Life Inna Jailhouse

Lyrics

[Intro] Maybe this called "Life Inna Jailhouse No Sweet" 'Cause I man have to sleep on di cool concrete But I man are di boss of a di beat But when mi come a street, mi a [?] [Chorus] Say, life in a jailhouse no sweet (Bim!) Say, life in a jailhouse no sweet Jah man, mi have fi sleep on di cool concrete Jah man, for mi say, I man di boss of a di beat For, mi say, life in a jailhouse no sweet Jah man, for mi say, life in a jailhouse no sweet Jah man, for mi say, I man di boss of a di beat Jah man, mi have fi sleep on di cool concrete [Verse 1] For mi say, when Sunday come, dem a give mi piece of meat For, when Sunday come, dem a give mi piece of meat It stringy-stringy-stringy, it a itch up a mi teeth An' a I man a di boss of a di beat [Chorus] For, life in a jailhouse no nice Jah man, for mi say, life in a jailhouse no nice Jah man, mi meditate pon mi chicken an' mi rice Jah man, mi meditate pon mi gal name Joyce [Verse 2] For mi say, sister Joyce, she a gwan like she nice For, big-big sound, di chicken bucket, white rice She give mi carrot juice an' it no have in no ice Dat di food can nice (So, widdly-widdly-bop) A dis a one, it a di people dem choice Mi kill forty lead, we are go kill off di lies But some of dem are mice, dem no know not no nice Mi nah go a [?] For when mi have gun, mi have fi hide from mi wife Mi children, dem a talk 'bout, "Daddy, you are vice" [Chorus] Jah man, for mi say, life in a jailhouse no sweet Jah man, mi have fi sleep on di cool concrete Jah man, for mi say, I man di boss of a di beat For mi say, when mi come on street, mi an' him are go meet Mi are go kick out di two front teeth Say, life in a jailhouse no sweet Say, big Nicodemus make we do it Jah man, for mi say, dweet, pupa Demus, you fi dweet I tell you, you fi dweet, pupa Demus, you fi dweet Jah man, beca' di life in a jailhouse no sweet [Verse 3] We nah go up in di penitentiary That's why, we nah go up in di penitentiary (Jah man) Say, dem in dem no long play Mi say, mi don't want no warden come lick mi Hail Jah man, for mi a God-bless pickney Mi say, mi have a big family that depend on me Mi have a big family that depend on me An' if mi go a prison, dem a keep me hungry [Chorus] Said-a, life in a jailhouse no sweet Jah man, for mi say, life in a jailhouse no sweet Jah man, we have fi sleep on di cool concrete Jah man, for mi say, I man di boss of a di beat For mi say, when Sunday come up, dem a give mi piece of meat It stringy-stringy-stringy, it a itch up a mi teeth An' a I man a di boss of a di beat But mi say, life in a jailhouse no sweet