Stick Up

Stick wi dem, stick wi up Babylon dem haffi pay Stick wi dem, stick wi up We a Jah Jah pickney

This is a stick up Babylon waan mi fi trip up, up on my knees It's a stick up Di system waan mi fi kiss up, and beg dem please This is a stick up Babylon waan mi fi give up, but I proceed Woah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah Woah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah

With my back against the wall Who should I call? If those who want to help me are trying to make me fall Papa cry and mama bawl Opportunities so small And di stress is in excess, di pressure's growing tall

Rules and regulations di order of di day Take away our freedom, this is captivity Kill wi wid taxation, living on the edge This is abomination, what about creation? Abusing Mama Earth in the name of vanity Dig it up, you free it up, what a calamity In case you never know, craven haffi choke poppy And Mama Nature have di rawta, fire, water, earth and wind Personally I blaze up di fire red

Cyaa sit down and gaze as Babylon destroy di ends Personally I blaze up di fire high Babylon dem waan fi stick I up, tell dem, "don't even try"

This is a stick up Babylon waan mi fi trip up, up on my knees It's a stick up Di system waan mi fi kiss up, and beg dem please This is a stick up Babylon waan mi fi give up, but I proceed Woah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah Woah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah

We were born to be free but we're living in a world Full of control and greed, I beg you people stand firm

Love is what we need, justice not guaranteed Protect di youths from all di brutes preying on boys and girls Born to be free but we're living in a world Full of false promises, one day di tables haffi turn Remember who you be, children of di Almighty Rise and take a stand, dutty Babylon dem haffi flee We're taking back di land for it belong to my mummy The tricks and scams, tests and exams brainwash di masses To be fast is unfair, so 'til we walk wid guns and lasses I say di tables haffi turn, when you gonna learn, Babylon?

Stick wi dem, stick wi up Babylon dem haffi pay Stick wi dem, stick wi up We a Jah Jah pickney

This is a stick up Babylon waan mi fi trip up, up on my knees It's a stick up Di system waan mi fi kiss up, and beg dem please This is a stick up Babylon waan mi fi give up, but I proceed Woah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah Woah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah

Education is di key But di youths nuh have nuh fee fi pay fi dem CXC Stick up! And profile di Rastaman as a, a criminal fi plant up him ganja farm

Stick up! And dem waan immunize every new born Child and inject di youths wid poison Stick up! And when election time come, dem dish Out dem heap a gunshot a beat like drum Run!

This is a stick up Babylon waan mi fi trip up, up on my knees It's a stick up Di system waan mi fi kiss up, and beg dem please This is a stick up Babylon waan mi fi give up, but I proceed Woah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah Woah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah

Up di fire red Cyaa sit down and gaze as Babylon destroy di ends Personally I blaze up di fire high Babylon dem waan fi stick I up, tell dem, "don't even try"