Play Fool (To Catch Wise) - Alborosie

Play fool to catch wise

Ghetto youth elemental surprise

Play fool to catch wise

Ever shine, ever bright, ever rise!

Ca' when the system pressure youth what a thing?!

Jobless, empty pocket and no formal settlement

And so the youth take up badness, start hustling

Him fire the black iron and no Zion can save him from judgement

Time to follow righteousness, get a meditation

Some youth just left behind, last seen smelt some medication

Good over evil is the final confrontation

Look forward for a global emancipation, yo!

Play fool to catch wise

Ghetto youth elemental surprise

Play fool to catch wise

Ever shine, ever bright, ever rise!

And when one door is closed many more are open

Bob Marley said it, yes, and we never ever doubt it

The situation tough, bad, make we face it

Opportunities, roast dinner, and few can really make it

No job and no justice, and youth a move drastic

'Nuff a them end up in a plyboard casket

Running from police, that a them gymnastic

That’s why Jamaican youths