[Intro]
Woah, na na na na na na
Woah, na na na na na na
Woah, na na na na na na, night hey
Woah, na na na na na na
Woah, na na na na na na, night
[Chorus]
Life is one big road, with a lot a signs
Youthman growing up pon di borderline
Better yu live in love an nuh commit nuh crime
Oh venders Beenie Man a sey is your time again
Life is one big road, with a lot a signs
Youthman growing up pon di borderline
Better yu live in love an nuh commit nuh crime
Oh venders, woah now
[Verse 1]
How comes the Babylon a talk 'bout all the gun things fi down
When dem a stop the hustlin' and mek nuh dollars nah run
Di youth dem have a tendency fi tun to dem gun
Fi tie up Mr. Chin and all bruck him place down
Well dem haffi wear the latest brand wey come down
Ghetto boys and ghetto girls dem just want to have fun
To big up all the people who sell a arcade
Most a dem a ghetto people and dem people dem nuh fraid
But wha happen to teh youths dem wey can't buy nuh stall
Wey string up pon di sidewalk and mek a one call
Government nuh matter 'bout dem people deh a tall
Dem only cater fi di people who a mek dem tax tall
[Chorus]
Life is one big road, with a lot a signs
Youthman growing up pon di borderline
Better yu live in love an nuh commit nuh crime
Oh venders Beenie Man a sey is your time again
Life is one big road, with a lot a signs
Youthman growing up pon di borderline
Better yu live in love an nuh commit nuh crime
Oh venders, woah now
[Verse 2]
This is the love I'm preachin' and teachin'
To all my brethren I have to big up all my sistren still
Woh deh deh Lord all bad man, listen woh nah
Long time ago, back in a Kingston City
Life was hard but now the life silly
Mi hear sey Billy shot afta Barry, fi wha?
Di two a dem a par an di two a dem a natty
Out a tastee one go buy a little patty
Di others lock a hallah fi a yatty
[Chorus]
Life is one big road, with a lot a signs
Youthman growing up pon di borderline
Better yu live in love an nuh commit nuh crime
Oh venders Beenie Man a sey is your time again
Life is one big road, with a lot a signs
Youthman growing up pon di borderline
Better yu live in love an nuh commit nuh crime
Oh venders, woah now
[Verse 3]
Wan know how di ghetto youths dem a live
Police a beat vendors and a treat dem like pig
All di youth dem wey live in a di village
Woh a afta paper dem live some all a wipe car glass
Man a laugh and have big talk
All ghetto youth a fi unoo time now fi talk
Step up inna life and mek di government see
All the things dem doing to we, but hear mi sing
Life is love, life is livety, life is loneliness
Life is harmony, life is freedom, life is long love
Give thanks to on to Halli Sailassie but cho
[Chorus]
Life is one big road, with a lot a signs
Youthman growing up pon di borderline
Better yu live in love an nuh commit nuh crime
Oh venders Beenie Man a sey is your time again
Life is one big road, with a lot a signs
Youthman growing up pon di borderline
Better yu live in love an nuh commit nuh crime
Oh venders, woah now
[Verse 4]
How comes the Babylon a talk 'bout all the gun things fi down
When dem a stop the hustlin' and mek nuh dollars nah run
Di youth dem have a tendency fi tun to dem gun
Fi tie up Mr. Chin and all bruck him place down
Well dem haffi wear the latest brand wey come down
Ghetto boys and ghetto girls dem just want to have fun
To big up all the people who sell a arcade
Most a dem a ghetto people and dem people dem nuh fraid
But wha happen to teh youths dem wey can't buy nuh stall
Wey string up pon di sidewalk and mek a one call
Government nuh matter 'bout dem people deh a tall
Dem only cater fi di people who a mek dem tax tall
[Chorus]
Life is one big road, with a lot a signs
Youthman growing up pon di borderline
One Big Road was written by Beenie Man.
Beenie Man released One Big Road on Mon Dec 16 1996.