| Same thing again,
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| Life goes on,
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| We haffi carry on,
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| Cause even though we still inna the struggle,
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| Me haffi thank God above for his love ah
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| Same thing again,
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| Dinner share, dumpling an mackerel,
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| But we give thanks, cause sumtin in ah di pot still,
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| Di work no easy, tomorrow me gwah back still,
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| cause di yute dem haffi eat.
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| anna di same thing again
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| Month end da bills deh one we can’t pay,
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| But me nah give up, nah go try di fast lane
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| Come home come see me furniture ah in di walk way,
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| Di landlord say we can’t stay.
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| And ah di same thing again
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| We work hard trying to mek it someday,
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| When we can rejoice, hold a vibe like it’s ah fun day
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| Friday come and we kick back until Sunday,
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| But tomorrow it’s Monday.
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| Back to di same thing again
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| Early morning haffi reach ah work, even
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| Doh di boss man no move like ah jerk,
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| But me no qualify fi be no bank clerk,
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| so nuh scorn me when some grease deh pon me shirt.
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| And it’s da same thing again,
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| Ghetto people’s struggles neva end,
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| even doh it’s no money it’s still more problems
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| but we watchin di trend,
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| and mek things betta for we children,
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| But until then,
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| ah just di same thing again
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| Everyday mama gone ah work,
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| Lef her two lickle daughter dem weh she bring come ah earth,
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| As little breast start show, bear man ah flirt,
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| now another teenager giving birth.
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| And ah di same thing again
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| nother ghetto yute ah get stiffle,
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| can’t break the system no no matter how him try to,
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| Fustration mek di bredren go pick up di rifle,
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| just ah continue di cycle.
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| Ah di same thing again
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| Just another crime without ah solver
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| Yute get killed, wit a point three-eight revolver
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| dem seh him fire first,
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| but ah him get di worst
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| causa, ah, him end up in ah di earth.
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| So now di same thing again,
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| it’s just another nigh-night,
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| people block di road and ah defend dem rights,
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| me ah tell yu it no nice
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| yu can hear all ah the struggles in ah dem voice.
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| Same thing again,
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| Ghetto people struggles neva end
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| An even tho it’s no money, a still more problems,
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| but we haffi change di trend,
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| and mek things betta for we children,
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| But until then,
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| Same thing again,
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| Get ah stamp in ah we book
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| drop me no foreign cause ah 'badass' man a look
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| things kinda slow, well if dere time dem go for food,
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| We ah get it by di hook or by di crook.
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| Cause ah di same thing again,
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| Now a things start turn.
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| Things ah look pretty now money start earn
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| Informer start to watch wha nuh fi dem concern,
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| FEDs get involved, free paper burn.
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| And ah di same thing again
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| More time me eye full a water,
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| when t’ink 'bout how long me no see mah daughter,
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| From di day da plane land,
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| yo it’s like it carry me back to square one.
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| Cause ah di same thing again,
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| It’s like the struggles neva end,
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| An even though it’s no money it’s still more problems.
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| But, but we haffi change di trend,
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| Mek it betta fi we children,
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| But until then…
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| Same thing again,
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| every day we work,
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| Ah di same thing again,
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| Still ah try fi get di break,
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| Ah di same thing again,
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| All 365,
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| People still ah, bad mind you for the car weh yu …,
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| Same thing again,
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| Me ah do this from me ah youth,
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| Same thing again,
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| Mama step in ah da boot,
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| Same thing again,
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| no want no nothing new,
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| cause mi a DJ bout ah cycle
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| making hits, that’s what we do,
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| Ah di same thing again. |