Whoah now, now..
Yeah, now, now, now, yes.
Yeah-ah, ah..

In the streets it's getting hot,
And the youths dem a get so cold..
Searching for food for the pot,
They'll do anything to fill that gap, whoo.

In the streets it's getting hot,
And the youths dem a get so cold..
Searching for food for the pot,
They'll do anything to fill that gap.

As generation comes and grows,
You gotta make preparation while the youths dem grow.
It's what you reap it's wat you sow,
The youths them have a life in the future,
So when that's then you know.
If education is the key,
Then tell me why the bigger heads a mek it so expensive fi we.
Give them the key, oh set them free..

In the streets it's getting hot,
And the youths dem a get so cold..
Searching for food for the pot,
They'll do anything to fill that gap, whoo.

In the streets it's getting hot,
And the youths dem a get so cold..
Searching for food for the pot,
They'll do anything to fill that gap.

Oh na na na ay.. eee-eee..
Oh na na na, oh na na na.. na-na-na, na-na-na..

You gotta find a better way,
'Cause when me look ina Babylon me see a bearful play.
And so the Gideon stay, yeah-ey!
All nation come together,
Know that King Selassie is the truth and the light and the way.
He's the people, lead them in the right way, eey..

'Cause In the streets it's getting hot,
And the youths dem a get so cold..
Searching for food for the pot,
They'll do anything to fill that gap, whoo.

In the streets it's getting hot,
And the youths dem a get so cold..
Searching for food for the pot,
They'll do anything to fill that gap.

You got to show the people there's still a brighter way, eey!
I know for sure the sun will come out today, yeah-ey!
Vanity an' elusion will have to fade away.. yeah-ey!
And all the wicked deeds that done, I know you got to pay, yeah-ey!

'Cause In the streets it's getting hot,
And the youths dem a get so cold..
Searching for food for the pot,
They'll do anything to fill that gap, whoo.

In the streets it's getting hot,
And the youths dem a get so cold..
Searching for food for the pot,
They'll do anything to fill that gap.

As generation comes and goes,
You gotta make preparation while the youths dem grow.
It's what you reap it's what you sow,
The youths them have a life in the future,
So when that's then you know.
If education is the key,
Then tell me why the bigger heads a mek it so expensive fi we.
Give them the key, oh set them free..