Homeless

(album: Praise Ye Jah - 1997)

Mi nuh have nutten a hide
Who I, I just come fi liberate the captivity
Heal the broken hearted and
Look from when I parents dem did all a show I certain tings
I use to laugh still
But yuh done know man affi come and live him live
I stand up a watch dem
All di parents a mek all dem yute a grow inna Babylon

Come see yah now then
Come look yah now fren
Rise cho

The ghetto yutes dem homeless who is to be blame
Question mark is their surname
Homeless who bears their pain
From the mess I see them picking up dem grains

The ghetto yutes dem homeless who is to be blame
Question mark is their surname
Homeless who bears their pain
From the mess I see them picking up dem grains

Blessed of those who pray
Give thanks
Many come and say
Still they read blank
Because of negligence
Yuh lowering their rank
I refute your statement
Where is tha balance
House of false of ment
I mean yuh haven't done a dyamn
Wi economical wealth a it onuh nyam
Lef wi inna nutten but devastation
And now you gonna call--a call anodda election
When dem

The ghetto yutes dem homeless who is to be blame
Question mark is their surname
Homeless who bears their pain
From the mess I see them picking up dem grains

Homeless who is to be blame
Question mark is their surname
Homeless who bears their pain
From the mess I see

What is it yuh can tell mi when this table still lean
Yuh keep rocking the boat yo yuh know weh mi mean
What's your reaction when dem flip up pon yuh screen
Sen yuh police and yuh solja kill a community clean

Hey deh
Yuh system to our pocket is a razor
So yuh money will trickle to-to yuh later
Yuh don't help any now a you design di suffer
Now yuh sell us out fi please yuh ego coo-yah

Mi call upon di yute dem fi stay strong
Dem nuh have nuh title fi di earth only fi di land
Selassie a di root neva take it wrong
Glorify yuh lineage stand up blackman

The ghetto yutes dem homeless who is to be blame
Question mark is their surname
Homeless who bears their pain
From the mess I see them picking up dem grains

Homeless who is to be blame
Question mark is their surname
Homeless who bears their pain
From the mess oh yes oh yes

A want to reach on home and a tell yuh really soon
AFRICA be still cause I come whetha night or noon
Ma roof hold di sun stars and moon
Oh yeah yeah what is it yuh got to groom

The ghetto yutes dem homeless who is to be blame
Question mark is their surname
Homeless who bears their pain
From the mess I see them picking up dem grains

Homeless who is to be blame
Question mark is their surname
Homeless who bears their pain
From the mess no stress

Bless those who know Selassie
Give thanks
Many come and say
Still they read blank
Because of negligence
Yuh lower the ghetto yutes dem rank
Refute yuh statement
Give us tha balance
House of harlot-ment
Mi seh yuh haven't done a dyamn
Di economical wealth a it onuh nyam
Lef wi inna nutten but devastation
And now you wanna call anodda election

When them homeless who is to be blame
Question mark is their surname
Homeless who bears their pain
From the mess I see them picking up dem grains

Homeless who is to be blame
Question mark