The Struggle is Real

Struggle is real Ooh Ye Ye ye Yeaaaaaa Me say the struggle is real Me tell yuh say the struggle is real ye Man affi hold it out pon battlefield ye Tears can't express how me feel ye Yow Iba Tears come to me eyes when me a chat But a hungry days mek ghetto youths just affi chap Overqualified and me can't even find a job So tell me how the f*ck me a go put on fimmi pot Mama owe rent landlord beg her a f*ck round a the back Then unu a wonder how Jamaica get so hot A the only place weh food more expensive than shot Tell me when last yuh go a shop go order chicken back No family nor no friends dem never yet sorry fi me If me drop out tomorrow the whole a dem cry fi me Big funeral, family fly down fi me Them would a try with the world before them try with me Miss pearl say before she gi me she rather poison me The worm them inna me belly more time talk to me A nuh little bit a enemy rise up against me Watch how me a go shine like the sun mek dem see Cause The struggle is real ye Tell yuh say the struggle is real ye Man affi hold it out pon battlefield Tears can't express how me feel ye Boom Whole heap a test man face pon life playground Wake up inna the morning pray fi mek it til the day done Nuff youth affi run fi dem life and a no stadium Gyal a look a food a big man a tell her lay down Corruption, inna the system, through the wharf dem, a bare gun Man go inna the church go kill the lady before the prayer done Tell them say the struggle is real if a no cashpot a J nephew and him wray rum Them say hungry calf suck the most milk A lie them a tell Good youths will never get kill A lie them a tell JPS a reduce we bill A lie them a tell MP say prescription affi fill A lie them a tell You nuh see a pure prison a build, Ghetto youth Better yuh gwan go learn a skill Nuh fraid fi touch inna the street and do some hustling Stop siddung pon corner wait pon handout thing Cause the struggle is real Struggle is real ye Struggle is real Man affi hold it out pon battlefield ye oooh yow Me say the struggle is real Me tell yuh say the struggle is real ye Man affi hold it out pon battlefield ye Tears can't express how me feel ye Struggle is reaaaal ye Ohhhh Tears come to me eyes when me a chat But a hungry days mek ghetto youth just affi chop Overqualified and me can't even find a job So tell me how the f*ck me a go put on fimmi pot Mama owe rent landlord beg her a f*ck round a the back Then unu a wonder how Jamaica get so hot A the only place weh food more expensive than shot Tell me when last yuh go a shop go order chicken back No family nor no friends dem never yet sorry fi me If me drop out tomorrow the whole a dem cry fi me Big funeral, family fly down fi me Them would a try with the world before them try with me Miss pearl say before she gi me she rather poison me The worm them inna me belly more time talk to me A nuh little bit a enemy rise up against me Watch how me a go shine like the sun mek dem see Cause the struggle is real Tell yuh say the struggle is real ye Man affi hold it out pon battlefield ye Tears can't express how me feel ye