Yuh fi watch yuh frenz weh yuh smoke with
And run joke with,
Ah dem think fi cut your throat quick
The only fren wey mi love, ah the one up above
Keep him closer to mi than a rope twist
So watch yuh frenz weh yuh smoke with
And run joke with,
Dem think fi cut yuh throat quick
The only fren wey mi love, ah the one up above
Keep him closer to mi than a rope twist


Mi put Psalm 33 at mi daughter head at night
And say a praya, before she go ah bed at night
Iron dawgs ah roam and dem nuh fraid fi bite
Nuh through yuh live throughout the day
Yuh will dead at night
Cause... day by day me see more man ah dead
Ah youth get run offa site and the foreman ah dead
Me get ah buss and fly weh and all pon tour man ah dead
Youth get caught inna crime mek him poor mother dead
You fi say a praya fi the thugs wey bleach at night
It's the least at night, no beauty only beast at night
And ah dem ah lock the streets at night
So you can't sleep in peace at night... sooooo


Yuh fi watch yuh frenz weh yuh smoke with
And run joke with,
Ah dem think fi cut your throat quick
The only fren wey mi love, ah the one up above
Keep him closer to mi than a rope twist
So watch yuh frenz weh yuh smoke with
And run joke with,
Dem think fi cut yuh throat quick
The only fren wey mi love, ah the one up above
Keep him closer to mi than a rope twist


Mi know say when, Jah Jah pree earth him feel hurt
Fi see me can't get no land pon the free dirt
Ah bare blood me see ah stain the youth dem t-shirt
Me wish me coulda build a rocket and mi leave earth
Whappen to the youth weh wipe the car glass
Weh you fly pass
You tell me say yuh business, when yuh nuh give a rass
When you give them the promises, me give them mi last
When you buy dem some gun me go buy some chicken parts
Nuh, through mi ah buss, mi hafi call pon mi God
Ask him fi watch mi feet pon the streets weh me trod
Cah nuff wah see me tagged and in a body bag
But mi nuh see nuh bwoy me fraid ah like
How me fraid mi God


Yuh fi watch yuh frenz weh yuh smoke with
And run joke with,
Ah dem think fi cut your throat quick
The only fren wey mi love, ah the one up above
Keep him closer to mi than a rope twist
So watch yuh frenz weh yuh smoke with
And run joke with,
Dem think fi cut yuh throat quick
The only fren wey mi love, ah the one up above
Keep him closer to mi than a rope twist

Dat's why you fi careful
A di people yuh know
Caz nuff a dem nuh real, dem a foe
You fi careful
A di places yuh go
Be careful a di faces you know
You fi careful
A di friends weh you keep
Watch yuhself in di street
You fi careful
And remember life sweet
Remember yuh life nuh come cheap
Hmm...

Good morning students
Todeh we a study di above
Nice likke girl weh har madda love
Get caught in di life of drugs
Rolling with di thugs in di club
When dem ask har
She seh yeah, she seh yeah, she seh yeah
Now she addicted...
Good girl, have har college degree
She start sell har body
Til she start gih it weh fu free
She hook pan marijuana, cocaine, crack, heroin, PCP
Stephen warn dem, about di friends dat you keep

Dat's why you fi careful
A di people yuh know
Caz nuff a dem nuh real, dem a foe
You fi careful
A di places yuh go
Be careful a di faces you know
You fi careful
A di friends weh you keep
Watch yuhself in di street
You fi careful
And remember life sweet
Remember yuh life nuh come cheap
Hmm...

Good yute, good school
Still neva tek in di lesson
Wah know bout mr. calginica, mr. smith, mr. wesson
Puss and dog nuh have di same luck
Everybody nuh get di same blessin (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Him skull class
Ready fu di school him deh pan corna
Tool inna box smokin him reefa
Here comes some police offica
Man a run west, man a go east
Him alone wid him chrome
You nah fi ask if dem sen him home
A two road Jah put before us
Stephen sing di chorus

Dat's why you fi careful
A di people yuh know
Caz nuff a dem nuh real, dem a foe
You fi careful
A di places yuh go
Be careful a di faces you know
You fi careful
A di friends weh you keep
Watch yuhself in di street
You fi careful
And remember life sweet
Remember yuh life nuh come cheap
Hmm...

Love is a second hand emotion
Man gih woman di world
Wid all a di ocean
Wat a love potion
Him ask har if she love him truely
She seh yeah, she seh yeah, she seh yeah
Den she continue moanin
It work vice versa
A woman would love a man
And him leave har
Wid di kids like di teach at di nursery
Stephen sing

Dat's why you fi careful
A di people yuh know
Caz nuff a dem nuh real, dem a foe
You fi careful
A di places yuh go
Be careful a di faces you know
You fi careful
A di friends weh you keep
Watch yuhself in di street
You fi careful
And remember life sweet
Remember yuh life nuh come cheap
Hmm...