Yeah

You know seh nuff ghetto yute out deya today breddrin wah

You know seh whyKnow 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!

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

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!