Let me be serious for a minute

Mi got to spit it

Sing it while selecta spin it

Mi really wan yuh fi get wid it



Why oh why must they before di time

They say we’re lucky to be here and they’re right

But were still having a fight

Just to have equal human rights



Why we got yoods

Committing suicide?

Homeless running from domestic violence



Muma neva di type fi stay silent

Tell us, look us in di eye dem



Dem waan vilify us in di media

Mi good people I see yuh

Not just our superficial features

Di yoods need us



Fi be tougher Dan leather but caan wi stick togeda

Mi waan see us get treated better

Mi waan see us lasting foreva

Helping each other in a starrmy weather



Do u feel mi soul in a message

Dem a keep testin testin and testin

Nah retaliate - count mi blessings

Leave behind the worst and keep di best ting



Hook:

Why oh why?

I hear dem cry

Why oh why?

I hear dem cry x 4



I told yuh - neva believe me

Tricky nuh deceive mi

Nuh matter wa di reason

Always di season

Rise and rise



Decolonize get freedom

Cyaan leave yuh bredren or sistren bleedin

It’s humanity and compassion we’re needing

Women nah safe fi walk down the street at night

We afi ready fi fight

I feel yuh pain mama gonna be all right



Can we solidify and unify?

Mi people I hear dem cry

No wonder mama praying day and night

Community afi be more tight

Lend a hand be a guiding light

This world can be cold frostbite



Take di pain that yuh feel inside

Shake up get up live yuh best life

There are many lessons and tests in life

Stand firm together and Stand upright

We afi stand up right



Why oh why?

I hear dem cry

Why oh why?

I hear dem cry