Nuff a dem waan see me fail
Waan see me reach inna jail
Tell me how my mother a go feel
When she see her son behind rail
And she know she no get the house
Me daughter no get the land
Furthermore, me a walk from birth
So right now me need one van

Me keep hustling, night and day
I'm working hard, so I must get paid
Never stop hustling fi my mommy
Hold me meds daily
And me never stray

Me see it clear dem a try fi set me up
Waan policeman use strap wet me up
Carry me name a the station loud and clear
Vex true Teacha make me get the buss
Without fear, me used to take the bus
None a dem ever try fi make 'me', 'us'
See me a hustling fi me things and I try take mine
Tell me why black man so envious?
Me nah give up, cah dem soon give up
When dem see all one dozen house build up
And me dawgs dem bark
If a man try walk, dem done know say everything build up
Notnice

Me mother no get the house
Me daughter no get the land
Furthermore, me a walk from birth
So right now me need one van

Me keep hustling, night and day
I'm working hard, so I must get paid
Never stop hustling fi my mommy
Hold me meds daily
And me never stray

So, if a bag juice fi sell, we sell that
If an ol' iron fi well, we well that
Family haffi get whole a bread
Me can't afford fi make mother eat the bread back
Have me thing fi protect my head back
Money haffi make, every youth we a tell that
Nah make Babylon capture me mind
And next thing me end up down a cell block

Cah me mother no get the house
Me daughter no get the land
Furthermore, me a walk from birth
So right now me need one van

Me keep hustling, night and day
I'm working hard, so I must get paid
Never stop hustling fi my mommy
Hold me meds daily
And me never stray

Nuff a dem waan see me fail
Waan see me reach inna jail
Tell me how my mother a go feel
When she see her son behind rail
And she know she no get the house
Me daughter no get the land
Furthermore, me a walk from birth
So right now me need one van

Me keep hustling, night and day...