It lock, yes it lock
Weh me say, yeah
Sixteen and him love the sixteen
Him never read, but him load magazine
Him father tell him lowe the rich quick team
Till him end up with the man dem lock the housing scheme
Say him waan fi floss big and dress clean
Tek how much life and never know d**h a creep in
And now the table and the chair turn 'pon him
It's a juvenile, me hear, turn it 'pon him
He learned the hard way, hard way
Didn't listen what his mama say
He learned the hard way
And d**h is the price he pays
The hard way, hard way
Didn't listen what his mama say
Yes, he learned the hard way
d**h is the price he paid
Seventeen and she just come out a school
She never listen when hear mama set the rule
Every morning when miss ling gone 'pon the job
Benji come in and ride her like a yellow taxi cab
She catch a belly and her mom say she cannot stay
She contemplating say fi dash the child away
But when she check the doc she find out
She been travelling around with a big letter A
Hard way hard way
Didn't listen what her mama say
Yes, she learned the hard way
And d**h is the price you pay
The hard way, hard way
Didn't listen what her mama say
Yes, she learned the hard way
d**h is the price she pays
So many words have spoken
So many lives have lost
The way you see your future
Depends on your past
So many mothers crying
There's no one to feel their pain
Hey
The hard way, the hard way
Didn't listen what his mama say
Say he learned the hard way
And d**h is the price you pay
The hard way, the hard way
Yes, he learned the hard way
(And d**h was the price he paid)