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)