mama dont cry for me
when me drop a jail mi no bawl, like gyal
mama wipe those tears from yuh eyes
mama dont cry for me
when me drop a jail mi no bawl, like gyal
bad [bad word] di road hard

mi know more time [bad word] wid time and jailhouse
but mi never bawl , never make no tear drop
when me go ah court and get remand ah jail back
witness ah pose up courthouse get di case act
police all seh dem know weh di kale at
seh ah broad day light yah mek man face fat
dem seh yuh charge yu ah talk ah bere chat
tell mista babylon bwoy me nuh fear that
 [bad word] 
Cause we buss gun hard and buss gun charge
when bad people drop ah jail go remand
like gyal we nuh bawl , muss go we yaad
some bwoy cyaa hold it, chat tuff ah road but soft behind bars
bawl seh him miss fi see him gyal inna har draws
turn informer him all ah chat to di sarge
jail better dan a funeral
man a real born criminal

we nah bawl like gyal like latoya she
one day dem must let dah bwoy yah free
through ghetto youth cyaa find dem lawyer fee
we get wrongfully locked we all agree
deh yah jail nah no lace inna mi wallabee
although outta road weh yah wanna be
mi lamar be pon mi pon di corner be
tyad fi plant one place like a papaya tree
 [bad word] 
buss gun hard and buss gun charge
when bad people drop ah jail go remand
like gyal we nuh bawl , muss go we yaad
some bwoy cyaa hold it, chat tuff ah road but soft behind bars
bawl seh him miss fi see him gyal inna har draws
turn informer him all ah chat to di sarge
jail better dan a funeral
man a real born criminal

man ah go ah court this morning
mi nah want ah slice ah dem bread or them sweetie
fi keep mi ah jailhouse i wanna be free
ah psalms 35 me pree
bible inna pocket get escort by di dc
and ah bere spy eye ah watch me like tv
wah me friend shortman fi drop outta GP
dem seh di road nuh waan see we
 [bad word] 
cah buss gun hard and buss gun charge
when bad people drop ah jail go remand
like gyal we nuh bawl , muss go we yaad
some bwoy cyaa hold it, chat tuff ah road but soft behind bars
bawl seh him miss fi see him gyal inna har draws
turn informer him all ah chat to di sarge
jail better dan a funeral
man a real born criminal

(bridge)
mama dont cry for me
when me drop a jail mi no bawl, like gyal
mama wipe to those tears from yuh eyes
mama dont cry for me
when me drop a jail mi no bawl, like gyal
bad [bad word] di road hard

mi know more time [bad word] wid time and jailhouse
but mi never bawl , never make no tear drop
when me go ah court and get remand ah jail back
witness ah pose up courthouse get di case act
police all seh dem know weh di kale at
seh ah broad day light yah mek man face fat
dem seh yah charge yu ah talk ah bere chat
tell mista baylon bwoy me nuh fear that
 [bad word] 
cah we buss gun hard and buss gun charge
when bad people drop ah jail go remand
like gyal we nuh bawl , muss go we yaad
some bwoy cyaa hold it, chat tuff ah road but soft behind bars
bawl seh him miss fi see him gyal inna har draws
turn informer him all ah chat to di sarge
jail better dan a funeral
man a real born criminal

one day dem must let dah bwoy yah free
fi get wrongfully locked we all agree
outta road weh yuh wanna be
tyad fi plant one place like a papaya tree