[Intro:]
Yo mi life sweet, but it nuh sweet enough
It's like me need a work pon a sweetie truck
Every single day of the week, inna di street it rough
And me waan mi life fi merry, not only when mi see Christmas
So waan keep me down, but me keeping up
Nuff a say dat dem no like me, dem preach it nuff
But me know dat Jah Jah guide me from evilous
Genius!
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Stephen mi nah wait no more
I know that time is now
Right now the time is now
Who say mi lost it?, mi find it now
And every youth keep holding on
One day your time will come
The system a tie we down
Time will come
[Verse 1:]
Right now a winning time
So gwan go tell the finish line
Haffi go hard fi weh wiewant, G, in this time
We family fi living fine, yeah
Waan mi mother life fi sweet, sweet, sweet
So mi a pree the thing deep, deep, deep
Haffi pay the rent in this week
So mi hustle hard day and night in these street
Mi a pray and a hope pon that
Tired a the old house wid the roach and rats
Mi a live but mi life fi be more than that
A mi fi a lock the place like a old padlock
Money fi a pile and mi put more pon that
Visa in a mi book and mi a tour pon that
Haffi wave the banner mek you proud Jam Rock
I'm very sure of that
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[Verse 2:]
Time perilous, people evilous
When you a rise a nuh everybody waan see you buss
Leviticus, keep it religious
Waan you bless mi Jah, Jah, continue filled mi cup
Time now fi we turn the table
Reach fi you goals cause yo goals deh near you
Everybody have the pressure fi bear to
Da song yah people can relate to
All when the time is rough, yeah
The hill, we a climb it up deh
So why give up?
When the victory, we a go find it up deh
Mi nah trod pon the earth fi lose
One day mi must change mi dirty shoes
From mi life every germs remove
Dem mussi never heard the news
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