Time'S Dread

Innocent keep dying
And the innocent keep crying
Innocent keep dying
And the innocent keep crying

Why the innocent keep dying?
Why the innocent crying?
Why the government keep lying?
Yo! Tell me why them lying?

I see blood being shed
Man are dead
Streets getting hotter
And the metal turning red
Babylon corrupt
Youths don't know
How to hold their heads
Time is getting harder
And the place is feeling dread

Babylon a kill innocent youth
And the broadcast media 
Hiding the truth
Everyday, when I listen to the news
An innocent loses
His life in a gunplay shoot

Life ain't sweet
Life's like a bitter tea
One thing I know
Nothing comes for free
I tell myself I must achieve
Every time I wake up 
Money's what I see

I ain't robbing nobody
Man tough like Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali
But when I touch my island
I kick it and I rally
Let me tell you personally, and finally

In the heart of the ghetto
It's not sweet
Like winning the lotto
The friends you grew with
Plan with the enemy
Just to kidnap you
Be careful who's around you
They'll turn and watch you
Red-eyed people want your things
Don't give them the chance to chat you

We need change right now
Don't you see how many
Men are in jail right now?
Innocents are dying
By the hands of the pow-pow
And if you're not firm
They'll put you down

I see blood being shed
Man are dead
Streets getting hotter
And the metal turning red
Babylon corrupt
Youths don't know
How to hold their heads
Time is getting harder
And the place is feeling dread

We need a change right now
Don't you see how many
Men are in jail right now?
Innocents are dying
By the hands of the pow-pow
And if you don't firm
They'll put you down