Nothing To Smile About

(album: Mission In Progress - 2008)

Nuff people come to Jamaica
And nuh know how we live think seh
Everything nice through we full of vibes and think
Hey, hey, dem say want feeling to dem heart
When dem get fi overstand di real thing, yeah

Mi deh ya a town one day
A par with a white man weh come all the way from Norway
And him turn to mi and say
How comes Jamaica full of so much screwface
Same time mi lift mi head to the sky
And a tear drop fall from mi eye
Mi say my youth come we go out for a drive
Mek mi show you why mi cry

Look 'pon di gully side
Do you see anything fi smile 'bout?
Look at that hungry child
Do you see anything fi smile 'bout?
Look at the school weh deh youth dem go fi get dem education
Do you see anything fi smile 'bout?
Look at the conditions of our police stations
Do you see anything fi smile 'bout, no

Same time the bredda say
How can a nation believe in this way
And the next thing him say
How can the government play so many games
Same time mi heart fall to the ground
'Cause dis much war where that comes from
Certain place they are worse dan slum
Youth-man come

And take a look 'pon Riverton
Do you see anything fi smile 'bout?
Look 'pon Payneland, yeah
Do you see anything fi smile 'bout?
Flankers, Mobay and Saffras Heights in Nos Spain
Do you see anything fi smile 'bout?
Hope Flats, Kentiyah, Mottom Bay are all the same
Do you see anything fi smile 'bout?

No, no
No, no, no, no, no
Oh no-no, oh no-no

Nuff people come to Jamaica
And nuh know how we live think seh
Everything nice through we full of vibes and think
Hey, hey, dem say want feeling to dem heart
When dem get fi overstand di real thing

When dem look 'pon di gully side
Dem nuh see nothing deh fi smile 'bout
Look at that hungry child, yeah
Dem nuh see nothing deh fi smile 'bout
Look at the school weh deh youth dem go fi get dem education
Dem nuh see nothing deh fi smile 'bout
When dem sight of the conditions of our police stations
Dem nuh see nothing deh fi smile 'bout
The story seh

Mi deh ya a town one day
A par with a white man weh come all the way from Norway
And him turn to mi and say
How comes Jamaica full of so much screwface
Same time mi lift mi head to the sky
And a tear drop fall from mi eye
Mi say my youth come we go out for a drive
Mek mi show you why mi cry

Take a look 'pon Riverton
Do you see anything fi smile 'bout?
Look 'pon Payneland
Do you see anything fi smile 'bout?
Canterbury Mobay, March Pen Road ova Spain
Do you see anything fi smile 'bout?
Nuff likkle place deh ya inna Jamdown today
Weh nuttin nuh did deh fi smile 'bout?

No, no
No, no, no, no, no...