Distress

Ooh, no-no We nuh stop feel it, no, no-no-no Oh, daddy Distress is going on (Stress) In the heart of the ghetto (Now-now, oh now) Young people turn to crime (Stress) No leader to follow (No-no-no) When I look around and see what's going on It makes me wanna cry To see mothers with sorrowful tears in their eyes Not knowing whose son next gonna wave bye-bye Make me wonder, ooh, it make me wonder why Crime always sits at the sufferers door (Now-now-now) Distress is going on (Stress, oh, na-na) In the heart of the ghetto (Now-now, yeah, na-na-na) Young people turn to crime (Stress) No leader to follow (No-no, young people) Young people on the run Dem searching for better (Now, oh yeah) Distress is going on (Stress) In the heart of the ghetto (Now-now, na-na-na) Like my mama, she has ten beautiful kids And she expects for them the best of life, oh yeah But down here, where life has no real value, no It's almost impossible to strive Make me wonder, ooh, it make me wonder why Crime always sits at the poor man's door (Na-na-na-na-na, oh) Distress is going on (Stress) In the heart of the ghetto (We nuh stop feel it, no) Young people turn to crime (Stress) No leader to follow (Na-na, ooh, na-na-na-na-na) Young people on the run (Yeah) Dem searching for better (Na-na, oh yeah) Distress is going on (Stress) In the heart of the ghetto But we nuh stop feel it, no We nuh stop feel it, no We nuh stop feel it, no We nuh stop feel it We nuh stop feel it We nuh stop feel it, no We nuh stop feel it, no Oh, na-na-na Believe me, one more time Distress is going on (Stress) In the heart of the ghetto (Na-na, oh now) Young people turn to crime (Stress) No leader to follow (No, no, stress) Young people on the run (Yeah) Dem searching for better (Every moment of the day) Distress is going on (Stress) In the heart of the ghetto (We nuh stop feel it, no)