Timbali & Peppery - How Di Place A Run
To how di place a run!
It mek mi feel fi get a gun!
But mi tell myself say mi nuh waa none!
Mi come fi teach di youths dem say!
There got to be a better way, Timbali!
To how di place a run, yo it mek mi feel fi get a gun
But mi tell myself say mi nuh waa none
How di place a run, mek one-a-way mi waa go blaze mi chillum
Cause certain people, mi nuh waan fi be among
How di place a run, mek Rasta haffi put a firebun
Pon di system weh a hold di youths down
How di place a run, it mek nuff people say di father soon come
Di murder rate gone pass maximum, go long!
From di East to da West to di North and South
One bagga badness, dem a talk bout
Thump inna face and box inna mouth
Is a thing of the past now a bare guns out
How dem a gallang so, dem deh pon di wrong route
Jah Jah beg yu straighten dem out, mi shout!
Di system full up a fake so inna it we have doubt
We a call upon the elders dem because dem have clout
Di youth dem a di future so we can’t leave dem out
We haffi train dem from dem a sprout
To how di place a run, Jah know it mek mi feel fi get a gun
But mi tell myself say mi nuh waa none
How di place a run, mek one-a-way mi waa go blaze mi chillum
Cause certain people, mi nuh waan fi be among
How di place a run, mek Rasta haffi put a firebun
Pon di system weh a hold di youths down
How di place a run, it mek nuff people say di father soon come
Di murder rate gone pass maximum, listen!
Di youth dem a loot and a shoot and a kill and dem
Nah gi no time fi nobody write will
Pon flat, toppa hill, dem a mek blood spill,
Least little ting, dem a empty barrel
And dem nah hear when yu tell dem fi chill
And dem nuh care a who yu, if yu a Jack or Jill
Mi a wonder if a di food or dem a tek certain pill
But summa dem ya youth ya psychologically ill
Dem need a lot of guidance from di elders oh that would be so brill
If di generation gap get fill
To how di place a run, Jah know it mek mi feel fi get a gun
But mi tell myself say mi nuh waa none
How di place a run, mek one-a-way mi waa go blaze mi chillum
Cause some of dem people, mi nuh waan fi be among
How di place a run, mek Rasta haffi put a firebun
Pon di system weh a hold di youths down
How di place a run, it mek nuff people say di father soon come
Di murder rate gone pass maximum!
To how di place a run!
It mek mi feel fi get a gun!
But mi tell myself say mi nuh waa none!
Mi come fi teach di youths dem say!
There got to be a better way, Timbali!
To how di place a run, yo it mek mi feel fi get a gun
But mi tell myself say mi nuh waa none
How di place a run, mek one-a-way mi waa go blaze mi chillum
Cause certain people, mi nuh waan fi be among
How di place a run, mek Rasta haffi put a firebun
Pon di system weh a hold di youths down
How di place a run, it mek nuff people say di father soon come
Di murder rate gone pass maximum, go long!
From di East to da West to di North and South
One bagga badness, dem a talk bout
Thump inna face and box inna mouth
Is a thing of the past now a bare guns out
How dem a gallang so, dem deh pon di wrong route
Jah Jah beg yu straighten dem out, mi shout!
Di system full up a fake so inna it we have doubt
We a call upon the elders dem because dem have clout
Di youth dem a di future so we can’t leave dem out
We haffi train dem from dem a sprout
To how di place a run, Jah know it mek mi feel fi get a gun
But mi tell myself say mi nuh waa none
How di place a run, mek one-a-way mi waa go blaze mi chillum
Cause certain people, mi nuh waan fi be among
How di place a run, mek Rasta haffi put a firebun
Pon di system weh a hold di youths down
How di place a run, it mek nuff people say di father soon come
Di murder rate gone pass maximum, listen!
Di youth dem a loot and a shoot and a kill and dem
Nah gi no time fi nobody write will
Pon flat, toppa hill, dem a mek blood spill,
Least little ting, dem a empty barrel
And dem nah hear when yu tell dem fi chill
And dem nuh care a who yu, if yu a Jack or Jill
Mi a wonder if a di food or dem a tek certain pill
But summa dem ya youth ya psychologically ill
Dem need a lot of guidance from di elders oh that would be so brill
If di generation gap get fill
To how di place a run, Jah know it mek mi feel fi get a gun
But mi tell myself say mi nuh waa none
How di place a run, mek one-a-way mi waa go blaze mi chillum
Cause some of dem people, mi nuh waan fi be among
How di place a run, mek Rasta haffi put a firebun
Pon di system weh a hold di youths down
How di place a run, it mek nuff people say di father soon come
Di murder rate gone pass maximum!
To how di place a run!
