King Street

[Intro: Riko Dan] A wahum to some of dem? Put down di gun, enuh Awoh Prison nuh nice, rudeboy, casket nuh nice Mmm Me tell dem again [Chorus: Ninjaman] Don't mek me tell you dis: badness is a risk Finger pon di trigger and you pull it and you miss It never firm inna your fist, you mash up all your wrist Get wanted pon di list, your mother and your father, everybody you ah diss Wanna be extortionist? Wan' live big? And a twiss it up your teeth like it a Wrigley's? But you ah come fi mi food and you nuh business But it better yuh cool, you fool, 'cause [Verse 1: Riko Dan] Lef' di war, don't jump in Becah' babylon will buss out your head like a pumpkin Yeah, ah mek mi tell you something You see di gun ting iyah ah no fun ting, mi sing again Lef' out di lead and di copper Put down your knife and your chopper 'Nuff yout end up inna bloodclart jail 'Cah dey wan' grow up inna top shotta, mi sing again Fi gun, you nah no license Lef' out di crime and di violence Think they can ramp with bloodclart gun And expect one visit from Trident, mi sing again Me wan' you fi listen Before your life start missing Lef' out di whole ah dem fuckery Likkle yout', you ah end up inna prison, mi sing again [Verse 2: Killa P] Badness ah no joke, dis ah no skin teet' Man ah run and duck and a dive when di ting beat Free up Ninjaman becah' di ting's deep We need every single king out pon King Street Badness ah no joke, it come with karma You no see how every war ah get warmer Every corner you go pon, it comes with drama Every gyal you have, it coulda been your baby mama Me beg every ghetto yout' stay in di right lane Me ah meditate so high grade deh inna I brain Me wan' fi teach di whole ah mi yout' dem how fi fly plane Me nah go tell di ghetto yout' dem how fi sky grain Too much negativity but we nuh need that Half of dem weh claim seh dem bad When mi look inna dem two dry eye, dem are eediat Cyaan diss Killa P, ah nuh mi dat [Verse 3: Soom T] Why do I see on TV they're murdered by police? Nobody to free the people from the big bad beast We hear the beep-beep-beep of dem, mi walking deh pon di street And I keep keep keep all the cake, but want to be free Lord please hear me plead, for I believe thee When I hear the [?] they help me When cops come knocking on my door, don't let them arrest me Come and get me [?] I take everything you say with a pinch and a Monkey You can run mi down and break mi like ah Humpty Dumpty So don't treat me like I'm an [?] Some deh [?] like a Mon to Sundays Pick up on di riddim, now watch it drop [?] All of you, even though you may love mi not I know what I got, I know what I want and I got the Lord [Verse 4: Rider Shafique] Yout' man, you nuh fi tek up badness Try resist, try refrain, choose a next practice, try Use your brain and escape di madness 'Cah nuttin' good ain't never come out of no bad company Hmm, stay far, better try run from it 'Cah when di black rain fall and dem start mek duppy Marrow flash 'gainst di wall, left di whole place bloody Better guard your headback, ah dat you fi study, 'cah Life worth more than love or money And when you're dead and gone, who ah go support Mummy? Who ah go raise your child and raise your pickney? Who ah go defend your yard and mind your family? Cha Too much hurt, pain and misery Break di cycle, live life and be free Give thanks and praise unto di Almighty One life, one love and mi seh one unity [Verse 5: IRAH] Badness ah nuh nuttin' fi go talk 'bout Everywhere mi go a badness they all 'bout Mummy a bawl out, tings fi sort out But all now dead body still ah chalk out And dat mek mi haffi ask one question (Wah?) Weh dem get dem bomboclaat meds from? Dem man nuh headstrong (No), 'bout dem gun long 'Bout a M16 dem ah fire from Ah dem mout' long, dem ah no badman (No) Dem ah static, change di program Put down di 'matic, ah no time fi go slay a man Put down di gun, find a works that ah pay man Gun ting, I wan' you leave that alone When you ah walk out, lef' your gun inna your home Mmm hmm, knife ting, I wan' you leave dat alone Tek it outta your bag and lef' it right back ah home [Verse 6: Ninjaman] So live your likkle life like it's a souvenir Nuh imitate di guys dem in di movies, hear? Dem gas you up like a balloon and now you lose an ear You inna horror, fi go end the devil will be near Hmm, watch your likkle life and like seh you nuh care Jungle justice dem wi hang you like a chandelier All the caution we give you a bangle fi wear And ah dis you no fi hear