Sixteen Tons Of Pressure

Yeah
 You know seh nuff ghetto yute out deya today breddrin wah
 You know seh why
 Know the government nah run rothin for dem breddrin
 You know seh the streets dem empty
 You know seh the pockets are empty
 So the yutes dem hungry
 You know seh the yutes dem ah strugglin'
 So dem ah start jugglin'
 You nah want fe get caught in the game
 Dem ah wan fi be gangsters
 Tell me what they're fighting for
 Want fi be gangsters
 Fighting without no war
 Bah-wah-da-dan-dan-dan-dan
 2015 the ghetto gettin' hot
 No body can get a job
 So dem ah turn drug shotta
 Dem ah sell drugs to the people
 And nuh see what the matter
 Dem nuh talk bout food when
 Dem got big mac-ah
 Dem nuh talk bout football
 When dem gwan take shotter
 Dem ah buss shot inna di street
 And dem buss in the blacka
 See mi, hard life we know about dat-ah
 Yes, mi know about scraping from the bottom of the butter
 Mi know how it feel to lose your mother and your brother
 Well, seh comin' in now seh with the bass and fire
 Seh I man Charlie P mi never gwan retire
 Mi have to stop the yutes that squeeze the guns and fire
 Wan fi take dem inna di dance where the vibes dem higher
 Now all around the world seh Charlie P pon flyer
 Cuh mi ah the original riddim rider
 Seh sweet Cali weed inna di chalwa, fire!
 Yes ah yes mi take a draw, higher!
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 Dem ah want fi be gangsters
 Tell me what they're fighting for
 Dem ah want fi be gangsters
 Fighting without no war
 Bah-wah-da-dan-dan-dan-dan
 Seh as a youth mi had it hard
 As a youth mi had it tuff
 As a youth mi nuh have much
 But mi had my family's love
 Some youths nah even have that
 Some youth nah even know dem dad
 Some youth nah even know dem mother
 We tellin' you now it sad
 Some youth dem gwan join a gang and dem a feel like big man
 Ghetto youth around the world from Japan to Finland
 Some youth have AK and big machine gun
 Some youth nuh even gwan fi make it till the age of twenty-one
 Seh, some youth nuh even make it till the age of fifteen
 As a youth I was told you haffi live your life clean
 Seh, always treat the people how you want fi be treat
 So I did, now i'm here seh mashin' up pon the scene
 Dem ah wan fi be gangsters
 Tell me what they're fighting for
 Dem ah wan fi be gangster
 Fighting without no war
 Bah-wah-da-dan-dan-dan-dan
 Yes seh when mi walk in the ghetto no it's not dangerous
 Seh, all of the ghetto people dem gwan show mi love
 Seh, all around the world ghetto people stand up
 We nah let no babylon fi put you in some handcuff
 We give them sixteen tons of di pressure
 Seh hit them with bass watch them bottom lip quiver
 The dibby dibby crackhead dem ah shake and shiver
 But you know dem not as bad as the ones that deliver
 Mi seh, dem ah
 You know your life gettin' better
 Seh if you trust your brothers
 Yes if you trust your bredda
 Seh dubplate mi on it that a heavy like lead-ah
 You know seh Charlie P mi ah the lyrical veter-veter
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 Lord, dem ah wan fi be gangster
 Tell me what they're fighting for
 Lord, dem ah wan fi be gangster
 Fighting without no war
 Bah-wah-da-dan-dan-dan-dan-deh!