Warn Dem - Tanya Stephens

Things bad now but trust me them could get worse

Unless of course we come together and do something first

And all mothers just gwaan pray cause it a go tek a lot more than a politician

to save the day

When the youths dem need a buss give them opportunity first

Cause if them siddung and a lust it nah go safe fi none of us

And all the guns weh used to rust a go rise up from the dust

Police and soldiers haffi duck when them hear the guns a buss

War a gwaan in Iraq, meh nu have nuh time fi penny that

Me a watch the youths dem pon the block a rise the SK and the Glock

It nuh safe gi go a shop, even pickney dem a drop

Now tell me what we gonna do about that?

HOOK

A long time me did a warn dem

Say the youths dem need fi eat some

Food a that can calm dem

Dem never listen when dem hear a shot a drizzle, well here comes the storm then

When the thunder start roll and get out of control we can’t disarm them

When opportunity mean fi wait outside another brother gate

And when nuh food nuh inna yuh plate, you know your life yuh a go hate

Your value nah appreciate no matter how you hold the fate

You end up crooked and a look it, it nuh pay fi live so straight

Seven years after college

All now job no come

So you overqualified

Still haffi live inna the slum

Father dead you haffi take care of your mother and your son

And your grip it all a done, you load the clip inna your gun

It hard fi smile with everybody weh yuh meet everyday

All when yuh do good

You still a get beat everyday

No have noten fi lose, yuh still deh pon the street everyday

If you go prison at least, yuh get fi eat everyday

HOOK

When we actions nuh mirror what a come from we lips

Simply means we must be a nation of hypocrites

Politicians come from among us, as far I can see

If somen wrong with them then some must be wrong with we

A we meek them, a we elect them, and all the crap them a dish a we a take them

So it’s a little insane, when we start complaining, when the bullets start

raining

When a we the creator fi the harm them

HOOK

SPEAK

You know what?

Me can’t promise you

Say the youths dem a go drop the baretta

Hell, me me can’t even promise, you say me a go act better

But one thing’s for sure, we can mek a effort

And that at least we can do before we lef earth

HOOK

Every boy every girl every man man together we can

Every saint every sinner every politician together we can

Every teacher every lawyer every doctor and every don

Together we can

Warn dem…