In the streets, it's getting hot       [Chorus]

And the youths dem a-get so cold           (x2)

Searching for food for the pot (and/well)

They'll do anything to fill that gap, (wohoh/…)

As generation comes and (grows)         [Verse]

You gotta make preparation while the youths dem

    grow - It's what (you reap/you sow) (x2)

The youths them have a life in the future so,

    when that's then, you know

If education is the key, then tell me why

The bigger heads a-make it so expensive for we

(Give them the key, oh         ╔══════════════╗

 Set them free, eee x1) [Chorus] Richie Spice ║

                               ╚══════════════╝

Oh nananaya - Eh eee eee - (Oh/…) manana (x2~1)

You gotta find a better way  - Cos when me

    look ina Babylon, me see a bearful play

And so the Gideon stay, yeah - … - All nations

    come together, know that King Selassie-I

Is the truth and the light and the way

He's the people, lead them  ╔════════════════╗

    in the right way - Eeh  ║ Youth Dem Cold ║

                            ╚══════════════ Cos

(You got to show the people there's    [Chorus]

     still a brighter way/

 I know for sure the sun will come out today/

 Vanity's an elusion, will have to fade away/

 And all the wicked deeds that done,

     I know you got to pay) - Yeah x4)  [Intro]

                                           (x2)

Cos [Chorus] [Verse] (goes) (x2)  G#m B D#m D#m