Ooh, yeah

Never give up

Ooh, yeahNever give in

Under the pressure, under the pressure, yeah

Under the pressure, under the pressure

If yuh poor, trouble tek you

When yuh rich it nuh settle

Cuh we all under the pressure my friend

Sometimes when yuh feel it yuh cry doh

Hurt yuh heart enuh

But do no mek it stress yuh

′Cause it haffi fi better

Nuh haffi live ina the ghetto

Fi be under the pressure my friend

Lord have mercy this cyan get no worse

Haffi call it a curse, how me heart it a hurt me

Call it cerosee because from me birth

A the first me a feel like the Father desert me

But, mmm, all when the pressure erupt

Me never give up

No, no, no, me never give in

Me a send up a prayer fi the better living

I cya bawl so a better me sing

Under the pressure, under the pressure, yeah

Under the pressure, under the pressure

If yuh poor, trouble tek you

When yuh rich it nuh settle

Cuh we all under the pressure my friend

Sometimes when yuh feel it yuh cry doh

Hurt yuh heart enuh

But do, no mek it stress yuh

'Cause it haffi fi better

Nuh haffi live ina the ghetto

Fi be under the pressure my friend

Yuh nuh haffi be the one wah beg the old man

A likkle sumn from him pumpkin farm, yeah, eh

Or the lady weh a hustle in the streets

Just fi give her baby something warm

Because yuh pocket coulda deep

Have a nice pretty vehicle and all kind visa

So life shoulda sweet yuh

But I coulda teach yuh

Hard times woulda reach yuh

And the storm a nuh something calm

Under the pressure, under the pressure, yeah

Under the pressure, under the pressure

If yuh poor, trouble tek you

When yuh rich it nuh settle

Cuh we all under the pressure my friend

Sometimes when yuh feel it yuh cry doh

Hurt yuh heart enuh

But do, no mek it stress yuh

′Cause it haffi fi better

Nuh haffi live ina the ghetto

Fi be under the pressure my friend

It serious (serious)

Lawd, times rough and it serious

Life is a little mysterious

Have we pot and we can't even stir it up

Oh no

I cyan wait fi morning come

Oh, gosh the night too long

Oh, gosh the fight too long

I cyan wait fi see the sun

Under the pressure, under the pressure, yeah

Under the pressure, under the pressure

If yuh poor, trouble tek you

When yuh rich it nuh settle

Cuh we all under the pressure my friend

Sometimes when yuh feel it yuh cry doh

Hurt yuh heart enuh

But do, no mek it stress yuh

'Cause it haffi fi better

Nuh haffi live ina the ghetto

Fi be under the pressure my friend

Under the pressure, under the pressure, yeah

Under the pressure, under the pressure

If yuh poor, trouble tek you

When yuh rich it nuh settle

′Cause we all under the pressure my friend

Sometimes when yuh feel it yuh cry doh

Hurt yuh heart enuh

But do, no mek it stress yuh

′Cause it haffi fi better

Nuh haffi live ina the ghetto

Fi be under the pressure my friend