[Intro]
Jah Jah city, Jah Jah town
Dem waan fi tun it in a cow bwoy town, oy
An I say life an I promote it to di highest of level
(Betta kno)
So we jus bun dem evil concept
Cah we ah say death is a destruction to di humanity
Yuh see wah me a say?
(Let 'em kno)
Unu watch here now, unu
Eh, check dis, cho!
[Chorus]
Jah Jah city, Jah Jah town
Dem waan fi tun it in a cow bwoy town, oy
Unu look yah now
Jah Jah city, Jah Jah town
Dem waan fi tun in a dead man town, oy
Unu look yah now
[Verse 1]
Mr. John Crow draw coffin John Brown
We nuh waan no more dead-inna town
Mr. Happy got so lucky trigger happy, yow
We no waan no more dead body
Well, Mr. Joe kill quick, we nuh waan no more hit
We nuh waan no more grave, we no waan no more casket
Well, life we promote, which is righteousness
Sodom get a lick!
Unu look yah now!
[Chorus]
Jah Jah city, Jah Jah town
Dem waan fi tun it in a cow bwoy town, oy
Unu look yah now
Bloody city, bloody town
Waan tun in a rude bwoy town, oy
Unu look yah now
[Verse 2]
Dem ah tell me how dem cold
Big forty five
Fi shoot out dem brother mold
Nuff ah dem say dem cold like up ah di north pole
So dem shoot down the young, shoot down the old
Shoot down the puss an all the dog and the foul
Every weekend, dem tek a next payroll
Out of man pocket, dem shoot out billfold
Dis Marcus Garvey, nuff head haffi go roll
Look yah now!
[Chorus]
Jah Jah city, Jah Jah town
Dem waan fi tun it in a cow bwoy town, oy
Unu look yah now
Jah Jah city, Jah Jah town
Dem waan fi tun in a dead man town, oy
[Verse 3]
Dem tink dem reach the ultimate, yow
But dem nah reach nowhere yet, oy
Dem get caught inna internet
Ah society ah tell mi dem ah intellect
Dem promote too much death
Unu look here now
[Chorus]
Jah Jah city, Jah Jah town
Dem a tun it in a bad man town, oy
Unu look yah now
Jah Jah city, Jah Jah town
Dem waan fi tun in a cow bwoy town, oy
[Verse 4]
Marcus Garvey say
Ten miles outta di city, oy
It a go get too shitty
Warn Mr. John an me go warn Ms. Mitty
Warn all di shotta an me go warn all the hitty
Nuff ah say dem kill man without pity
Wrong kind of sip, me all go ketch dem ah sippy
True, dem licky licky, dem sicky
Rastafari judgement will slew all, yo
[Chorus]
Jah Jah city, Jah Jah town
Dem nuh tun it in a cow bwoy town, oy
Unu look yah now
Bloody city, bloody town
Tun in a rude bwoy town, oy
Ayy
[Outro]
Send me go trod down inna di east
Tell dem fi hold di peace
We nuh waan no more coffin, we nuh waan no more hit
Well life we ah promote fi mek de ghetto youth seet
Life you no fi breach
Watch here now
Jah Jah City was written by Capleton.