Cnd a Dreadlock living in a
Tenament yard
See weh mi say now

I say
Can't take mi nosey neighbor
Everyday dem watch mi like a nasty nagger
Cho!
But a true dem never know fi dem
The Natty nuh cater
I & I trod through life and
Praise the Creator

Tell you say
ch dread
it dread
it dread
It dread
It dread
So dread
Living Inna tenement yard
Oh Dread
Living Inna tenement yard
clright

Tell you say
ch dread
it dread
it dread
It dread
It dread
Oh Dread
Living Inna tenement yard
Living Inna tenement
Living Inna tenement yard

Landlord ah tell mi seh the rent due
cnd mi woman she ah tek weh every cent too
Pan hair and nails so tell mi wah the natty Ben do
cnd everyday mi neighbors get up and ah war too
Hey
I can't take this living no more
Mi ah go pack up and run like the sea fi the shore
Certain lifestyle no easy fi endure
Cause dem kind ah livity nuh pure

Tell you say
ch dread
it dread
it dread
It dread
It dread
So dread
Living Inna tenement yard
Oh Dread
Living Inna tenement yard
clright

I tell you say
ch dread
it dread
it dread
It dread
It dread
So dread
Living Inna tenement yard
Oh Dread
Say living Inna tenement yard

Oh Lord
Can't bring no one Inna mi yard
No
Mi can't bring no one Inna mi yard
Oh Lord
Can't bring no one Inna mi yard
Without dem
Just ah watch mi like a damn tape record

King I-Vier
Can't bring no one Inna mi yard
I can't bring no one Inna mi yard
Oh Lord
I can't bring no one Inna mi yard
Bim!
Without dem
Just ah watch mi like a damn tape record

Sing
It dread
it dread
Oh Dread
Living Inna tenement yard
Living Inna tenement
Living Inna tenement yard
Living Inna tenement yard

It dread
it dread
Dread
Oh Dread
Living Inna tenement yard
Said living Inna tenement yard