[Intro]
Some bwoy ah look fame
Ah talk ‘bout dem wild an’ cyaan tame
Ah shot dung people pon di main
An’ now informer nuh stop call up dem name
Bwoy ah talk ‘bout dem nuh response
An’ inna broad day dem ah dig up six pants
Ah shot dung people now informer spot dem out from a distance
An’ dem pick up big life sentence
Eh eh!
Spragga Benz deh pon di endz again
Yeah! Yeah!
Dat’s why mi tell dem seh tek mi advice, mi brethren

[Hook]
Cah’ rude bwoy living ah no fun ting
Yuh n’ave nuh time fi ah laugh an’ ah grin
Yuh haffi serious fram yuh ah deal inna gun ting
Mek up yuh mind fi bun bwoy skin, mi brethren
Rude bwoy living ah nuh bed ah rose
Gun is not fi show off or to pose
After twelve, wi nah guh hide gun onda clothes
Ah fram yuh deh pon di road, brethren

[Verse 1]
Yuh haffi fit, cah’ wen gunshot ah lick
Yuh cyaan mek yuhself be standing target
Yuh haffi marks, because tings wi ‘apm fast
An’ ah one shot alone yuh get fi squeeze off
Yuh haffi cold, ‘ave tings onda control
Fi look out fi police an’ rat patrol
Yuh haffi smart, an’ haffi born without heart
Fi murder people without second thought, cah'
It nuh mek nuh sense fi waste lead
Yuh ah fyah gunshot an’ nobody nah dead
Yuh neva kill ah fly, an' yet still yuh run red
Ah better if nighttime, yuh gwaan ah yuh bed, 'cause

[Hook]
Rude bwoy living ah no fun ting
Yuh n’ave no time fi ah skin up an’ ah grin
Yuh haffi serious wen yuh ah deal inna gun ting
Mek up yuh mind fi bun bwoy skin, mi brethren
Rude bwoy living ah nuh bed ah rose
Gun is not fi show off or to pose
After twelve, wi nuh hide gun onda clothes
Ah fram yuh deh pon di road, brethren

[Verse 2]
Yuh haffi always alert, expect anyting
Cah’ wi living inna rotten Babylon system
Weh informer sell yuh out fi five shilling
An’ mek yuh wake up inna curfew tomorrow morning, so
More time wen yuh gwaan wid a ting
Try move onda cover, don’t be brawling
Always humble, dat’s di key to living
‘Cause smart gunman nuh mek police know ‘im
'Cause

[Hook]
Rude bwoy living ah no fun ting
Yuh n’ave no time fi ah skin up an’ ah grin
Yuh haffi serious fram yuh ah deal inna gun ting
Mek up yuh mind fi bun bwoy skin, mi brethren
Rude bwoy living ah nuh bed ah rose
Gun is not fi show off or to pose
After twelve, wi nah guh hide gun onda clothes
Ah wen yuh deh pon di road, brethren

[Verse 3]
Yuh haffi mean, cah’ wen gunshot ah clean
Yuh haffi can tek fence wid yuh fourteen
Yuh haffi wise, an’ yuh haffi open yuh eyes
Cah’ yuh cyaan mek nobody tek yuh by surprise
Yuh haffi rough, an’ yuh haffi live like a cruff
Fi bleach di whole night until sun come up
Yuh haffi tough, ‘cause if police back yuh up
An’ dem ah kill yuh wid lick, yuh still nah guh bus’ an'
It nuh wise fi ah walk pon street jus’ ah brandish yuh gun
An’ mek informer see it
If yuh waan model wid a legal piece
Gwaan guh tek test an’ try tun police ‘cause

[Hook]
Rude bwoy living ah no fun ting
Yuh n’ave no time fi ah laugh an’ ah grin
Yuh fi serious fram yuh ah deal inna gun ting
Mek up yuh mind fi bun bwoy skin, mi brethren
Rude bwoy living ah nuh bed ah rose
Gun is not fi show off or to pose