Rise

[Intro]

Natural mystics

I and I ah tek a look

And ah see seh di world mash up

And the minds of mi people dem corrupt, yuh see mi ah seh?

Hear mi ah do

Killaman's sittin' here watchin' fools by their selves

When they should all be thinkin' of gettin' to know their selves

[Verse 1]

Killaman, mi cyaan sing, hear mi now, king

'Nuff people fi do self searchin'

Dem ah try some tings that's not workin'

From dem violate, shot burstin'

Mi nuh care 'bout your obeah chain or ring

Mi a gangster fi dem way before ting-a-ling-a-ling

Way before Shabba and Ninja, and Buju and Cobra

Dem bwoy deh nuh bad, we badda

Mi watch stage show till mi get beaten by mi madda

Mi hear di weh she lef out mi brudda

Him shoulda get beaten too, him nah clean up him room

Him ah watch Michael Jackson swagger

Yuh know how much beating mi hol' cah mi sing ragga?

Mum cyaan find mi, neither mi papa

Mandem ah talk 'bout dem bad, dem nuh bad

Ask any artist out there who's badda

[Chorus]

Mi wan' di ghetto youts fi rise, don't be surprise

As long as unuh know weh yuh comin' from

Rise, don't be surprise

Mama earth still ah guide

Ghetto youts, rise, don't be surprise

Ghetto youts, rise, as long as unuh know weh yuh comin' from

Rise, don't be surprise

Mama earth still ah guide

I and I

[Verse 2]

Cah mama earth tell mi

Fi warn every artist, every man and every yout out deh

Unuh life yuh no fi throw weh

If you know better, den do better, bredda

And know seh so many tings can go wrong

Your choice not to listen to a righteous song

Your madda's been tellin' you dis for so long

You can't always be wrong and strong

Hold on, just wan' fi uplift my people

Study good, don't study evil

Change gear just like a vehicle

Fi get weh from badminded people

Dem will entrap you and keep you

And den spit you out when dem nuh need you

Claim seh yuh love Selassie I, mi no believe you

Mi never see you pon Bower Hill

But big up di whole ah di warriors dem still

[Chorus]

Mi wan' di ghetto youts fi rise, don't be surprise

As long as unuh know weh yuh comin' from

Rise, don't be surprise

Mama earth still ah guide

Ghetto youts, rise, don't be surprise

Ghetto youts, rise, as long as unuh know weh yuh comin' from

Rise, don't be surprise

Mama earth still ah guide

I and I

[Verse 3]

Dem love trick ghetto yout, kill ghetto yout

Dat's why mi haffi walk inna real ghetto boot

Farda God seh him know seh mi nah lie

Inna dem institution, mi nah die

Ghetto people fi come together

Mek money, spread love and mek wi kids grow together

Mi wan' fi see di ghetto yout ah live longer

And di whole ah mi black race ah get stronger

Nuh know wi nuh dead fi hunger

Wi ah hard working people, hard worker

Wi have job now, wi nuh need job center

'Memba who dig di whole underground fi di tube

So London dem can tun traveller

Wi ah nuh slave, wi nuh need slave master

Dem only wan' wi follow dem new world order

Real ghetto yout outta road 'memba

[Chorus]

Mi wan' di ghetto youts fi rise, don't be surprise

As long as unuh know weh yuh comin' from

Rise, don't be surprise

Mama earth still ah guide

Ghetto youts, rise, don't be surprise

Ghetto youts, rise, as long as unuh know weh yuh comin' from

Rise, don't be surprise

Mama earth still ah guide

I and I