Yow me tell dem Wen yuh see lion pon We nuh kin teet, yuh cudda be the richest Wid yuh fortune, yuh money, yuh platinum an Yuh cyaa buy people life, yuh save people soul Slaughter, wen a stop di cash flow An a live comfortable resentment a grow Yow a torture, di less a die slow How yuh fi reap wealth, wen a death yuh sow So di pauper, doesn't have a in him billfold An cyaa buy di weh di rich man own Nor look his family or his humble household Wahapen wen him get up and fi roll Wid di fiya torch, real fiya sparka Wen di start Well not even wata weh wen di river dem flow Cudda out dis ya wen it bun and start glow
Well a wah dem wudda do if hungry stop fear An decide fi tek from all who nah An one man pull up and kick off Cah hungry nuh a who life a spare A wah dem do if hunger keep conference An mek criminal and tun fren And decide fi tek it all who nah sen (Caution, caution, caution, caution)
Yow me dem warning Listen up if yuh ears to hear You nuh mek belly tun unu inna gun engineer Man a and man a overcome and get there Wen di dutty get and everyting is despair Talk up if yuh have mout fi An nah speak up on ghetto dem behalf Cah dem a play like a dummy and dem nah pay di An a mek di most noise, dem hear dem front door Look out all who have to see An still a play blin like nuh real Memba nuh hav mercy pon bakklefield Man will eat yuh food dan ten Navy Seal So Have you white extortion
Di dirty politican and yuh dem a turn di yute dem inna orphan Smoke di and a laugh an Since yuh ansa dis Yow
Well a wah dem wudda do if hungry belly fear An decide fi tek all who nah share An one man pull up and off anywhere Cah nuh business a who life a spare A wah dem wudda do if hunger keep An mek and police tun fren And fi tek it from all who nah sen (Caution, caution, caution, caution)
Yow me dem action Always dan words An no school nah outta di money transfer You too greedy, you even lef a one third fi di needy Yuh bend up and gadda herd Option, wen it come on to job Man cyaa find nuh work till go go rob You a try face but it done gone bad It's a dem lie fi raise dem living standard An its a sign dat unless you kind One day you may dat you cannot stop the crime You system designed that, stony is the hill dem cyaa Even if dem a lifetime
Dem cyaa gain no Cyaa find no is just a distraction Write it caption to all Yuh tink hunger cyaa yuh wall Yow
Well a wah dem wudda do if hungry belly stop An fi tek from all who nah share An one man up and kick off anywhere Cah nuh business a who life a spare A wah dem wudda do if hunger conference An mek criminal and tun fren And fi tek it from all who nah sen (Caution, caution, caution, caution)