Through the Ghetto - Merchant

Intro:

Quenga

Hey you leaders,

Why your die hearted supporters living in tenaments

You ever check out them place?

You ever look ina dem hungry face?

A Merchant!

Chorus:

A through the ghetto me walk an see the hardship of the people, dem dung deh a suffer,

A through the ghetto me walk, weh society have mad man a live ina the gutter,

A through the ghetto me walk, weh man kill off each other fi eat bread and

butter,

A through the ghetto me walk, to the government people a protest say things a get rougher.

Pre chorus:

Who feels it knows, me cyaa get nuh work from none a di politicians,

Who feels it knows, dem a kill off the youths dem wid dem guns and ammunitions,

Who feels it knows, the government nuh care bout the people’s requisitions,

Who feels it knows, everyday a jus blackness show pon the television,

Verse 1:

Man from tivoli and payneland, august town, papine and juezland,

Poor people want compensation, waterhouse, seaview and riverton,

100 A grantspen, waltham youths a face descrimination,

Grant them a new elevation, babylon a slave us from birth and creation,

Ghetto people have the rights to survival, we need security for the new

generation,

Out of many people we are one nation, we need repartuation, whoa now.

Chorus:

A through the ghetto me walk an see the hardship of the people, dem dung deh a suffer,

A through the ghetto me walk, weh society have mad man a live ina the gutter,

A through the ghetto me walk, weh man kill off each other fi eat bread and

butter,

All you hear them a talk, them nah do nothing people a protest say things a get

rougher,

Verse 2:

Take heed babylon, hear the population cry, when it a go stop, when it a go

stop,

Revolution a hang over you headtop and lightning a go clap, thunder a go drop,

Nuff youths ina the ghetto nave no furniture not even one asac, not even one

asac,

The youths them nah get no justice down here, a soso gunshot a pure gunshot.

Chorus:

A through the ghetto me walk an see the hardship of the people, dem dung deh a suffer,

A through the ghetto me walk, weh society have mad man a live ina the gutter,

A through the ghetto me walk, weh man kill off each other fi eat bread and

butter,

A through the ghetto me walk to the government people a protest say things a get rougher.

Bridge:

I see the poor a suffer through the ages, whole heep a hungry belly,

twisted faces

The ghetto have the most murder cases, there is no hope for the babies,

A nuff lose them life, through the hardship and the challenges and strive,

Look how hard the poor a try to survive, hear they cry, who have it nah

sympathize, whoa now

Verse 1:

Man from tivoli and payneland, august town, papine and juezland

Poor people want compensation, waterhouse, seaview and riverton

100 A grantspen, waltham, youths a face descrimination, grant them a new

elevation,

Forward a forward step foundation,

Ghetto people have the rights to survival, we need security for the new

generation,

Out of many people we are one nation, we need repartuation,

Chorus:

A through the ghetto me walk an see the hardship of the people, dem dung deh a suffer

A through the ghetto me walk, weh society have mad man a live ina the gutter

A through the ghetto me walk, weh man kill off each other fi eat bread and

butter

All you hear them a talk, them nah do nothing people a protest say things a get

rougher

Chorus:

A through the ghetto me walk an see the hardship of the people dem dung deh a suffer

A through the ghetto me walk, weh society have mad man a live ina the gutter

A through the ghetto me walk, weh man kill off each other fi eat bread and

butter

A through the ghetto me walk, to the government people a protest say things a get rougher

Whoa whoa whoa, who feels it know, oh laawd, who feels it knows,

who feels it knows.