Hard Ground

Intro:
 Let H.I.M. be sanctified
 Hey whoa oh whoa oh
 check how di vibes all ah flow
 how di ghetto youths dem ah grow
 so much love
 Chorus
 Hard Grounds no sound from di suffering
 who collect di pounds to keep dem bound from di uprising?
 Hey Hard Ground, cold ground for di suffering
 hey dem bounce wi about, throw wi down
 yet wi still striving (x2)
 Verse 1
 Then ah who gi di ghetto youth gun
 fi dem roam all di street every day and night?
 Check ah which way di nozzle dem turn
 mi ah tell unno seh trigger happy ever waan strife
 nuff ah bawl 'Cree!'
 too late fi guh flee
 by chance if yuh keep all yuh life
 before di day could done, nuff a dem gone
 stop all di war and strife
 where are the so called leaders
 who pollute and corrupt all di place?
 Yow di nowadays bleeders, back door dealers
 who put di youths dem to waste
 di devil's receivers they always ah cheat
 just step pon di things dem create
 woee, strive now
 mi see seh day Babylon ah fake
 Chorus
 Verse 2
 Their feelings manifest what is so real
 hoping not for the innocent but who?
 Shall we surely feel
 I can see outpouring wrath
 its not concealed
 time fi equal rights and justice
 not fi corn meal
 I know they don't know where they're going
 long before now Rastafari dem see and know everything
 they go confused within this modern system
 you've received the prize, was it rewarding?
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 Verse 3
 Home on yuh own alone wid mother and child
 yet father missing
 man stand up and play yuh role
 mi haffi do my own, cyaan do it fi him
 have yuh ever heard di cries of boys and girls
 every time when hungry ah ring?
 Tears full mamma eye everyone know why
 she alone haffi do di jugglin, yeah
 some guys organise and ah mek bare noise
 and not one thing dem ah bring
 mama well qualified education alright
 fi her way not a job can swing
 when she touch pon base and look pon di fence
 stress keep on coming
 is a heavy piece a weight when she push all di gate
 like di struggling just begin
 Chorus