Circumstances made me what I am
 Was I born a violent man
 Circumstances made me what I am
 Everyone should understand
 
Circumstances made me what I am
 Was I born a violent man
 Circumstances made me what I am
 Everyone should know
 
May sound strange, might sound foolish
 But things ain't getting better
 Everyday another fall victim to the beretter
 Why is there so much violence
 Killing we one another
 Let us learn to live and let that light shine brighter
 Bad influence through influence the youth dem get slaughter
 As bad as badman use to be
 Dem respect di father
 Is like no eyes no realize seh
 Times get harder
 Mi talk all night with all mi Might
 But still is laughter
 
Circumstances made me what I am
 Was I born a violent man
 Circimstances made me what I am
 And everyone should know
 
Now, when I try to cope
 Tell mi self there is hope
 It seems like the biggest joke
 Eh eh,
 And as I put down the gun
 Still dollars [bad word]  All now employment [bad word]  Have mi a jam and a cool
 Want go back in a school
 The system lick mi
 There's no hope for those
 Who have not from the slum
 Take di little much we have
 Still hunting we down
 I beg unu show some love
 Unu wi get back some, now
 
Circumstances made me what I am
 Was I born a violent man
 Circimstances made me what I am
 Every man should know