water light bill nor gas
cyan pay the baba some a nuff dem ras
police go lock off di sound pon Wasp(yeah)
still di youths nah give up and go sink like no ancha
some a tun lawyer some a tun banka
some a tun artist some a tun skunka
some tun quick it a go play gain she lanka
my bankbook fi overweight
collect money like John ?? Plane
big house pon di lake
rest ???
a rather rich gal with a big white ??

cause wah

one day things must betta
one day things must betta
I know
one day things must betta
one day things must betta

(chorus)
mi waan fi rich
before the year done
before da shoes yah pon mi foot start wi hurt down
call mamma boardhouse
haffi get tear down
build house fi har  big like stadium
mi waan fi rich
before the year done
mi see a car pon di land fi go pay down
but the money inna mi account wi earn down
still mi nah mek it stress mi out and grey down

one day things must betta
one day things must betta
I know
one day things must betta
one day things must betta

(chorus)
mi waan fi rich
before the year done
before da shoes yah pon mi foot start wi hurt down
call mamma boardhouse
haffi get tear down
build house fi har  big like stadium
mi waan fi rich
before the year done
mi see a car pon di land fi go pay down
but the money inna mi account wi earn down
still mi nah mek it stress mi out and grey down