Intro:

(UIM records)

Before I lay mi down to sleep

I pray the lord my soul fi keep

If I should die before I wake

I pray the lord my soul fi take

Yo

The city dont love mi

Mi know seh the city dont love mi

Mi dont hav a job nuh money

Lawdd the baby hungry

Chorus:

A just ghetto life

Wi a search fi di paradise

Da one ya name ghetto life

Wi need a way to survive(mm mm mm mm)

A just ghetto life

Wi a search fi di paradise

Da one ya name ghetto life

Di system dramatize

(Listen to di elder)

Verse 1:

Mi granny neva tell mi nuh lie

When she seh di system it dont right

Dem dont hav nuh mercy society

Yuh dont listen to di ghetto yute voice

Many ghetto youth dem strive

Everybody pickney want fi kno life

A di prison and the jail dem find

Tell mi weh dem want wi dead fah

Hook:

Every ghetto youth waan money yeah

And dem want buy a house for har mummy yeah

In the streets everyday dont funny yeah

Mi nuh kno when di hearse comin for mi yeah

Every ghetto youth waan money yeah

And dem want buy a house for har mummy yeah

In the streets everyday dont funny yeah

Mi nuh kno when di hearse comin for mi yeah

Chorus:

A just ghetto life

Wi a search fi di paradise

Da one ya name ghetto life

Wi need a way to survive(mm mm mm mm)

A just ghetto life

Wi a search fi di paradise

Da one ya name ghetto life

Di system dramatize

(Listen to di elder)

Verse 2:

Colonial brutality

Innocent youth get shoot Addi si

Society nuh duh nuttn fi mi

Cah mi scheme neva benefit through charity

Ghetto youth have di true quality

Marcus Garvey philosophy

Supm a guh happen inna di inna city

And mi granny seh di longest liver haffi si

Hook:

Every ghetto youth waan money yeah

And dem want buy a house for har mummy yeah

In the streets everyday dont funny yeah

Mi nuh kno when di hearse comin for mi yeah

Every ghetto youth waan money yeah

And dem want buy a house for har mummy yeah

In the streets everyday dont funny yeah

Mi nuh kno when di hearse comin for mi yeah

Chorus:

A just ghetto life

Wi a search fi di paradise

Da one ya name ghetto life

Wi need a way to survive(mm mm mm mm)

A just ghetto life

Wi a search fi di paradise

Da one ya name ghetto life

Di system dramatize

A just ghetto life

Wi a search fi di paradise

Da one ya name ghetto life

Wi need a way to survive(mm mm mm mm)

A just ghetto life

Wi a search fi di paradise

Da one ya name ghetto life

Di system dramatize

(Listen to di elder)