Yutes dem a try climb out poverty a hold

a try hold dem dung

(some a di real yutes yeah)

and a it make we heart turn frozen cold

ahha me run the road a nuh traffic

tell dem seh we nah slow down

(Sirens)

ahha

yow my g

tun you back you probably get ceased

everybody corrupt inna e streets

nobada feel seh you cyah dead

everybody do as dem please

ghetto yute dead at 14

tell you seh nobody nah pre

him press di trigga till him wanted

survival of the fittest my G

me run the road a nuh traffic

load up me matic

tell dem seh we nah slow down

nuh see a who fi stop it

everything a get shell to the bloodclaat grung

dem ghetto youth ya heart cold don’t

pastor seh dem lose dem soul

how me fi judge dem when no food nah roll

and dem a walk without no shoes insole

tun you back you probably get ceased

everybody corrupt inna e streets

nobada feel seh you cyah dead

everybody do as dem please

ghetto yute dead at 14

tell you seh nobody nah pre

him press di trigga till him wanted

survival of the fittest my G

yutes dem a try climb out poverty a hold

a try hold dem dung

(some a di real yutes yeah)

and a it make we heart turn frozen cold

no odda choice wi nuh know

plus di pressure hotter dan a coal stove

load up a jansport

and we a go fi everything wa we nuh own

tun you back you probably get ceased

everybody corrupt inna e streets

nobada feel seh you cyah dead

everybody do as dem please

ghetto yute dead at 14

tell you seh nobody nah pre

him press di trigga till him wanted

survival of di fittest my G

an you see a dis me kinda mean when me a seh, yuh kno
survival yuh kno?
a nuff people a seh die trying but
me waah live trying
you kno wa me a deal wid and as a ghetto yute it nuh matta which part inna e worl you deh
you always have dis natural instinct of
of survival yuh nah mean?
and a dat me just kinda mean when me a seh one yuh kno?
one way out yuh kno