Life In Jam Down

[Intro]
Everyone a talk 'bout "Life in a Jailhouse No Nice"
Let mi tell you 'bout "Life in a Jamdown No Nice"
We are di people's choice (Do it!)
Hey!

[Chorus]
Chi, life in a Jamdown no nice
Chi, life in a Jamdown no nice (Bim!)
Jah, mi say, big Sunday evening, mi say, barefoot rice
Mi mix sugar water, it no have in no ice
'Cause, a life in a Jamdown no nice
Say-say dat a life in a Jamdown no nice (Boyo!)

[Verse 1]
But when mi 'member mi gal name Joyce (Right!)
How she used to walk pon street, look nice (Bimma!)
Say dat, di dread-dem a bawl 'bout dem hеad full of lice
Di woman-dem a bawl 'bout dem hеad full of lice

[Chorus]
'Cause, a life in a Jamdown no nice
Tell you, said, a life in a Jamdown no nice (Bimma!)
Cah, mi say, big Sunday evening, mi say, barefoot rice
Mi mix sugar water, it no have in no ice
'Cause, a life in a Jamdown no nice
Say-say dat a life in a Jamdown no nice (Right!)

[Verse 2]
But mi say, sister Pat-a, gal look fatter
Cah, when mi take a stop di gal a wear slim short
Mi have fi lick her with mi mother Dutch Pot (Bimma!)
She say she comin' from di Shaolin Plot (Right!)

[Chorus]
But-a life in a Jamdown no nice (Right!)
Jah, mi say, life in a Jamdown no nice (Bimma!)
Because-a crucial, mi crucial (Cah right a now, mi said-a)
Crucial, mi crucial (Hey!)

[Verse 3]
Sister Pat-a, di gal look fatter
Cah, when mi take a stop di gal a wear slim short
Mi have fi lick her with mi mother Dutch Pot-a
She talkin' 'bout she comin' from di Shaolin Plot (Right!)

[Chorus]
But dat, di woman-dem a lice up, di man-dem a flat-a
Chi, woman-dem a lice up, di man-dem a flat-a
Cho man, cho man, said, you better than dat
Beca' di life in a Jamdown no nice
Cho, mi say, life in a Jamdown no nice

[Verse 4]
Jah, mi say, big Sunday evening, mi say, barefoot rice
Mi mix sugar water, it no have in no ice
'Cause, a life in a Jamdown no nice
Say-say dat a life in a Jamdown no nice

[Chorus]
Di youth-dem a bawl 'bout dem head full of lice
Di dread-dem a bawl, say, "Not-not it nice" (Bimma!)
Beca' di life in a Jamdown no nice
Say-say dat di life in a Jamdown no nice (Right!)

[Verse 5]
But mi say, pick your choice, di whole of dem nice
No gwan like a mice, eat sister Joyce
Cah, di life in a Jamdown no nice
Say-say dat di life in a Jamdown no nice (Bimma!)

[Outro]
Cah mi say, life in a jailhouse no nice
Cah mi say, life in a jailhouse no nice
Said dat mi 'member mi gal name Joyce
Cah tell you, said, mi 'member mi gal name Joyce
Say, when mi walk on street mi an' mi lookin' so nice