OH WHY

When Im down Jah lift mi up
 Anytime mi thirst yuh fill ma cup
 Ghetto yute nah give up no way
 Seh wi nah give up nooo
 When Im down Jah lift mi up
 Anytime mi thirst yuh fill ma cup, yea
 Seh mi nah give up no way, seh mi nah give up
 Mi say a nuff time mi trials
 Dem try wul mi dung
 Dem fren pass and gone and a clear di down
 But mi nah guh play di dumb
 Big like dem share di gun, a play wid gun
 Seh mi fi buss it pon di lady son
 Gun dem shell ina dem house, him a chase it dung
 While mi a run up and dung wen the cops a come
 Blood a run, another nine night come
 She dash weh clothes fi har son while dem blood up
 But har son guh ask Jah
 Oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why
 Tell me why-iy-iy
 Oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why,
 Tell me why-iye
 From week she a work while Friday a dinner
 Why the boss bwoy a hide wid di pay
 Di side dem twist har
 She waah mek di money just fi buy some food fi di famil-aaay
 Hurt mi heart yah now fi haffi hear dis
 12 o clock a night she tek di taxi was di latest
 Acting so pleasant good night dat was a dear miss
 Neva know di bwoy a rapist now the daughter haffi hear dis
 Oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why,
 Tell me why-iy-iy
 Oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why,
 Mi nuh waah fi be anodda yute inna di Gideon
 Hearing anodda voice, singing anodda song
 Hoping one day it wont be long, when Jah will stop all di sufferation
 Mi see another mom wid shattered dream cuz nuttn caah bring back Amanda Dean, yea
 Dem tek mi medi when dem kill Shelly Belly now August Town a cry-iye.
 Thats why,
 Oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why,
 Tell me why-iy-iy
 Oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why,
 When Im down Jah lift mi up,
 Anytime mi thirst yuh fill ma cup
 Ghetto yute naah give up no way
 Seh we nah give up no
 When Im down jah lift mi up
 Anytime mi thirst yuh fill ma cup, yea
 Seh mi nah give up no way, seh mi nah give up
 Oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why,
 Tell me why-iy-iy
 Oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why,