Lyrics

[Intro] Well to the babe and the suckling I and I have to hustle hustle And Mama do the hustling And daddy haffi do the hustling too Hey yo, yo, yo [Chorus] Yo What happen to the poor Dem suffering some more And a we the bigger heads ignore And dem refuse to hear we when we cry Yo, what happen to the poor, poor, poor Keep dem suffering some more, more, more And a we the bigger heads ignore And dem rеfuse to hear we whеn we cry [Verse 1] Nuff youth from them a 2 year old dem out inna the cold Don't have no dad nor no mum Some have to wipe car glass fi earn a little mast Is him the family depending on Daddy want to know where he went wrong With a little bit of mast in him hand Take a look across the ocean Its the same situation Its been there since time began And nuff nuh overstand Some a ignore the malnutrition and the senseless starvation Nuff a ignore upliftment of man And the ticking of the timebomb Nuff know the right and still do the wrong But in the end its just badang badang [Chorus] Cause dem a ignore,, the crying of the poor And a we them suffering some more And dem refuse to hear we when we cry Yo, what happened to the poor, poor, poor Keep dem suffering some more, more, more And a we the bigger heads ignore And dem refuse to hear we when we cry [Verse 2] Nuff pon the system dem rely pon Nuff a Dem a welfare recipient See the mother with the food stamps in her hand But it better than eating out the trash can Nuff a dem nuh ha no qualification Street side college is where dem belong Mama never have a mast, nickel nor a dime fi spend pon education Where is daddy mi seh mama can't tell See him a rum bar drunk like a hell Things bitter like a hollows live off a borrows What a hell when the rice can't swell [Chorus] Never ignore, the crying of the poor, poor, poor And dem keep dem suffering some more And dem refuse to hear we when we cry Yo, what happened to the poor, poor, poor Keep dem suffering some more, more, more And a we the bigger heads ignored And dem refuse to hear it when we cry [Verse 3] Make this linger in your memory And stay as long as can be There won't be no stability If the people dem so needy And the more the youth dem hungry Is the more dem get so angry And all that do a send up the crime rate And the filling of the cemetery Mister man why you so greedy Time fi share you nuh member we Through a u have the key Grab and a flee And A Cause pure anarchy Where is the bare essential And the things which is so vital Yow when we backs gainst the wall and we pickney a bawl We a go do things illegal [Chorus] So member the poor Dem suffering some more And a we the bigger heads ignore And dem refuse to hear we when we cry Yo, what happened to the poor, poor, poor Keep dem suffering some more, more, more And a we the bigger heads ignore And dem refuse to hear we when we cry [Verse 4] Nuff pon the system dem rely pon Nuff a Dem a welfare recipient See the mother with the food stamps in her hand But it better than eating out the trash can Nuff a dem nuh ha no qualification Street side college is where dem belong Mama never have a mast, nickel nor a dime fi spend pon education Where is daddy mi seh mama can't tell See him a rum bar drunk like a hell Things bitter like a hollows live off a borrows What a hell when the rice can't swell [Chorus] What happened to the poor, poor, poor Dem keep dem suffering some more, more, more Yo, what happened to the poor, poor, poor Keep dem suffering some more, more, more And a we the bigger heads ignore And dem refuse to hear we when we cry