Face To Face With Life

[INTRO:]

Youths! reality check, face to face with life

When last si mi give thanks fi protection life(totally

Gotta make a sacrifice) chadonese join up! health strength

Food(reality yeeah)check yourself mirror, yeah! demarco

(believe mi) Busy prayer get to you twice thrice yeeeah

Ghetto prayer! reality check(prayer[x2])believe mi nuh

Demarco peace

[CHORUS:]

Protect me oh father when the devil tempt me yeah I

Try to work harder to keep myself from drowning keep

My head above water, cause life ain't easy as it's

Getting shorter tell you the truth growing up as a

Youth mama always told me make money get that loot(youths)

Speak up fi your rights and never you be a mute

Never you be a mute, never you be a mute(tough)

[VERSE 1:]

Wid mi third eye we trying to spot dem, these are the days

Fi find di times di means di ways di hope stick aside shock dem

Mi could a be one of di youths wid di shot dem ah run

Through di scheme, bruk all di shop dem mi could ah

Loot or shoot but mi choose music over mac .10 big up top 10

Cah ghetto youths caan rise and be one ah di richest inna

Di top 10 youths! be what you wanna, some ah dj some ah

Play ball nuff ah dem start from a star(ambition)suh dem

Ah aim fi own dem owna mall, when di youths dem rise and make

It badmind will try to take it I see dem ah fake it jah protect

Us sire

[CHORUS:]

Protect me oh father when the devil tempt me yeah I

Try to work harder to keep myself from drowning keep

My head above water, cause life ain't easy as it's

Getting shorter tell you the truth growing up as a

Youth mama always told me make money get that loot

Speak up fi your rights and never you be a mute

Never you be a mute, never you be a mute

[VERSE 2:]

We ah guh work fi weh wi want, wi nah depend pon people

Wi nah catch on to dem like weeble, almighty ah wi shield

Protect wi from evil, nuh mek dem tell you seh you caan yeah

Drive expensive vehicle, we di bwoy dem ah drag in vehicle

None ah dem caan stop di youths dem from soaring like eagle

Because dem want you fi fight, station youth don't get feeble

Nuh badda turn to di coke or da needle, bout dem force you

Fi do certain things you nuh need to, so jah protect us

Over all all all all di days of our life fi all di tears di

Ghetto youth dem bawl yeah! Jah

[CHORUS:]

Protect me oh father when the devil tempt me yeah I

Try to work harder to keep myself from drowning keep

My head above water, cause life ain't easy as it's

Getting shorter tell you the truth growing up as a

Youth mama always told me make money get that loot(youths)

Speak up fi your rights and never you be a mute

Never you be a mute, never you be a mute believe mi