Intro: ohh, yes I've got to make it on my own
haffi go for it go for my own
haffi go defend it for my own
(try try)

Chorus: Try and you will make it (mi seh) one more time
cause if you nuh try you know you light wont shine
but anytime you make it then you life gon' fine
mi dweet from mi heart and soul and mind
(repeat)

Verse 1: Determination kick in
Cant be no weakling and cant be no chicken
Who shall survive a the fittest of the fittin'
Get up and go fi it
no time fi sittin
we nuh know bout hitchin' neither no quittin'
non-progressive element we a evict him
ghetto youth a step up in a life nuh try fi rip him
we nuh have no time fi no slide and slippin'
Every youth waa richin

(repeat chorus x 2)

Ghetto youth a step inna life bun every burden
Rasta bun up babylon just mark my wording
seh spirituality is the key so keep preservin'
then who is worthy to be praised you better serve him
haffi know persistance and you haffi be determined
babylon well dem nuh waa fi see you firmin
thats why the whole a dem waa destroy you earning
so ghetto youth me tell you fi concerning

bridge: haffi go for it go for my own
haffi go defend it for my own
even if i have to make it on my own
i know that Jah Jah never leave his peeps alone
(repeat bridge)

(repeat verse 1)

(repeat chorus x 2)