Nothing To Smile About

Nuff people come to Jamaica
And nuh know how we live think seh
Everything nice through we full of vibes and think
Hey, hey, dem say want feelin' to dem heart
When dem get fi overstand di real thing, yeah

Mi deh ya town one day
A par with a white man weh come all the way from Norway
And him turn to mi and say
How comes Jamaica full of so much screwface
Same time mi lift mi head to the sky
And a tear drop fall from mi eye
Mi say my youth come we go out for a drive
Mek mi show you why mi cry

Look 'pon di 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 school weh deh youth dem go fi get dem 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 bredda say
How can a nation be living this way
And the next thing him say
How can the government play so many games
Same time mi heart fall to the ground
'Cause there's much more where that come from
Certain place deh ya worse dan slum
Youth man come

And take a look 'pon Riverton
Do you see anything fi smile 'bout
Look pon Payne Land, yeah
Do you see anything fi smile 'bout
Flankers, Mobay and Sufferers Heights in Nos Spain
Do you see anything fi smile 'bout
Hope Flats, Kentiyah, Motom Bay are all the same
Do you see anything fi smile 'bout

No, no
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Oh no no, oh no no
No, let me say

Nuff people come to Jamaica
And nuh know how we live think seh
Everything nice through we full of vibes and think
Hey, hey, dem say want feelin' to dem heart
When dem get fi overstand di real thing

When dem look 'pon the gully side
Dem nuh see nottin' deh deh fi smile 'bout
When dem look 'pon a hungry child yeah
Dem nuh see nottin' deh deh fi smile 'bout
When dem look pon deh schools weh de youth dem go fi get dem education
Dem nuh see nottin' deh deh fi smile 'bout
When dem sight up the conditions of our police stations
Dem nuh see nottin' deh deh fi smile 'bout

The story seh
Mi deh ya town one day
A par with a white man weh come all the way from Norway
And him turn to mi and say
How comes Jamaica full of so much screwface
Same time mi lift mi head to the sky
And a tear drop fall from mi eye
Mi sey my youth come we go out for a drive
Mek mi show you why mi cry

Take a look 'pon Riverton
Do you see anything fi smile 'bout
Look 'pon Payne Land
Do you see anything fi smile 'bout
Canterberry Mobay, March Pen
Do you see anything fi smile 'bout
Nuff likkle place deh ya inna Jamdown today
Weh nottin' no deh deh fi smile 'bout

No no
No no no no no no no no no no
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
No no no no no
Nottin' no deh fi smile bout