World Gone Mad

How some bwoy a talk suh like a dem one get di power?

When pu-pum dem a devour

Eat di girl like dem a flour

Sex di girl dem by di hour

Mek dem bawl fi all dem madda

Cool mek mi line up mi girl dem get dem togetha

How some guy a dis mi when mi talk mi nah guh rhyme?

My toe mi jam mi drop a sign

A me di gal dem wan fi wine

Because di DJ nah rewind

Because dem cyaan come touch mi style

Because di DJ nah guh talk like nuh Calvin Klein

How dem a try fi dis mi when dem know wi find new gear?

Because a we one rule di year

Di gyal dem play up inna wi hair

Di gyal dem treat wi with care

Because di clothes a weh wi wear

Because dem know seh wicked man a rasta man wi nah guh fear

But

Has di world gone mad?

Summady tell mi nuh

Has di world gone mad?

Guh ask di President

Has di world gone mad?

Summady tell mi nuh

Has di world gone, is di world gone

Has di world gone mad?

Please tell mi nuh

Has di world gone mad?

Mi really wan fi know

Has di world gone mad?

Wah, wah?

Has di world gone, is di world gone

Rastaman nuh mix up inna babylon business

Because dem know wi work suh hard

Because a nuff song wi go sing

Because di way wi choose wi life

And all di way how wi guh live

Dem nuh like wi 'cause wi tink positive

Anyhow, hey

Nuff a dem keep up every day dem inna di killing

And a one bag a looting and join up inna bag a shooting

Then policeman haffi ketch him

When dem ketch him dem guh shot him

Yuh hear him mumma deh bawl, "What a innocent ting!"

Hey

Everyday yuh get up inna di cold yuh hol' yuh ting and sell it

Whole heap a money weh yuh mek it tread real careful or yuh spread it

Well yuh haffi spend it wisely and nuh mek police man touch it

Else you a guh get deport and yute yuh wan guh live it and

Has di world gone mad?

Summady tell mi nuh

Has di world gone mad?

Mi really wan fi know

Has di world gone mad?

Guh ask di President

Has di world gone, has di world gone

Wah, daey

Has di world gone mad?

Summady tell mi nuh

Has di world gone mad?

Wan really haffi know

Has di world gone mad?

Guh ask di President

Has di world gone, is di world gone

Wah

Well di prisoners dung a GP

Well a fi dem past wi grief

Because di footballers and musician

A we a run di peace

How some likkle rasta bwoy nuh know John who live out a east?

A nuff a dem a wolf unda clothes a nyam meat, yeah

Cuh him a try fi dis mi when him know wi got di heat

And when a we one got di passion, di passion wi got di beat

And di music it a play and how di music sound suh sweet

Unu cool mek mi rock to di bad reggae beat

How dem a try fi dis mi when a we one set di history

And a wi wan write di story and a wi wan get di glory

Yo wi haffi be Bob Marley set di pace dat we can tek it

Well easy all a di artist dem inna di country and sing

Has di world gone mad?

Summady tell mi nuh

Has di world gone mad?

Dey say dem kill di God

Has di world gone mad?

Guh ask di President

Has di world gone, has di world gone

Wah, daey

Has di world gone mad?

Summady tell mi nuh

Has di world gone mad?

Come in and let fi know

Has di world gone mad?

Cha, cool

Has di world gone, is di world gone

Yeah, uh-huh

Has di world gone mad?

Uh

Has di world gone mad?

Mi never know

Has di world gone mad? Has di world gone

Summady tell mi nuh

Has di world gone mad as shit, mad as shit

Has di world gone, yeah

(Beenie Man)

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