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