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Artist: Cham
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Ghetto Pledge
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Ghetto Pledge
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In the poor people's corner coming out of the heart of the ghetto
Weighing in at 165 1/2 pounds are you ready to rumble
I'm ready, are you ready fe de new millenium
Are you ready to fight the struggle of the armagedeon
Right now lets get this over with
I want mi ghetto people dem fe stand strong an hol' yuh ground
Don't let the fassy dem get you down, listen to baby cham song
Mi haffi rate every youth whe hol di fate
Cah wi haffi mek Jamaica feel proud
Wha Cham seh
Bun a fire 'pon a fool an 'pon a bait
Whe a walk inna batty man crowd
Wha Cham seh
Mi haffi rate every youth whe hol di fate
Cah wi haffi mek Jamaica feel proud
Wha Cham seh
Bun a fire 'pon a fool an 'pon a bait
Whe a walk inna batty man crowd
Di bigga heads a itch, di rich a get richer
Nuttin nah gwaan mi well waan a shower
A full time we show dem a who have de power
Tell PJ fi gi wi dis fi run fi a hour
Cah di people get piss an when dem get pisser
Police a get diss de shotta dem nuh misser
Di youth dem fi criss cah tings coulda crisser
Dat's why hol heap em de go tun booga fella so tell dem
Mi haffi rate every youth whe hol di fate
Cah wi haffi mek Jamaica feel proud
Wha Cham seh
Bun a fire 'pon a fool an 'pon a bait
Whe a walk inna batty man crowd
Wha Cham seh
Mi haffi rate every youth whe hol di fate
Cah wi haffi mek Jamaica feel proud
Wha Cham seh
Bun a fire 'pon a fool an 'pon a bait
Whe a walk inna batty man crowd
Cah when mi look 'pon what a gwaan di fassy dem nuh rate wi
Cah di people dem so calm the shotta dem get hungry
An a long time man a warn mi
Sorry fi di kids dem an di baby whe a born
Fi come grow up inna society whe full a scorn
A dem collect wi tax an wi nuh see whe de money gon
Mi hear de year de leader dem a organize a swarm
Fe go up a Jamaica house go blow hol leap a corn
Dem nah do nutting fe we an a bun we ganga farm
A hustle man a hustle a we nah commit nuh harm
A trick dem wan fe trick we like dem tink sey man a tom
A long time it a gwaan a long time we fe raise up like storm
So tell dem
Mi haffi rate every youth whe hol di fate
Cah wi haffi mek Jamaica feel proud
Wha Cham seh
Bun a fire 'pon a fool an 'pon a bait
Whe a walk inna batty man crowd
Wha Cham seh
Mi haffi rate every youth whe hol di fate
Cah wi haffi mek Jamaica feel proud
Wha Cham seh
Bun a fire 'pon a fool an 'pon a bait
Whe a walk inna batty man crowd
Di bigga heads a itch, di rich a get richer
Nuttin nah gwaan mi well waan a shower
A full time we show dem a who have de power
Tell PJ fi gi wi dis fi run fi a hour
Cah di people get piss an when dem get pisser
Police a get diss de shotta dem nuh misser
Di youth dem fi criss cah tings coulda crisser
dat's why hol heap em de go tun booga fella so tell dem
Mi haffi rate every youth whe hol di fate
Cah wi haffi mek Jamaica feel proud
Wha Cham seh
Bun a fire 'pon a fool an 'pon a bait
Whe a walk inna batty man crowd
Wha Cham seh
Mi haffi rate every youth whe hol di fate
Cah wi haffi mek Jamaica feel proud
Wha Cham seh
Bun a fire 'pon a fool an 'pon a bait
Whe a walk inna batty man crowd
Cah when mi look 'pon what a gwaan di fassy dem nuh rate wi
Cah di people dem so calm the shotta dem get hungry
An a long time man a warn mi
Sorry fi di kids dem an di baby whe a born
Fi come grow up inna society whe full a scorn
A dem collect wi tax an wi nuh see whe de money gon
Mi hear de year de leader dem a organize a swarm
Fe go up a Jamaica house go blow hol leap a corn
Dem nah do nutting fe we an a bun we ganga farm
A hustle man a hustle a we nah commit nuh harm
A trick dem wan fe trick we like dem tink sey man a tom
A long time it a gwaan a long time we fe raise up like storm
So tell dem
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