Hunger is frequent, can't find food fi eat   Can't pay the rent, some end up on the street   Them tax we daily, system indiscreet   Responsibilities, ends can hardly meet, hardly meet      We all know that certain things take time   But not forever   Comfort yourself by singing these lines of mine      Although the mountain is high   I know that one day I will get by   And although the bridges are low   I'll take my chances   To touch the troubled waters      Poverty done deya, It's a global thing   Crime and violence mek we head start spin, oh, what a thing   You see the homeless youths them, trust me, what a thing   Exposed to abuses, chances very slim, very slim      We all know that certain things take time   But not forever   Comfort yourself by singing these lines of mine      Although the mountain is high   I know that one day I will get by   And although the bridges are low   I'll take my chances   To touch the troubled waters      Take, take, chance, chance   Take, take, chance, chance      Some ghetto youths see no choice but fi tek up the gun   Some leave school with diploma   Yet work them can't get none, oh, what a thing   You think prison and death row system is such a fun, think again   Suicide to me my view is fire burn, fire burn      Although the mountain is high   I know that one day I will get by   And although the bridges are low   I'll take my chances   To touch the troubled waters      Although the mountain is high   I know that one day we will get by   And although the bridges are low   I'll take my chances   To touch the troubled waters      You'll can take a chances   To touch the troubled waters   I'll take my chances   To touch the troubled waters      Hunger is frequent, them tax we daily   Can't pay the rent, poverty done deya   [Incomprehensible]   Responsibilities      No choice