Where I'm From

If yuh know weh mi come from (oou yeah)
Tell mi bout it
If yuh know weh mi come from
Tell mi bout it
Oou yeah
Oou yeah
Tell mi bout it
If yuh know weh mi come from
Tell mi bout it (yeah)

I'm from a place weh grabba blaze
More dan weed, di shottaz brave
Bold and mean, 'K don't conceal
Gang leaders dem a pave road ask wheel
Business owners haffi pay local fee
I'm from a place weh man nuh car bout if a kid when dem a tear out farrid
Wah mek yuh think di 12 year-old nuh live same place
Weh some man nuh care bout dem self when it come to crotches
Him commit all suicide pon di bridge

Same place inna di ghetto weh di crime neva leff
Perilous times, desso likkle mind ever stress
Not even water, di stand pipe neva wet
When Riverton light yuh betta try test yuh breath
I'm from a place weh market look like di worst and a food yuh guh get
Nevertheless, ramp wid mi food then yuh dead
I'm from a place weh police neva rest
Wuleep a arrest
And all now nuh peace neva mek

Tell mi bout it
If yuh know weh mi come from
Tell mi bout it
If yuh know weh mi come from
Tell mi bout it
If yuh ever put a foot inna di slum or inna di dungeon
Tell mi bout it
Talk if yuh know nut'n bout di youths dem weh nuh know class or know God, a lone strap
Tell mi bout it (yeah)

I'm from a place weh lack peace
Not even theif nuh like thief
But certain time di vibes sweet like when a party gwine keep
But dat a if yuh can reach cause if di place nuh mark green
Then anuh fi yuh campaign
Watch mi, as a juvi still
Think a colour separate di place
When I'm from di place weh all di baby crave power
Leaders still a fail, lead yuh to yuh grave
Do I still have a future?
Tell mi bout it (yeah)

Tell mi weh di future deh when all di youths a dead
And all mi see a shooter from di yute weh lef'
A dats why dah youth yah youth come kill a youth again
A just suh di future set (yeah)
I'm from a place weh despise uneducated youths like dem cyaa' use talent
And then di system tek di smartest youths and mek use a dem
And lef' di ghetto undevelop fi mek news again

If yuh know weh mi come from
Tell mi bout it yeah
If yuh know weh mi come from
Tell mi bout it
If yuh ever put a foot inna di slum or inna di dungeon
Tell mi bout it
Talk if yuh know nut'n bout di youths dem weh nuh know class or know God, a lone strap
Tell mi bout it

Yeah man, tell mi if yuh know nuh
Maxfield, Glen Road
Wareika Hill, Big Yaad, Hungry Town (tell mi bout it)
Jones Town, Hannah Town, Tivoli Garden, Dunkirk (tell mi bout it)
Fletcher's Land, August Town, Rockfort, May Pen, Spanish Town (tell mi bout it)
Rose Town, Common Sense, Portmore, Airy Castle (tell mi bout it)
Sheffield, Bull Bay, MoBay, Ackee Walk, Marverly, Jungle (tell mi bout it)
Almond Town, Mountain View, Seaview, Matches Lane (tell mi bout it)
Southside, Cassava Piece, Grants Pen, Waterhouse, Denham Town, Tavern (tell mi bout it)
Mud Town, Landlakes, Greenwich Farm, Strathburn Pen (tell mi bout it)
Drewsland, Thompson Pen, Sherlock, Brooke Valley (tell mi bout it)
Waltham, Stand Pipe, Chambers Lane (tell mi bout it)
Whitehall, Red Hills Road

Every ghetto (tell mi bout it)
Eastsyde