Joy

What dem ah defend man

Yo from uno deal with the righteousness

rise yuh hand lemme see uno hand

hmmm mmmm yea man ah just...

Well I say let Jah rise and all his enemies be scattered

and let them not also fight and flee before him

mmm mmm mmm oy dem wah destroy ah we joy all ah the joy

Ah the joy, them cyar destroy ah we joy

the ghetto youths them full them up ah joy

Ah we joy, them wah destroy ah we joy

cyar touch we joy

Well then ah the joy, them cy...

Well ah the joy

Well the ghetto youths nah mix up inna wrong dealin

and is them wisdom them keepin

good herbs ah bun herbs we deh smokin

You come and buss yuh gun and yuh button beatin

Me nah trouble you with yuh pretty girl sleepin

Me nah trouble you when you got yuh food eatin

So 'low the ghetto youth you sight them strivin

Me go see say yuh defile and yuh sin

Well then ah the joy, them wah destroy ah the joy

cyar touch we joy

Oy ah the joy, them wah destroy ah the joy

cyar touch me joy

Well me nah business bout the big guns what yuh keepin

And me no business if yuh carry bad feelin'

Me no matter if you drink no tea this mornin'

Be free when is people yuh greetin'

Me no business bout yuh politics meeting'

Me no business the religeon wheh yuh seekin'

Inna the ghetto youth business you deh peepin'

Yuh dis the ghetto girl well then ah lightnin'

Ah we joy, them wah destroy ah we joy

cyar touch we joy

Yo ah we joy, them wah destroy ah we joy

cyar touch me joy

Well youths burn and the ghetto youths lootin'

Table turn and the ghetto youths shootin'

Ghetto youth say them tired of the sufferin'

and them nah wah no leader whey dah take counselin'

Them use them money and build up them big buildin'

and wuk the people them from mornin til evenin'

Pastor ah laugh 'cause him collect all the offerin'

and the church sister ketch them grinin'

Well then ah the joy, them wah destroy ah the joy

cyar touch we joy

Yo ah we joy, them wah destroy ah we joy

cyar touch me joy

When the giddeon buss then what a thing

When Stone Hill people them start to fling

pon PJ, Seaga and Bruce Golding

The mad man say this year him want some upful livin'

Him tell PJ say him nah wah nyam outa rubbish bin

Him bun mister Lo mister Wong and mister Ching

You put the youth pon chalk line put them inna ring

Yo them go nyam off Jah Jah doh ___

So me hide the cow them and me hide the pigeon

Yo ah the joy, them wah destroy ah the joy

whole ah the...

Ah the joy, them wah destroy ah the joy

Ah the joy

Well then ah the joy them way destroy ah we joy

cyar touch we joy

Well then ah we joy them way destroy ah we joy

cyar touch me joy

Well, the youths nah inna no wrong dealin

good herbs ah bun chalice we deh smokin

You bring yuh gun and yuh button beatin

Togetherness vibes we keepin

Yo me nah trouble you with yuh girl sleepin

Me nah molest you when you got yuh food eatin

So 'low the ghetto youth you see them all prosperin

Me go see say yuh defile and yuh sin

Well ah the joy Babylon wah destroy ah the joy