Whoa, na, na, yeah, yeah, ya zagga, nagga, now, now
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Oh lord, well, I gotta friend called Tony
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Who been build a one (?) from mi was a baby
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His nickname afta dat is money
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Let mi give dem di whole story, yeah, ya, ya
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As a juvenile in di ghetto were growin' up
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Their big guns wanted boy have showin' us
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And they keep tell him everyday that gun is no toy
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Till policeman back him up
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Shoot out his way, escape, he's fabulous
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Jamaican most wanted, he's dangerous
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People dem a say this is one cantankerous boy
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Hey, but now di back against di wall
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(Back against di wall)
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Likkle yuh know yuh would a fall
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(Know yuh would a fall)
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Seh dat yuh badda than all
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But yuh shouldn't lick di bank down at di mall
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(Bank down at di mall)
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Now yuh modda pon har belly and a bawl
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(Pon har belly and a bawl)
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When man mek dat phone call
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(Oh, now, now, now, now)
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Juan, he was a victim of circumstances
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Di system weh dem have yah it create this crisis
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Yuh see a ghetto yute wit a gun na, call him no boy
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His gunshot to rahtid
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Lock off jobs in all di communities
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As a ghetto yute yuh have a few opportunities
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Lack of education wid all we abilities stall, hey, ya
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But when yuh back against di wall
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(Back against di wall)
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Likkle yuh know yuh would a fall
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(Know yuh would a fall)
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Seh dat yuh badda than all
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Mon yuh shouldn't lick di bank down at di mall
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(Bank down at di mall)
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Now yuh modda pon har belly and a bawl
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(Pon har belly and a bawl)
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When man mek dat phone call
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(Oh, now, now, now, now)
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It's like workin' at a hospital, yuh can't afford fi see innah
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Workin' at a restaurant, yuh can't afford a food innah
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Workin' at a butty poor, yuh can't afford a shoes innah
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Feel se dat me right mi fren? No rasta
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Well, policeman find a gun weh forty man, gone a prison fah?
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Know seh Santa Claus neva visit dis, yah rasta, yah
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Neva visit di yute dem in di ghetto weh ya suffa
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Oh, now, now, now, now, now, yeah
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Ghetto yute it's time for us to be strong
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Whoa, lawd, lawd, lawd
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Yute man wise up and live as one, yeah, yah, yah, yah
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'Cause everyday a black man kill anodda black man, whoa
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Di system create by Babylon, so fire bun pon Vatican
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So now yuh back against di wall
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(Back against di wall)
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Likkle yuh know yuh would a fall
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(Know yuh would a fall)
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Seh dat yuh badda than all
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But yuh shouldn't lick di bank down at di mall
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(Bank down at di mall)
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Now yuh modda pon har belly and a bawl
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(Pon har belly and a bawl)
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When man mek dat phone call
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(Oh, Lord)
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Now yuh back against di wall
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(Back against di wall)
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Likkle yuh know yuh would a fall
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(Know yuh would a fall)
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Seh dat yuh badda than all
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But yuh shouldn't lick di bank dung at di mall
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(Bank dung at di mall)
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Now yuh modda pon har belly and a bawl
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(Pon har belly and a bawl)
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When man mek dat phone call
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(Oh, now, now, now, now, yeah, ah)
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Thats all I got to say about dat yuh know
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Ghetto yute be wise and realize
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Back Against The Wall
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Beenie Man |