Intro: Yes JAH give thanks And i have seen many homeless walk the streets Yes with out shelter nuh clothes upon their back no food to eat Then hear mi out Oh yes Chorus: I have heard screaming from the poor oh yes Someone please call the police I have heard screaming from the poor 1-1-9 alert then it's a state of emergency Verse:1 Awright den coo-yah now Den check di condition di yutes dem living in Ransackle board house,zinc fence and pit latrine Hey poverty stress dem out some have dem big gun slinging Uptown and living large dem neva cease from di k**ing Den momma ban har belly and bawl Upon di d**h toll shi hear har one son name guh call Try some hustling guh put up a one stall Here comes metro police awright oh yes Chorus: I have heard screaming from the poor oh yes Someone please call the police I have heard screaming from the poor 1-1-9 alert we living in a state of emergency Verse:2 Hear mi out Den ghetto yutes be careful of dem pencil neck trickster Hey fi a spit inna di bucket dem wi sell yuh fi di length a di dollar Mouth full a lies dem a failure RASTA burn out dem free paper Den all dem good fa is to enslave the poor for cheap wages Hey man son toiling for length of dayses Education is so good but so expensive Oh mi cyaant even find di monthly bills Chorus: I have heard screaming from the poor oh yes Someone please call the police I have heard screaming from the poor 1-1-9 alert living in a state of emergency Verse:3 Den tell mi a who boost di yutes and tun dem inna ruff neck Gi dem big gun fi buss and mek dem a beat dem chest Big house pretty cyar and nuff fanciness Yuh gi dem d** fi sell and den gi feds dem address I see dat yuh nuh care about the homeless Ghetto living is a day to day stress Nuff yutes walk di streets confuse and perplex They never know what coming up next Yes yes Chorus Fade