Inna jail, inna jail, tuff life deh inna jail
 Inna jail, inna jail, secret life deh inna jail
 Inna jail, inna jail, ain't no prophet inna jail
 Inna jail, inna jail, nothing proper inna jail

Inna jail, inna jail, all the laughs [bad word] so fast deh
 inna jail, inna jail, ain't no first and super class deh
 Inna jail, inna jail, unno cyaan forget your past deh
 Inna jail, inna jail, only the [bad word] a go last deh

Dem say jail a mek yuh change,
 jail a mek yuh pay the cost
 forget everything yuh leave,
 the whole a dem a get lost
 sometimes life is so strange,
 stranger is what we do we own
 we build slum and penitentiaries
 and dead man town

So who's the wrong, who's the right
 why dem judge a man just at first sight
 and who's the wrong, who's the right
 why dem steal innocent man a life time
 who's the wrong, who's the right
 [bad word] not always behind the eyes
 and who's the wrong, who's the right
 we mos affi know why, when and how deh

Dem a bit, dem a chat,
 dem a split, dem a part
 dem a try fi push we down
 dem a hit, dem a talk,
 dem a push, dem a lack
 dem a jail we inna dem town
 man to man the same old story
 man to man is so unjust
 Babylon yuh never have to [bad word] 
And if a man is a man
 tell me what is a man
 if him got to count him days
 many more behind the bars of a jail
 a go [bad word] all dem praise
 peace and love de pon your lips
 and yuh cyaan stand a face to face
 point me, point dem,
 enemies and friends,
 di youth inna rat race

Long time some man a go try fi explain,
 and only few heart dem a know seh fi real
 inna dis, inna dat, inna dem bwoy leer,
 Babylon have a plan and dat is so clear
 black out, black out,
 dem a tell yuh what yuh mos
 affi do, affi tell, affi claim, affi post
 inna jail, inna jail all di right and unjust
 dem a mek yuh pay the cost