Ooh
If it's up to me and God
we prove them wrong
We in the struggle
but we still surviving
Cah them will kill you
just for a Nike
They don't want to
see youths rising
and if we make it out
sure dem no like it
Yeah
See weh we come from
people don't think
they can live
how they want
Woah
but leave it to me
and I'm a prove
them all wrong
Me tell you say
them no real
Disguise how dem feel
Yuh mother tell you
say if you no hear
you go feel
Now you behind bars
and nah go get no appeal
Find out the lawyer
work fi dem and now you
nah get no deal
Crab in a barrel
mentality
Dem wah
Fi pull yo down
like gravity
Me haffi keep
my sanity
but dem nuh know
say me have my strategy
No no
We in the struggle
but we still surviving
Cah them will kill you
just for a Nike
They don't want to see
youths rising
and if we make it out
sure dem no like it
Yeah
See weh we come from
people don't think
they can live
how they want
Woah
but leave it to me
and I'm a prove
them all wrong
Yeah
The struggle real
yeah never make that
worry me yet
Empty barrel
make the noise
but a money we make
Jah be me light
inna the dark when me a
touch the street
Me hear the lie
weh dem a talk
but me no believe them
Defy the odds
a so mi mean
Ghetto youths wake up
and go fi dreams
Round yah suh we no get
nutt'n free no
Proto we lead out
Mm
We in the struggle
but we still surviving
Cah them will kill you
just for a Nike
They don't want to
see youths rising
and if we make it out
sure dem no like it
Yeah
See weh we come from
people don't think
they can live
how they want
Woah
but leave it to me
and I'm a prove
them all wrong
Yeah man a so we prove
them wrong all the time
Me is a youth wah
believe say life is a
journey you know
and me believe say you
haffi determined
yuh hear that
No matter late or early
yuh haffi work and
count your blessings
and collect them with
two hands open
yuh hear that
No matter the noise
inna the market
We in the struggle
but we still surviving
Cah them will kill you
just for a Nike
They don't want to
see youths rising
and if we make it out
sure dem no like it
Yeah
See weh we come from
people don't think
they can live
how they want
Woah
but leave it to me
and I'm a prove
them all wrong
Oh oh