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Sixteen Tons of Pressure Lyrics by O.B.F Sound system

2016

[Intro]
Yeah
You know seh nuff ghetto yute out deya today breddrin, wah?
You know seh why?
Know the government nah run nothin' for dem breddrin
You know seh the streets are empty
You know seh the pockets are empty
So the yutes dem hungry
You know seh the yute dem ah strugglin'
So dem ah start jugglin'
You nah want fi get caught in the game
[Chorus]
Dem ah wan fi be gangsters, tell me what they're fighting for (So tell me what they fighting for)
Lord, want fi be gangsters, fighting without no war
Bah-wah-da-dan-dan-dan-dan
[Verse 1]
2015, the ghetto gettin' hotter
Nobody can get a job, so dem ah turn drug shotta
Dem ah sell drugs to the people and nuh see what the matter
Dem nuh talk 'bout food when dem got big MAC-ah
Dem nuh talk 'bout football when dem gwan take shotter
Dem ah buss shot inna di street and dem buss in the blocka
See mi, seh hard life, mi know about dat-ah
Yes, mi know about scraping from the bottom of the butter
Mi know how it feel to lose your mother and your brother
Well, seh comin' in now seh with the bass and fire
Seh I man Charlie P, mi never gwan retire
Mi have to stop the yutes that squeeze the guns and fire
Wan fi take dem inna di dance where the vibes dem higher
Now all around the world seh Charlie P pon flyer (True)
Cah mi original riddim rider (Brr)
Seh sweet Cali weed inna di chalwa (Fire)
Mi seh yes, mi take a draw, higher
[Chorus]
Dem ah want fi be gangsters, tell me what they're fighting for (So tell me what they fighting for)
Dem ah want fi be gangsters, fighting without no war
Bah-wah-da-dan-dan-dan-dan
[Verse 2]
Seh as a youth mi had it hard, as a youth mi had it tuff
As a youth mi nuh have much, but mi had my family's love
Some youths nah even have that, some youth nah even know dem dad
Some youth nah even know dem mother, mi tellin' you now it sad
Some youth dem gwan join a gang and dem a feel like big man
Ghetto youth around the world from Japan to Finland
Some youth have AK and some big machine gun
Some youth nuh even gwan fi make it 'til the age of twenty-one
Seh, some youth nuh even make it 'til the age of fifteen
As a youth, I was told you haffi live your life clean
Seh, always treat the people how you want fi be treat
So I did, now I'm here, seh mashin' up pon the scene
[Chorus]
Dem ah wan fi be gangsters, tell me what they're fighting for
Lord, dem ah wan fi be gangster, fighting without no war
Bah-wah-da-dan-dan-dan-dan
[Verse 3]
Yes, seh when mi walk in the ghetto, no, it's not dangerous
Seh, all of the ghetto people dem gwan show mi love
Seh, all around the world, ghetto people stand up
We nah let no babylon fi put you in some handcuff
We give them sixteen tons of di pressure
Seh hit them with bass, watch them bottom lip quiver
The dibby dibby crackhead, dem ah shake and shiver
But you know dem not as bad as the ones that deliver
Mi seh, dem ah you know your life gettin' better
Seh if you trust your brothers, yes, if you trust your bredda
Seh dubplate mi on it that a heavy like lead-ah
You know seh Charlie P, mi ah the lyrical vetter, vetter
[Chorus]
Lord, dem ah wan fi be gangster, tell me what they're fighting for (So tell me what they fighting for)
Lord, dem ah wan fi be gangster, fighting without no war
Bah-wah-da-dan-dan-dan-dan-deh
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O.B.F Sound system

O.B.F Sound system

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