One man pull his iron
So the other man retaliate
While the youths dem in the streets a' playing
Someone's life gets destructed
Innocent victim is what the newsman will say
But I beg to differentiate, you see
The gunman was once a youth
And the community let his life go to waste
So simmer down youthman, life can be so great
Simmer down youthman, hold on
One man burst a shot, so the next man,
So the next man pull he Glock,
And the next man fire shot gunshot,
Lord, Mac-10, Gatt, nah…
Now these clown are got, GRENADES!!!
And all dem smoke, all dem toke, gunsmoke
All dem smoke, all dem toke, gunsmoke
Gangsta is what dem want to be
Might as well wear white sheets
Blood shed on our little islands
Armageddeon clouds of dismay
But the gangsta, wouldn't last a day in Vietnam
Where were they when Grenada got invade
Dem don't try to improve the schools for the youth dem
Nah, look what they did, burstin' down man chest
Gash inna de head, Lord destroying what God create
But say, look what smoke dem man a toke, gunsmoke, gunsmoke
Walking 'round strap with their holster 'bout, gunsmoke, gunsmoke
Gangsta is what dem want to be, might as well wear white sheets
Soldiers, I man got to sing, one step forward, 3 steps backwards
Lord, war inna Gabylon
One step forward, but the man dem backward, Lord
War inna Gabylon, war inna Gabylon, Gabylon ways
Man adopt, Gabylon ways, burstin' shot, in Gabylon ways
Blood stains on our little islands
Too many mommys crying over graves
But the gangsta, wouldn't last a day in Vietnam
Where were they when Grenada got invade
Dem don't try to improve the schools for the youth dem
Don't fight the bigotry of the Ku Klux Klan
Don't fight the economic genocide, Lord
That is rampant in our land
But say, look what smoke dem man a toke, gunsmoke, gunsmoke
Walking 'round strap with their holster 'bout, gunsmoke, gunsmoke
Gangsta is what dem want to be, might as well wear white sheets
Like the Klan, all you doing is shooting people down
Like the Klan, like the Klan all you do is shooting our heroes down
Like the Klan, like the Klan, catch dem alone and dem man a 'cow'
Satan's capitan's, Satan's capitan's, Satan's capitan
Man adopt burstin' shot in Babylon ways
Look what smoke dem a toke, gunsmoke, gunsmoke
Walking 'round strap with their holster 'bout, gunsmoke, gunsmoke
Gangsta is what dem want to be, might as well wear
White sheets!