Gunsmoke

Yo see what these man dealin' wid?

One man pull his iron

So the other man retaliate

While the youths dem in the streets a' playing

Someone's life gets destructed

Innocent victim is what the newsman will say

But I beg to differentiate, you see

The gunman was once a youth

And the community let his life go to waste

So simmer down youthman, life can be so great

Simmer down youthman, hold on

One man burst a shot, so the next man,

So the next man pull he Glock,

And the next man fire shot gunshot,

Lord, Mac-10, Gatt, nah…

Now these clown are got, GRENADES!!!

And all dem smoke, all dem toke, gunsmoke

All dem smoke, all dem toke, gunsmoke

Gangsta is what dem want to be

Might as well wear white sheets

Blood shed on our little islands

Armageddeon clouds of dismay

But the gangsta, wouldn't last a day in Vietnam

Where were they when Grenada got invade

Dem don't try to improve the schools for the youth dem

Nah, look what they did, burstin' down man chest

Gash inna de head, Lord destroying what God create

But say, look what smoke dem man a toke, gunsmoke, gunsmoke

Walking 'round strap with their holster 'bout, gunsmoke, gunsmoke

Gangsta is what dem want to be, might as well wear white sheets

Soldiers, I man got to sing, one step forward, 3 steps backwards

Lord, war inna Gabylon

One step forward, but the man dem backward, Lord

War inna Gabylon, war inna Gabylon, Gabylon ways

Man adopt, Gabylon ways, burstin' shot, in Gabylon ways

Blood stains on our little islands

Too many mommys crying over graves

But the gangsta, wouldn't last a day in Vietnam

Where were they when Grenada got invade

Dem don't try to improve the schools for the youth dem

Don't fight the bigotry of the Ku Klux Klan

Don't fight the economic genocide, Lord

That is rampant in our land

But say, look what smoke dem man a toke, gunsmoke, gunsmoke

Walking 'round strap with their holster 'bout, gunsmoke, gunsmoke

Gangsta is what dem want to be, might as well wear white sheets

Like the Klan, all you doing is shooting people down

Like the Klan, like the Klan all you do is shooting our heroes down

Like the Klan, like the Klan, catch dem alone and dem man a 'cow'

Satan's capitan's, Satan's capitan's, Satan's capitan

Man adopt burstin' shot in Babylon ways

Look what smoke dem a toke, gunsmoke, gunsmoke

Walking 'round strap with their holster 'bout, gunsmoke, gunsmoke

Gangsta is what dem want to be, might as well wear

White sheets!