Life We Living

Life We Living

Life We Living

[Intro:][Intro:]
Jamaica we need a wayJamaica we need a way

Tell me MillTell mi Mill
How can my youth surviveA how mi youth fi survive
How can I send him to school in this timeHow mi fi send him go school in this time
If I don't make moneyIf mi don't mek money
The politician comes on TVDi politician come pon tv
Showing us this big pretty smileA show we this big pretty smile
Nothing is funny (not funny, not funny)Notin nuh funny (nuh funny, nuh funny)

[Chorus:][Chorus:]
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
We're seeking a better wayIs a betta way we seekin
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Nothing is funny (not funny, not funny)Notin nuh funny (nuh funny, nuh funny)

[Verse 1:][Verse 1:]
I have to hide from the landlordMi haffi hide from the landlord
Because I owe about four months' rentBecah mi owe bout four months rent
The weekend is coming and I don't have a pennyWeekend a come mi nuh have a red cent
I cry when I hear my son sayCry mi cry when mi hear mi son seh
Daddy, can you please buy me Nike AirDaddy can you please buy me a Nike Air
And the little money I have is already spentAnd di likkle money weh mi have done spend
The last grand I had, I paid the electricity bill but the waterDi last grand mi have mi pay di light but wata
The commission cut off my water againCommission cut mi pipe again
Hmm...Hmmm...

[Hook:][Hook:]
The ghetto needs a better wayDi garrison need a betta way
And a better life (for our children)And a betta life (fi we pickney dem)
Society,Society,
Please don't condemn the ghetto to hellPlease don't condemn di ghetto to hell
Just...Just...

[Chorus:][Chorus:]
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
We're seeking a better wayIs a betta way we seekin
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Nothing is funny (not funny, not funny)Notin nuh funny (nuh funny, nuh funny)

[Verse 2:][Verse 2:]
Big woman thingBig woman ting
Nothing is happeningNotin nah gwaan
Ghetto youth have to sit on the cornerGhetto youth haffi sidung pon di corna
Some of us are hustlingSome a we a hustle
Some are begging for spare changeSome a beg a chump change
Society, please make these better daysSociety please mek this better days
I go to buy a lot of weed but the cigarette prices riseMi go fi buy a bagga frass but cigarette raise
We're all crying, they're giving us tough daysAll we a cry dem a gih we tuff days
Then if the times are so hard right nowThen if di times so hard right now
Since I was born in the countryside and I wasn't even ten years oldFrom mi born inna the country and mi neva ten years
Hmm...Hmmm...

[Hook:][Hook:]
The ghetto needs a better wayDi garrison need a betta way
And a better life (for our children)And a betta life (fi we pickney dem)
SocietySociety
Please don't condemn the ghetto to hellPlease don't condemn di ghetto to hell
Just...Just...

[Chorus:][Chorus:]
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
We're seeking a better wayIs a betta way we seekin
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Nothing is funny (not funny, not funny)Notin nuh funny (nuh funny, nuh funny)

[Bridge:][Bridge:]
Tell me MillTell mi Mill
How can my youth surviveA how mi youth fi survive
How can I send him to school in this timeHow mi fi send him go school in this time
If I don't make moneyIf mi don't mek money
The politician comes on TVDi politician come pon tv
Showing us this big pretty smileA show we this big pretty smile
Nothing is funny (not funny, not funny)Notin nuh funny (nuh funny, nuh funny)

[Chorus:][Chorus:]
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
We're seeking a better wayIs a betta way we seekin
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Nothing is funny (not funny, not funny)Notin nuh funny (nuh funny, nuh funny)

[Outro:][Outro:]
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
We're seeking a better wayIs a betta way we seekin
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Look at the life we're livingLook pon di life we living
Nothing is funny (not funny, not funny, not funny, not funny)Notin nuh funny (nuh funny, nuh funny, nuh funny, nuh funny)