Really have to mek it yow
Mus haffi mek it yow
Really gotta mek it yow

Well all the juggler dem who hustle inna de market
And all the hand cart man dem weh push all yuh basket
One day you gonna make it, to the top
Hold on deh yow
Higglers who have a stall 'pon de roadside
You nuh mek nuh money
But still nuh give up the fight
One day you gonna make it to the top
Believe me

The youth dem at the stop light weh spray all de water
Fi wash off you dirty wind screen
All they wanted was a coin
But you treat them like swine
Mek you so heartless
Wah mek you treat them so mean

All the homeless who sleep 'pon shop piazza
De little boy wey search the garbage fi him dinner
One day you gonna make it to the top
Believe it

One day, one day, must haffi mek it
One day, one day, you haffi mek it
One day, one day, nuh badda sweat it
One day, one day, must haffi mek it, yow
Really have to make it, yow
Mus' haffi mek it, yow
Really gotta mek it yow

To all the drivers who bleach 'pon taxi stand
And de man weh jerk the chicken inna de drum pan
One day you gonna make it, to the top
Believe me
Work and a study and a try hard fi make it
But the school fee so high you can't pay it
One day you gonna make it, to the top
Believe me

Sometime the pressure get so high
And it rise up to the sky
Things so bad, sometime you can't find food
But the Father guide you step
And save you from wreck
So there is no need to get rude
To the man wey plant up the land as a farmer
And the man wey sell the soup 'pon the corner
One day you gonna make it, to the top
Believe me

One day, one day, must haffi mek it
One day, one day, you haffi mek it
One day, one day, nuh badda sweat it
One day, one day, must haffi mek it, yow
Really have to make it, yow
Mus' haffi mek it, yow
Really gotta mek it yow

Well all the juggler dem who hustle inna de market
And all the hand cart man dem weh push all yuh basket
One day you gonna make it, to the top
Hold on deh yow
Higglers who have a stall 'pon de roadside
You nuh mek nuh money
But still nuh give up the fight
One day you gonna make it to the top
Believe me

The youth dem at the stop light weh spray all de water
Fi wash off you dirty wind screen
All they wanted was a coin
But you treat them like swine
Mek you so heartless
Wah mek you treat them so mean

All the homeless who sleep 'pon shop piazza
De little boy wey search the garbage fi him dinner
One day you gonna make it to the top
Believe it

One day, one day, must haffi mek it
One day, one day, you haffi mek it
One day, one day, nuh badda sweat it
One day, one day, must haffi mek it, yow
Really have to make it, yow
Mus' haffi mek it, yow
Really gotta mek it yow