Life Inna Jailhouse

[Intro]
Maybe this called "Life Inna Jailhouse No Sweet"
'Cause I man have to sleep on di cool concrete
But I man are di boss of a di beat
But when mi come a street, mi a [?]

[Chorus]
Say, life in a jailhouse no sweet (Bim!)
Say, life in a jailhouse no sweet
Jah man, mi have fi sleep on di cool concrete
Jah man, for mi say, I man di boss of a di beat
For, mi say, life in a jailhouse no sweet
Jah man, for mi say, life in a jailhouse no sweet
Jah man, for mi say, I man di boss of a di beat
Jah man, mi have fi sleep on di cool concrete

[Verse 1]
For mi say, when Sunday come, dem a give mi piece of meat
For, when Sunday come, dem a give mi piece of meat
It stringy-stringy-stringy, it a itch up a mi teeth
An’ a I man a di boss of a di beat

[Chorus]
For, life in a jailhouse no nice
Jah man, for mi say, life in a jailhouse no nice
Jah man, mi meditate pon mi chicken an' mi rice
Jah man, mi meditate pon mi gal name Joyce

[Verse 2]
For mi say, sister Joyce, she a gwan like she nice
For, big-big sound, di chicken bucket, white rice
She give mi carrot juice an' it no have in no ice
Dat di food can nice (So, widdly-widdly-bop)
A dis a one, it a di people dem choice
Mi kill forty lead, we are go kill off di lies
But some of dem are mice, dem no know not no nice
Mi nah go a [?]
For when mi have gun, mi have fi hide from mi wife
Mi children, dem a talk ’bout, "Daddy, you are vice"

[Chorus]
Jah man, for mi say, life in a jailhouse no sweet
Jah man, mi have fi sleep on di cool concrete
Jah man, for mi say, I man di boss of a di beat
For mi say, when mi come on street, mi an' him are go meet
Mi are go kick out di two front teeth
Say, life in a jailhouse no sweet
Say, big Nicodemus make we do it
Jah man, for mi say, dweet, pupa Demus, you fi dweet
I tell you, you fi dweet, pupa Demus, you fi dweet
Jah man, beca' di life in a jailhouse no sweet

[Verse 3]
We nah go up in di penitentiary
That's why, we nah go up in di penitentiary (Jah man)
Say, dem in dem no long play
Mi say, mi don't want no warden come lick mi
Hail Jah man, for mi a God-bless pickney
Mi say, mi have a big family that depend on me
Mi have a big family that depend on me
An' if mi go a prison, dem a keep me hungry

[Chorus]
Said-a, life in a jailhouse no sweet
Jah man, for mi say, life in a jailhouse no sweet
Jah man, we have fi sleep on di cool concrete
Jah man, for mi say, I man di boss of a di beat
For mi say, when Sunday come up, dem a give mi piece of meat
It stringy-stringy-stringy, it a itch up a mi teeth
An' a I man a di boss of a di beat
But mi say, life in a jailhouse no sweet