Life Inna Jail House

Maybe this called "Life Inna

Jailhouse No Sweet"

'Cause I man have to sleep

On di cool concrete

But I man are di boss of a di beat

But when mi come a street, mi a

Say, life in a jailhouse no sweet (Bim)

Say, life in a jailhouse no sweet

Jah man, mi have fi sleep on di cool concrete

Jah man, for mi say

I man di boss of a di beat

For, mi say, life in a jailhouse no sweet

Jah man, for mi say

Life in a jailhouse no sweet

Jah man, for mi say

I man di boss of a di beat

Jah man, mi have fi sleep on di cool concrete

For mi say, when Sunday come

Dem a give mi piece of meat

For, when Sunday come

Dem a give mi piece of meat

It stringy-stringy-stringy

It a itch up a mi teeth

An’ a I man a di boss of a di beat

For, life in a jailhouse no nice

Jah man, for mi say

Life in a jailhouse no nice jah man

Mi meditate pon mi chicken an' mi rice

Jah man, mi meditate pon mi gal name Joyce

For mi say, sister Joyce

She a gwan like she nice

For, big-big sound, di chicken bucket

White rice she give mi carrot juice an' it

No have in no ice

Dat di food can nice (So, widdly-widdly-bop)

A dis a one, it a di people dem choice

Mi kill forty lead

We are go kill off di lies

But some of dem are mice

Dem no know not no nice mi nah go a

For when mi have gun

Mi have fi hide from mi wife

Mi children, dem a talk ’bout, "Daddy

You are vice"

Jah man, for mi say

Life in a jailhouse no sweet

Jah man, mi have fi sleep on di cool concrete

Jah man, for mi say

I man di boss of a di beat

For mi say, when mi come on street

Mi an' him are go meet

Mi are go kick out di two front teeth

Say, life in a jailhouse no sweet