(intro)
da one ya dedicated
to all who seh
mi nah come out with nuttn
fi all a who
weh nuh waan ghetto youth fi have nuttn
uuuhhh
(dem nuh waan fi mek it inna life)
noooooo
(dem nuh waan see di ghetto youths survive)

(chorus)
ghetto youth
haffi mek it one day
we nah go the wrong way
no no no no
please believe me
ghetto youth
haffi mek it one day
nah go the wrong way
no no no no
tell society seh

(verse 1)
selassie I nah sleep
ghetto youth a suffa in the street and remain fi live
too much juvenile mi see bleed
inna our world innocent killed by police
inna fi dem word
society nuh believe
dem think all we do
a buss gun and smoke weed
gi mi youth a chance
fi go school and go read
society have a harvest a crime dem no need from inna di 70s
politician plant di seed
selassie I yuh philosophy a leek christianity ah
tell mi supm 'em weh mi nuh believe
dem seh fi rich everyday hurt mi haffi live
betta dem gwaan fuss
mi have a write again dem
????
dem cyan trick di ghetto youths
we haffi rise up

(chorus)
ghetto youth
haffi mek it one day
we nah go the wrong way
no no no no
please believe me
ghetto youth
haffi mek it one day
nah go the wrong way
no no no no
tell society seh

(verse 2)
politician fi gwaan
when election done a weh dem run gone
a who ghetto youth a go see fi stretch palm
gaza see ryhno ??? shawn storm
a artist gi di people weh dem waan
but this sad society a fight wi but dem cant
a seh we buy ammonition and fire arm
ghetto youth if yuh smart go straight from the nam
college fi college yuh betta stay pon dam
cause a unno a fi help us
get weh from dem
ghetto youth we need we own doctor and lawyer and
wi politician dem
we waan money inna wi pocket
ghetto youth dem cyan stop it
and like Isiah the prophet
and mi prophesy
sey we a go rise above the sky

(chorus)
ghetto youth
haffi mek it one day
we nah go the wrong way
no no no no
please believe me
ghetto youth
haffi mek it one day
nah go the wrong way
no no no no
tell society seh

(outro)
da one ya dedicated
to all who seh
mi nah come out with nuttn
fi all a who
weh nuh waan ghetto youth fi have nuttn
uuuhhh
(dem nuh waan fi mek it inna life)
noooooo
(dem nuh waan see di ghetto youths survive)

(chorus)
ghetto youth
haffi mek it one day
we nah go the wrong way
no no no no
please believe me
ghetto youth
haffi mek it one day
nah go the wrong way
no no no no
tell society seh