How Long

(album: I Rise - 2014)

How long will the people suffer, how long?
How long will the people struggle, how long?
How long will the people have to fight, how long?
While the leaders carry on

Promises don't feed hungry belly
Set your traps, you kill ghetto pickney
Then you lie, then you steal, from the poor you mistreat
But soon will come, your day

How long will the children have to cry, how long?
Will they be forgiven, what did they do wrong?
How long will they have to fight, destroying their lives?
While the leaders carry on

Promises don't feed hungry belly
Set your traps, you kill ghetto pickney
Then you lie, then you steal, from the poor you mistreat
But soon will come, your day
Oooo…eh eh eh ehhh

Your children children children
How long? How long?
Oooo…Ooooo How looo-ooong…Eh
You will surely get a beating, for all your wrongs
Hey you, tell me how long
How long? How long? Eh
Can't you hear…Oh
Mi wouldda like fi know how long it ago tek
Fi Babylong tek a simple check
Inna dis reality
Tell me how long
Woahhh, how long? Tell me how long
People unda pressure
Tell me how long, mi she tell mi how long
How long? Oooo, how long
People dem, people under pressure
Mmmmmm…yea yea yea yea…yea
Yea…Mi woulda like fi know how long it ago tek
Fi Babylon mek a simple check
Mek a simple check