Da One Yah Fi

Lyrics

[Intro] Ha yeah ehh Sta na na na na nai Mi nah tell enuh nuh lie Ehh ya Deh pan di endz mi a hol a vibe Saturday night everything alright Sunday morning come And mi wa see the sunlight, yeah [Chorus] Mi jus a black pickney An african fam mi try Karamanti Want a roof over my head nuttin too fancy And mi jus want enough not a bagga money But inna Jamaica it nuh too easy Dem treat yuh good if yuh rich If yuh poor badly Neither way out smaddy please help me Mi a sing 'til the world hear me Da one yah fi [Verse 1] Di youth dem pan di corner Weh have life a way And dem know it nuh nawmal Da one yah fi all hopeless baby-mada Weh dweet pan dem own 'Cause dem cut from di fada Da one yah fi kids dem weh scared and abandoned Lost and alone fi no-one fi depend on Da one yah fi all garrison grand-mada Weh raise up dem youths pan mackerel and banana, yeah [Chorus] Mi jus a black pickney An african fam mi try Karamanti Want a roof over my head nuttin too fancy And mi jus want enough not a bagga money But inna Jamaica it nuh too easy Dem treat yuh good if yuh rich If yuh poor badly Neither way out smaddy please help me Mi a sing 'til the world hear me Da one yah fi [Verse 2] Di victims of rape and abuse Wid nuh weh fi turn and nuh know weh fi do Da one yah fi all likkle youths and youths Surrounded by lies and a seek out di truth Da one yah fi sistren dem weh get use By a pathologically mendacious dude Da one yah fi di ones dem weh shed blood too Caught in a cycle and a try get loose, yeah [Chorus] Mi jus a black pickney An african fam mi try Karamanti Want a roof over my head nuttin too fancy And mi jus want enough not a bagga money But inna Jamaica it nuh too easy Dem treat yuh good if yuh rich If yuh poor badly Neither way out smaddy please help me Mi a sing 'til the world hear me Da one yah fi [Bridge] Deh pan di endz mi a hol a vibe Thursday night everything alright Deh pan di endz mi a hol a vibe Friday night everything alright Deh pan di endz mi a hol a vibe Saturday night everything alright Sunday morning come And mi wa see the sunlight, yeah [Chorus] Mi jus a black pickney An african fam mi try Karamanti Want a roof over my head nuttin too fancy And mi jus want enough not a bagga money But inna Jamaica it nuh too easy Dem treat yuh good if yuh rich If yuh poor badly Neither way out smaddy please help me Mi a sing 'til the world hear me Da one yah fi