[Verse 1]
Never know how times hard 'til me see mi granny cut the tooth paste tube
Weh wi a go do?
Mi really waan fi know wha' wi a go do?
Spend a bag of money pon school fee, what a ras if the pickney nuh pa**
Weh we a go do?
Notnice, wha' wi a go do?
[Chorus]
We suffering everyday yah
'Cause life's so f**ed up mi brother
But weh wi a go do?
Ghetto youth, weh wi a go do?
We work hard all week, and the money weh we make a fi send we back a work
Weh wi a go do?
Society, weh wi a go do?!
[Verse 2]
Hold on nuh!
'Nough of we deh yaso a suffer long time
But we never give up, yeah, we never stop trying
For we living in a perilous times
Dog a nyam dog, and blind a lead blind
Jah know say da system yah set a way
And nobody nuh cater fi none a we
And we bawl say, we want house and car
But a the prison and the hearse dem set fi we
[Chorus]
We suffering everyday yah
'Cause life's so f**ed up mi brother
But weh wi a go do?
Ghetto youth, weh wi a go do?
We work hard all week, and the money weh we make a fi send we back a work
Weh wi a go do?
Society, weh wi a go do?!
[Verse 3]
'Mount of time weh mi pree say fi, run away
Lef' yaso and go somewhere far away
But the only reason make mi nuh lef' yet
A true mi nuh have no weh fi go, so might as well mi stay
But mi haffi wonder, weh wi a go do?
Government, tell me, weh wi a go do?
Mi waan gwan easy, but even that hard fi do
[Chorus]
We suffering everyday yah
'Cause life's so f**ed up mi brother
But weh wi a go do?
Ghetto youth, weh wi a go do?
We work hard all week, and the money weh we make a fi send we back a work
Weh wi a go do?
Society, weh wi a go do?!
[Musical Interlude]
[Outro]
La la la
La la, la la la
Family..
I'm gonna make it for my family... (2x)