We're living in a serious time,
Too much war and crime,
Never let them blow your mind.
We're living in a serious time,
Too much war and crime,
Never let them blow your mind.

As I look through my door,
I see my brother skull a bore, ooh ooh,
No we can't take it no more .

Shot a buss inna di city,
Blood a run fi sure, yeah yeah.
Di only thing matters to di men,
Dem is di size of dem gun .
And dem nuh want fi see,
Di ghetto yutes dem a got fun.
Di madda and di dawta and di fadda and di son,
Even di baby 'pon di breast,
Skin di men dem a bun, ooh yeah.

We're living in a serious time,
Too much war and crime,
Never let them blow your mind.
We're living in a serious time,
Too much war and crime,
Never let them blow your mind.

From South Africa down to America.
From Baghdad straight on to Canada.
From Pakistan to Afghanistan.
From Israel until Palestine.
A bare world war dem a fight on yuh,
The human life don't worth a dime.
But over the horizon I and I see the sign,
I pray that one day everything will be fine.

We're living in a serious time,
Too much war and crime,
Never let them blow your mind.
We're living in a serious time,
Too much war and crime,
Never let them blow your mind.

What's hidden in the dark,
Will come in the light, ooh yeah.
So you gotta be careful what you're doing,
Be careful of the friends you're keeping.
'Cause they can be so deceiving,
They could smile at you,
And kill you while you're sleeping.

We're living in a serious time,
Too much war and crime,
Never let them blow your mind.
We're living in a serious time,
Too much war and crime,
Never let them blow your mind.

We're living in a serious time,
Too much war and crime,
Never let them blow your mind.
We're living in a serious time,
Too much war and crime,
Never let them blow your mind.

Yeah, say nuff a dem shoot first,
Then dem ask the questions afterm
That's the way dem cause di maximum disaster.
Dem working fi Lucifer dem nuh afraid fi slaughter,
Di innocent 'cause dem a just guns fi charter.
Di politicians dem who give di yutes dem guns,
Fi kill one another, yo, say one day,
Faya, faya a go bun bun, bun.
Faya a go bun, say faya a go bun,
It a go bun dem down.

We're living in a serious time,
Too much war and crime,
Never let them blow your mind.
We're living in a serious time..
Too much war and crime,
Never let them blow your mind.