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[Intro] Tek heed, youths (If only you did listen) Open your ears and listen (listen) Mama warning You no hear Jah calling [Chorus] If only you did a listen when your mother did a warn Believe me, son You would a live fi mek it inna the long run But through the endz you waan lock off True, you have your gun Police a come and all a your friend dem run Now your mother get a call, mama sidung Because we have bad news 'bout your son Shot a fire inna the park, inna the dark Now him deh a morgue, 'pon the bed lidung [Verse 1] Just through him never listen, never did a listen When time people did a warn him And through him never lef' it Never lef' the glisten Him swear seh nobody couldn't harm him And last night him go touch out a road Wheel off like a sword Him couldn't fire it, because dem disarm him And plus your father cyaan find money fi funeral Him barely can find the church offering [Chorus] [Verse 2] Mama stress out just by looking back at everything She say she feel fi overdose 'pon medicine And now she cyaan accept seh him gone 'Cause a yesterday she sidung And she hug him and she say to him Son, just be careful when you walking down the lane Cah the people dem fear you, every day dem complain A the same people dem, weh a sidung 'pon your name A dem a sell you out, just because me a tell you say [Pre-Chorus] You never listen, never did a listen When time people did a warn him And through him never lef' it Never lef' the glisten Him swear seh nobody couldn't harm him And last night him go touch out a road Wheel off like a sword Daddy couldn't find money fi keep no funeral Because him couldn't find money fi church offering [Chorus] [Verse 1 Repeated] [Chorus]