Dis a nuh di south  We nuh whistling Dixie  People life real  A nuh fairytale  Listen me  System set up  Fi jail di poor pickney  Shackle di mind  Dem chain we an whip we  Infest di soul  Wid all kind a vanity  Program di mind an mek  We loose sanity  Stuck ina a state  Of constant moronity  Fall victim  We exit from humanity  Life is a struggle  Dressed up in weeds  What goes around  Comes around in deed  Nuff a dem a suffah  From insatiable greed  Abundance in a time of need    So money haffi run  Down ina di ghetto  Tell di government fi come  Bring it ovah yah so  We fi rise like di sun  Shouldnt haffi win di lotto  Fi live a bettah life  Dat a everybody motto    Mi ask dem  Wah mek poor people  Caan get no help  An corporate welfare  Teck presidence  Ovah people weh  Not even have a residence  Di apathy is clear  It a real evidence  Dem nuh give a rats ass  Or a sixpence  Nail yuh like Jesus  Dem hen yuh pon fence  Might a meck dollas  But it nevah mek sense  Dem, wicked act  Haffi come to an end when  (Dem a build all  Dem house outa blood  Knee-deep di whole a dem  Stand up ina di mud, mi seh)    What a calamity  Dem teck set pon humanity  Youth and youth  Unu fi fallah me  Fi live a bettah life  Dat a di livity  Wah me tell dem seh    So money haffi run  Down ina di ghetto  Tell di government fi come  Bring it ovah yah so  We fi rise like di sun  Shouldn't haffi win di lotto  Fi live a bettah life  Dat a everybody motto  Mi tell dem    Money fi run  It haffi flow ina di ghetto  So di youth dem can survive  If dem a live ina di ghetto  Money fi run  It haffi flow ina di ghetto  So di youth dem can survive  If dem a live ina di ghetto  If dem a struggle  Dem a strive ina di ghetto  Money fi run, it fi flow  It haffi run ina di ghetto  Money fi run  It haffi flow ina di ghetto  So di youth dem can survive  If dem a live ina di ghetto    Money fi run  It fi pass round di cornah  Money fi run  Ina every single area  Outah Bronx lane  Outtah Rema  Money fi run  Tell dem bring it ina  Money fi run  It fi runa all ina jungle  Money fi run  It fi come ina di bungle  Money fi run  Money fi run  Money fi run  Wah mi tell dem seh