Protection - Ninja Man, Courtney Melody

Wooow

I, know

Yeah I

I know I belieeeeeeeve

I believe the children are the future

Teach the well and let them lead the way

Show them all the beauty we possess inside

Give them a sense of pride to let it easier

Let the children’s laughter remind us how it used to be

Young girls!

Young girls!

I want you send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby, eeh hee

Send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby, eeh hee

Send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby

Because

Two is better than too many, yes

Nuh go around and have a lot of baby, and

You check it out, can’t find the daddy, and

A put responsibility pon your mommy and

You waan fi put it, mi say, pon your daddy and

Your youth a face a pure anxiety and

Inna di ghetto man a grow totally

Mi want you send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby, eeh hee

Send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby, listen

Mi want the youth them grow up fast

Nuh want them deh pon street a wipe no car glass and

Mi little youth nuh fi push no hand cart and

Mi say the youth them in di ghetto a suffer

Them haffi beg ten cents fi make a dollar

Them make it up and then buy ten cent Bulla

Mi want, send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby, eeh hee

Send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby

I belieeeeeeve

I belieeeeeeeeeeeeeeve

O-o-oh yeah

I believe the children are the future

Teach the well and let them lead the way

Show them all the beauty we possess inside

Give them a sense of pride, let it easier

Let the children’s laughter remind us how it used to be

Youth waan shoes and

Youth waan clothes and

Use kerchief fi just… wipe him nose and

Look how him little and

Look how him sweet and

Every day him need simting fi eat

Mi want you send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby, eeh hee

Send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby

Mi waan you draw fi di pants and draw fi di purse

Then you wait 'til you get your girl and

Hello, ladies… gentleman

Full time… you understand

Teenage pregnancy nuh worth one damn!

Mi want you send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby, eeh hee

Send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby

Because

Mi say, the youth of… today

Them a the man of tomorrow

Make them live happy, nuh sorrow

Mi nuh waan see dem a push wheel barrow

Get from today, mi say, 'til tomorrow

Mi want… mi youth grow up sweet and nice

One day, drive Rolls Royce

Mi waan mi youth live like big timer

Go a school, get education, work computer

Mi want you send fi the protection, you nuh ready fi baby

Mi want you send fi the protection, you nuh ready fi baby

Because

Mi youth man fi just champion

Him turn out to be a mason man

Might turn out be a carpenter man

Or him might turn out be a ram dance man

Because

Inna the time of old days

When mi mother did young and bold

Only two kids mi mother could control

Because

She treat we sweat and treat we nice

Oh yeah, we lived like we living in paradise and

When we a youth, say, we nuh fool

We mother send we go to good school

From mi was one mi go a basic school

Then from deh so mi go a primary school

Left primary, go a secondary school

Now mi hitch up inna high school

Raggamuffin business a weh mi rule

Nobody can’t come take me fi fool

Send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby, eeh hee

That’s why I knowww

That’s why I knowww