Poor People Cry Out

Hey, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Poor people crying now
All around the world, yeah
Hey, oh, oh, oh
Hey, oh, oh, oh
Jah has to fire up the children

Poor people a cry out
Can't take the system of hand to mouth
Poor people a cry out
Can't take the system of hand to mouth

Some say a world crisis, too much high prices, yeah
And a too much regulation, and the
People dem a trapped under frustration
Working from 19 'til you're 65 for a pension
And can't pay the doctor bill, hey, what a situation

Dem a cry out
Can't take the system of hand to mouth
Poor people a cry out
Can't take the system of hand to mouth
Poor people a cry out
Can't take the system of hand to mouth

Youths got to hustle so hard to make it (work so hard to make it)
The system have us trapped and we've got to find a way out, hey
See the people working from 9 to 5 just
To stay alive (just to stay alive)
They can't even afford a good meal, Babylon
When will we get an helping hand? (When will we get an helping hand?)
Tired of living in poverty and frustration
Hey, trapped and caught up in the system
The poor people are the victim
While the youths dem in a way out (in a way out)
Wanna give them guns and bullets to shoot and a murder

Dem a cry out
Can't take the system of hand to mouth
Poor people a cry out
Can't take the system of hand to mouth

Too much pressure on the poor
I hear them crying now (crying now)
Oh, they need some help
Some say it's a time of frustration
Rules and regulation

Dem a cry out
Can't take the system of hand to mouth
Poor people a cry out
Can't take the system of hand to mouth
Poor people a cry out
A cry out for help now
Poor people a bawl out
Can't take the system of hand to mouth