You've go to be wise to live in this time Got to be wise to even survive, my idrens, and my sistrens (Lord) You've go to be wise to live in this time Got to be wise to even survive, my idrens, and my sistrens (Lord) The heathens are more than the locks off I head, don't want to see I&I achieve no bread They don't want to give us opportunity Only want to treat us with brutality Don't want to share equality, yeah Only want to see Jah children in poverty That's what them want them to see That's what them want them to see To see Jah children in poverty You've go to be wise to live in this time Got to be wise to even survive, my idrens, and my sistrens You've go to be wise to live in this time Got to be wise to even survive, my idrens, and my sistrens Got to be wise Got to be wise The heathens are more than the locks off I head, don't want to see I&I achieve no bread They don't want to give us opportunity Only want to treat us with brutality Don't want to share equality, yeah Only want to see Jah children in poverty That's what them want them to see That's what them want them to see That's what them want them to see That's what them want them to see To see Jah children in poverty You've go to be wise to live in this time Got to be wise to even survive, my idrens, and my sistrens You've go to be wise to live in this time Got to be wise to even survive, my idrens, and my sistrens Got to be wise Got to be wise To live in this time To even survive