[INTRO:]
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Youths! reality check, face to face with life
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When last si mi give thanks fi protection life(totally
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Gotta make a sacrifice) chadonese join up! health strength
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Food(reality yeeah)check yourself mirror, yeah! demarco
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(believe mi) Busy prayer get to you twice thrice yeeeah
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Ghetto prayer! reality check(prayer[x2])believe mi nuh
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Demarco peace
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[CHORUS:]
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Protect me oh father when the devil tempt me yeah I
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Try to work harder to keep myself from drowning keep
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My head above water, cause life ain't easy as it's
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Getting shorter tell you the truth growing up as a
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Youth mama always told me make money get that loot(youths)
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Speak up fi your rights and never you be a mute
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Never you be a mute, never you be a mute(tough)
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[VERSE 1:]
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Wid mi third eye we trying to spot dem, these are the days
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Fi find di times di means di ways di hope stick aside shock dem
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Mi could a be one of di youths wid di shot dem ah run
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Through di scheme, bruk all di shop dem mi could ah
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Loot or shoot but mi choose music over mac .10 big up top 10
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Cah ghetto youths caan rise and be one ah di richest inna
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Di top 10 youths! be what you wanna, some ah dj some ah
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Play ball nuff ah dem start from a star(ambition)suh dem
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Ah aim fi own dem owna mall, when di youths dem rise and make
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It badmind will try to take it I see dem ah fake it jah protect
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Us sire
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[CHORUS:]
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Protect me oh father when the devil tempt me yeah I
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Try to work harder to keep myself from drowning keep
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My head above water, cause life ain't easy as it's
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Getting shorter tell you the truth growing up as a
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Youth mama always told me make money get that loot
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Speak up fi your rights and never you be a mute
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Never you be a mute, never you be a mute
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[VERSE 2:]
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We ah guh work fi weh wi want, wi nah depend pon people
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Wi nah catch on to dem like weeble, almighty ah wi shield
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Protect wi from evil, nuh mek dem tell you seh you caan yeah
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Drive expensive vehicle, we di bwoy dem ah drag in vehicle
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None ah dem caan stop di youths dem from soaring like eagle
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Because dem want you fi fight, station youth don't get feeble
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Nuh badda turn to di coke or da needle, bout dem force you
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Fi do certain things you nuh need to, so jah protect us
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Over all all all all di days of our life fi all di tears di
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Ghetto youth dem bawl yeah! Jah
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[CHORUS:]
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Protect me oh father when the devil tempt me yeah I
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Try to work harder to keep myself from drowning keep
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My head above water, cause life ain't easy as it's
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Getting shorter tell you the truth growing up as a
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Youth mama always told me make money get that loot(youths)
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Speak up fi your rights and never you be a mute
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Never you be a mute, never you be a mute believe mi
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Face To Face With Life
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| Demarco |
