Seventeen with a glock

Anything fi the stack

Trigger squeeze man a drop

And a nuh trees man a chop

Change your route, watch your back

'Cause a family a set your trap yeah

Mommy pressure rise she collapse

Another dream in a box

If I could take it back

Give you all that you lack

Switching the balance

From a history of violence

Giving you an avenue

Express yourself

Making you less reliant

On a history of violence

Bad man come in inna di broad day

AR-15 clear di hallway

None of this makes no sense

People suffering in silence

Di Don fi di road has fallen

Reprisal early a morning

After all is said and done

It's a war that can't be won

But if we could find hope when there is none

Imagine all the things we'd overcome

Ooh yeah

If I could take it back

Give you all that you lack

Switching the balance

From a history of violence

Giving you an avenue

Express yourself

Making you less reliant

On a history of violence

I know you already got the nine shine but

Tell me you don't pray to see the sun rise

Freedom over always trying to pick sides

Handcuffs ain't the bracelets we had in mind

Make sure that our daughters and our sons fine

Brighter tomorrows than yellow tape lines

Play without the worry of a drive by

No more bullets raining in the night sky

So much trauma the youths them need healing

Learn how fi deal with dem feelings

Show them there's another way to be

So much more to life than we can see

Bigger dreams, different reality

Inner peace, a little clarity

A chance to love the one who stares back in the mirror

If I could take it back

Give you all that you lack

Switching the balance

From a history of violence

Giving you an avenue

Express yourself

Making you less reliant

On a history of violence

If I could take it back

Give you all that you lack

Switching the balance

From a history of violence

Giving you an avenue

Express yourself

Making you less reliant

On a history of violence