The Truth (Ghetto)

[Intro]

Yo si the ghetto weh mi come from

Yo si the place weh mi grow

The moment mi open mi eyes

The people mi know

[Hook]

A nuff a dem nuh really waan si yo meck it in a life

That mi know

A nuff a dem try all fi hold mi down

And haffi let mi go

[Verse 1]

Dem penalize mi fi the picture dem perpetuated

And tell mi from the ghetto mi fi separated

But music a mi joy a it mi celebrate wid

Mi never born wid gold spoon a it mi elevate wid

So why you waan fi keep the youths uneducated

Jah si yo build yo prison dem incarcerated

Every ghetto have a star weh fi overrated

Yo meck it big dem seh yo gang related

But Jah, Jah, knows my heart stays in the ghetto

Even though you know that am so far

[Hook]

A nuff a dem nuh really waan si yo meck it in a life

That mi know

A nuff a dem try all fi hold mi down

And haffi let mi go

[Bridge]

Yo si the ghetto weh mi come from

Yo si the place weh mi grow

The moment mi open mi eyes

The people mi know

[Verse 2]

And the streets is like quicksand and you keep on sinking

You keep on going down

And we watch all the enemies linking

Dem a seh love and dem nuh show none

Dem rather si yo slow down

In a dem time yah it nuh matter weh yo come from

Caw meck mi tell yo mi nuh trust and mi nuh owed none

I’ve seen so many things

I’ve seen parper turn to king

I’ve seen bird trying to fly away wid broken wings

[Bridge]

Yo si the ghetto weh mi come from

Yo si the place weh mi grow

The moment mi open mi eyes

The people mi know

[Hook]

A nuff a dem nuh really waan si yo meck it in a life

That mi know

A nuff a dem try all fi hold mi down

And haffi let mi go

[Outro]

And the streets is like quicksand

Jah know

Gully God

Gully side

Jah knows