Jamaica we need a way
Tell me, how mi youth fi survive
How mi fi send him go school in this time
If mi dont mek money (money)
Politician come pon TV
A show we this big pretty smile
Nothin nuh funny
[Chorus]
Look pon the life we living
Look pon the life we living
Look pon the life we living
Is a better way we seeking
Look pon the life we living
Look pon the life we living
Look pon the life we living
Nothing nuh funny
[Verse 1]
Mi haffi hide from di landlord
Because mi owe bout four months rent
Weekend a come mi nuh have a red cent
Cry mi cry when mi hear mi son seh
Daddy can yuh please buy mi a nike air
And di likkle money weh mi have done spend
Di last grand mi have mi pay di light
But water commission cut mi pipe again (hmm)
Di garrison need a better way and a life
Fi we pickney dem
Society please don't condemn di ghetto to hell
Jus
[Chorus]
Look pon the life we living
Look pon the life we living
Look pon the life we living
Is a better way we seeking
Look pon the life we living
Look pon the life we living
Look pon the life we living
Nothing nuh funny
Big woman ting
Nothin nah gwaan
Ghetto youth haffi siddong pon di corner
Some a we a hustle, some a beg a chump change
Society please mek we see better days
Mi go fi buy a bag a frass, but cigarette raise
All we a cry dem a gi wi deaf ears
Den if di time so hard right now
W'ago gwaan inna di country inna di nedda ten years
Di garrison need a better way and a life
Fi we pickney dem
Society please don't condemn di ghetto to hell
Jus
[Chorus]
Look pon the life we living
Look pon the life we living
Look pon the life we living
Is a better way we seeking
Look pon the life we living
Look pon the life we living
Look pon the life we living
Nothing nuh funny
Tell me, how mi youth fi survive
How mi fi send him go school in this time
If mi don't mek money (money)
Politician come pon TV
A show we this big pretty smile
Nothin nuh funny
[Chorus]
Look pon the life we living
Look pon the life we living
Look pon the life we living
Is a better way we seeking
Look pon the life we living
Look pon the life we living
Look pon the life we living
Nothing nuh funny (repeat)