[Verse 1]
Never know how times hard 'til me see mi granny cut the toothpaste tube
Weh we a guh do?
Me really waan fi know wha' we a guh do?
Spend a bag of money pon school fee, what a ras if the pickney no pass
Weh we a guh do?
Notnice, wha' we a guh do?

[Chorus]
We suffering everyday yah
'Cause life's so fucked up, mi brother
But weh we a go do?
Ghetto youth, weh we a guh do?
We work hard all week, and the money weh we make a fi send we back a work
Weh we a guh do?
Society, weh we a guh do?!

[Verse 2]
Hold on nuh!
Nuff of we deh yaso a suffer long time
But we never give up, yeah, we never stop trying
For we living in a perilous times
Dog a nyam dog, and blind a lead blind, oh
Jah know say da system yah set a way
And nobody no cater fi none a we
And we bawl say, we want house and car
But a the prison and the hearse dem set fi we
[Chorus]
We suffering everyday yah
'Cause life's so fucked up, mi brother
But weh we a go do?
Ghetto youth, weh we a guh do?
We work hard all week, and the money weh we make a fi send we back a work
Weh we a guh do?
Society, weh we a guh do?!

[Verse 3]
'Mount of time weh me pree say fi, run away
Lef' yaso and go somewhere far away
But the only reason make me no lef' yet, a true me nuh have no weh fi go, so might as well me stay
But mi haffi wonder, weh we a guh do?
Government, tell me, weh we a guh do?
Me waan gwan easy, but even that hard fi do

[Chorus]
We suffering everyday yah
'Cause life's so fucked up, mi brother
But weh we a go do?
Ghetto youth, weh we a guh do?
We work hard all week, and the money weh we make a fi send we back a work
Weh we a guh do?
Society, weh we a guh do?!
[Musical Interlude]

[Outro]
La la la
La la, la la la
Family...
I'm gonna make it for my family...
La la la
La la, la la la
Family...
I'm gonna make it for my family...