Said is my story True story Said thys is my Real ghetto Hey
See, I was born poor many men who didn't have notin' Came to America trying to make outta sometin' See we Africans we huntin' Found my way up to da top like it wasn't
And up wit some Puerto Ricans up in Jersey We use to be laa baw and pot see Had a lot after sometin', after city In a of projects in NYC
I remember those days when was my home When me and bed was a big piece a foam An mi like bathe and my hair never comb When gone a work me go street go roam
I remember when Danny dem tek me snow An mek him likkle bredda dem kick up I remember when we visit dem wid big stone An the boy Danny pop out something weh chrome
But dats no betta than to around me And knew I the AK displayed around me And I out to da eight to find more cheese And I out Cars make more dan weed
I when we run, Fatta get him knee blown An mi best Richie get, two inna him dome I remember so the avenue tun warzone An, madda fly him out, cau she get a loan
(What?) But, go to foreign and go tun Al Capone Mek whole a money and sen in our own Now a we a the city and, that is well known Yesterday call me pan mi phone Mi say
Wi get di dem, dem outta luck now Mi squeeze seven and the a dem a duck now (This a story) Wi have heap a extra clip cau we nuh bruk now (True story) Rah, rah, rah, rah
(Said my story) Wi get di ting dem, so dem rate wi (Akon Story) Cau we a tek it to wicked of lately (This is my story) And now the whole community a greatly (Real story) Rah, rah, rah, rah Hey
I remember '80, Jamaica explode a Trinity and Tony Hewitt dem a run road That a long Laing dem and even Bigga Ford When Adams dem a Corporal nuh the road code
I remember we rob the chiney shop down the road An rumour have it sey the man have a sword But we did have a one pop wey make board So you know the day mama pot overload
How could be? Shop, shops in the city call me the thought of flee Some hotter po po styll up wit me But then I got up
Then I was boxed out Broke us some locked out, then let me out but Two later my brother skrew got shot up And got the whole block royal now wat Rah
Jamaica get screw, tru greed an Politics manipulate and yutes button But we now ,so dem caan tell man notin Cuz a we a mek mama a nyaam an' mutton, ehh
Ova dehso mek mi unnu some'in Tru mi dey a now a guy kill me cousin An mi here sey TD deh dey but him sey he Anytime mi fly down him a get bout 'cause
Wi get di dem, dem outta luck now Mi seven and the whole a dem a duck now (This a story) Wi have whole a extra clip cau we nuh bruk now (True story) Rah, rah, rah, rah
(Said my story) Wi get di dem, so dem haffi rate wi (Akon Story) Cau we a tek it to them wicked of (This is my story)
And now the whole community a live (Real story) Rah, rah, rah, rah Hey
I remember days when hell was my home When me and mama bed was a big a foam An mi never like bathe and my hair comb mama gone a work me go street go roam
I remember when dem tek me snow cone An mek him bredda dem kick up Jerome I remember when we dem wid pure big stone An the boy pop out something weh full chrome
I remember when we run, get him knee blown An mi best friend Richie get, two him dome I remember so the tun inna warzone An' madda fly him out, cau she get a loan
But, Mickey go to and go tun Al Capone Mek whole a money and sen in our own Now a we a lock the city and, that is well Yesterday call me pan mi phone Mi say