Now people come to Jamaica and don't know how we live
Things say everything nice,
true,
we full of vibes and ting
Hey, hey, them same one feel it to them heart
When them get few of us stand here real ting
Yeah,
met me a town one day
A power with a white man we come all the way from Norway
And him turn to me and say
How comes Jamaica full of so much screw face?
Same time he lift me head to the sky
And a tear drop fall from a high Me
say man you come with good for a drive
Let me show you why me cry Look pon the gully side
Do you see anything fi smile bout?
Look at that hungry child yeah Do you see anything fi smile bout?
Look at the schools where you *** go fi get *** education
Do you see anything fi smile bout?
Look at the conditions of our police stations
Do you see anything fi smile bout?
No,
same time the brother say How can the nation be living this way?
And the next thing him say How can
the government bless so many gangs?
Same time me heart fall to the ground
Cause there's much more where that comes
from Certain place there worse than slum
Youth man come and take a look pon river town
Do you see anything fi smile bout?
Look pon PN land yeah
Do you see anything fi smile bout?
Flankers move and sufferers hide sinners pain
Do you see anything fi smile bout?
What flax,
kentire,
mud,
tomb they are all the same
Do you see anything fi smile bout?
No, no
Now people come to Jamaica,
no no oh we live ting Say everything nice,
true we full of vibes and ting
*** say me want to feel it to *** heart
when *** get fi overstand the real ting
When *** look pon the gully side
*** no see nothing there *** fi smile bout
When *** look pon the hungry child yeah
*** no see nothing there *** fi smile bout When *** look
pon the schools where you *** go fi get *** education
*** no see nothing there *** fi smile bout When
*** sight of the condition of the police station
*** no see nothing there *** fi smile
bout Me story say me stay a town one day
A boy with a white man will come all the way from Norway
And him turn to me and say How comes
Jamaica pull a summer school face?
Same time me lift me head to the sky
And a tear drop fall from me high
Me say man you come with God for a drive *** me show you why me cry
Take a look pon river town Do you see anything fi smile bout?
Look pon PN land yeah Do you see anything fi smile bout?
Can't you bury me?
March me road over stand Do you see anything fi smile bout?