Yo, yo-ayo, right ayo!
Better get ourselves together.

We gwaan have to get ourselves together,
'Cause that's the only way it's going to work.
Get up, stand up make we get ourselves together,
'Cause only we alone gonna make things work.

Don't forget where you coming from.
Don't forget where you coming from.

Things was so cool back in primary school,
Set upon wood bench and we take in the rule,
Just because political strategy, yeah, whooh,
Me and my Idren becomes enemy, why say?!

We gwaan have to get ourselves together,
'Cause that's the only way it's going to work.
Get up, stand up make we get ourselves together,
'Cause only we alone gonna make things work.

Remember when we used to run cook in a de ghetto,
Cockburn Pen!
Two green banana, couple cornmeal flour,
That a Kingston eleven!
And when we're done we have fe drink up the potwater!
That was your tea, lunch, dinner and your supper, why say?!

We gwaan have to get ourselves together,
'Cause that's the only way it's going to work.
Get up, stand up make we get ourselves together,
'Cause only we alone gonna make things work.
Make it work!

(..)

Ey! River come down and bring abroad dirty water,
Don't burn your bridge after you cross over.
Don't forget were we're coming from.
Don't forget where we're coming from.

Things was so cool back in primary school,
Set upon wood bench and we take in the rule,
Just because political strategy, yeah, whooh,
Me and my Idren becomes enemy, why say?!

That's why I saywe got to get ourselves together.
'Cause only we alone gonna make things work.
Get up, stand up make we get ourselves together,
'Cause only we alone gonna make things work.

We gwaan have to get ourselves together,
'Cause that's the only way it's going to work.
Get up, stand up make we get ourselves together,
'Cause only we alone gonna make things work.