Prison

I was in prison
Yes for a reason
Mandela was in prison
For another reason
Martin Luther King in prison
Just like Mandela
Just because we're all fighting for equal rights and justice
I was in prison
Yes for a reason
Mandela put in prison
For another reason
Martin Luther King in prison
Just like Mandela
Just because we're all fighting for equal rights and justice
It was once imagination
But now it is reality
Many people dem know over stunt
Me got arrested from the airport
Dem put inna di prison cell
Just the look like a sufferer
An old Policewoman followed me
She tried fi use me
Just to earn a better living
She know mi got the money
And mi got a big car phone
So she knew she could make money outta me
I was in prison
Yes for a reason
Mandela was in prison
For another reason
Martin Luther King in prison
Just like Mandela
Just because we're all fighting for equal rights and justice
I was in prison
Yes for a reason
Mandela put in prison
For another reason
Martin Luther King in prison
Just like Mandela
Just because we're all fighting for equal rights and justice
They look around and see the youths
Dem speak about inequalities
But dem know nothing much about the politics
Mi look around and see police
Confused and try fi use the system
Just to earn a better living
Me see the judge dem judge me
Fi di sentence day
The Jah Jah Rastafarian ah gonna judge we tomorrow
Equal rights and justice
I couldn't judgment day
Fi Emperor Selassie Jah protect me
I was in prison
Yes for a reason
Mandela was in prison
For another reason
Martin Luther King in prison
Just like Mandela
Just because we're all fighting for equal rights and justice
I was in prison
Yes for a reason
Mandela put in prison
For another reason
Martin Luther King in prison
Just like Mandela
Just because we're all fighting for equal rights and justice
Imagine
Policewoman sixty years old
Imagine
Bebe Cool arrive pon di airport
Imagine
Me got a beautiful woman backyard ah
Imagine
Imagine
Imagine
Imagine
Imagine
Early eighteen years picking dat me know
Imagine
Di beautiful woman inna di town
Imagine
The sexy gals around inna di shop
But all the best mi ah coulda do
Is to feel I was blessed, no
Mi coulda never do dat, no
Mi coulda never do dat
Mi coulda never disrespect my own mother
Mi coulda never do dat
Mi coulda never do dat
Mi coulda never disrespect my own wife yeah
Mi coulda never do dat
Mi coulda never do dat
Mi coulda never disrespect my own beautiful gyals
Mi coulda never do dat
Mi coulda never do dat
Mi coulda never disrespect mi talanta
I was in prison
Yes for a reason
Mandela was in prison
For another reason
Martin Luther King in prison
Just like Mandela
Just because we're all fighting for equal rights and justice
I was in prison
Yes for a reason
Mandela put in prison
For another reason
Martin Luther King in prison
Just like Mandela
Just because we're all fighting for equal rights and justice
Definitely
More money more problems
And I guess that's the reason
And mi nasikia done
Me Rasta gonna make more money
This is just a beginning
More money more problems
Prison, for a reason
And reason is the money
So member Rasta, seen
Roll mister man
Roll, woman dem police
I was in prison
Yes for a reason
Mandela was in prison
For another reason
Martin Luther King in prison
Just like Mandela
Just because we're all fighting for equal rights and justice
I was in prison
Yes for a reason
Mandela put in prison
For another reason
Martin Luther King in prison
Just like Mandela
Just because we're all fighting for equal rights and justice