Just a Number

Uh, uh (Yeah mon), uh We now see the world (Kareem) Through brand new eyes (It's real nephew) Wooooaaaaay yeah (Cool To Be Conscious) U hear dat Money inna you pocket and you have a hot car (Hot car) U friends call you hot star (Hot star) U think you reach yeah Look at the bigger picture Them have we as just ah number And seh we name ain't worth a thing And if we want fame then we haffi sing Play ball, run track and all sort of things While dem collect the ring Them have we as just ah number And seh we name ain't worth a thing (Uh) Position of power it control everything If we nuh up deh Then we nuh reach no weh, then we nuh reach no weh Sign ah lifetime contract, You still have a boss (Still have a boss) And if you violate you contract You will lose it all (Will loose it all) Yeah don't be blinded by the few That they let through to brandish millions, even billions It's all a part of their plan to have us chasing dreams of fiction Them have we as just ah number And seh we name ain't worth a thing And if we want fame then we haffi sing Play ball, run track and all sort of things While dem collect the ring Them have we as just ah number And seh we name ain't worth a thing Position of power it control everything If we nuh up deh Then we nuh reach no weh, then we nuh reach no weh yeah With diamonds and gold Many they control Now don't you be blind Know that it's all for a time They want you think to support your brother it is a failure They rather you give your money to stranger Now are you picking up, picking up, picking up, picking up Now be wise Them have we as just ah number And seh we name ain't worth a thing And if we want fame then we haffi sing Play ball, run track and all sort of things While dem collect the ring Them have we as just ah number And seh we name ain't worth a thing (Uh) Position of power it control everything (Uh) If we nuh up deh Then we nuh reach no weh, then we nuh reach no weh yeah Simpler times called for simpler things Breaking it down simpler goals calls for simpler strings To be pulled connect the dots and build ya kingdom my king Cherish the days we live long enough to see our dreams Top of the heap, careful not to get to deep Code of the streets will lay you out and put you 6 foot deep (Uh) Hustle day and night just to survive And if you make a mistake become a number for life Them have we as just ah number And seh we name ain't worth a thing (Thing) And if we want fame then we haffi sing (Sing) Play ball, run track and all sort of things While dem collect the ring Them have we as just ah number And seh we name ain't worth a thing (Uh) Position of power it control everything (Fi real) If we nuh up deh Then we nuh reach no weh (Nuh reach) Then we nuh reach no weh yeah (Nowhere)