They Don't Like It

(album: American Sun - 2019)

Dem nah like it when me talk dem way
Dem nah like it when mi move dem way
(Cause dem nah rate me)
Dem rather see me locked down in a cage
Dem rather see me take me life away
Cause dem hate me

Yes I need this now
When me talk bout me freedom
The mandem get loud
Bang bang you hear me knocking on the door
10 toes to the floor waving the mic like a 44
Born ready to die, born ready for war
Bout to shift into beast mode
Hear the lion talk
Yes, I am appalled I'm disgusted by the thieves
I'm disgusted by their flaws

Lift every voice and sing
We cannot live this way

Dem nah like it when me talk dem way
Dem nah like it when me move dem way
Cause dem nah rate me
Dem rather see me locked down in a cage
Dem rather see me take me life away
Cause dem hate me

They don't like it when I talk like that
All they wanna do is pull me back
They don't like it when I make that noise
They don't like it, they don't like it
When I use my voice

And they don't like it when I grab the mic again
Fire boom through your system because the truth offends
See I could give it to ya but what you gon do with it
Keeper of the flame I pass the torch and watch the youth spit it
Yeah, the kings courts corrupted the people can't trust it with no one to confront it
And politricks stay busted, cause everyone wants peace but not equal rights and justice

Lift every voice and sing
We cannot live this way

Dem nah like it when me talk dem way
Dem nah like it when mi move dem way
(Cause dem nah rate me)
Dem rather see me locked down in a cage
Dem rather see me take me life away
Cause dem hate me

They don't like it when I talk like that
All they wanna do is pull me back
They don't like it when I make that noise
They don't like it, they don't like it
When I use my voice

Dem fuss when gunshot buss but dem nah do nuttin fi stop the violence
They counteract violence with violence
And they do nothing but teach us violence
Dem say trust but who we ah go trust
Nuff of the politician deh out of touch
They counteract violence with violence
And they do nothing but teach us violence

Dem nah like it when me talk dem way
Dem nah like it when mi move dem way
(Cause dem nah rate me)
Dem rather see me locked down in a cage
Dem rather see me take me life away
Cause dem hate me

Dem nah like it when me talk dem way
Dem nah like it when mi move dem way
(Cause dem nah rate me)
Dem rather see me locked down in a cage
Dem rather see me take me life away
Cause dem hate me

They don't like it when I talk like that
All they wanna do is pull me back
They don't like it when I make that noise
They don't like it, they don't like it
When I use my voice

See they don't like it when me, they don't like it when me
Use my voice
They never like it when me, they never like it when me
Use my voice