Kabaka Pyramid - Make Things Work Lyrics

Ahh, whoa
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ahh
Dah wah yah name

Somehow, some way
Got to make things work
Long life, more pay
That's what I deserve
No time, no day
Hand to mouth cyaan' work
I got to rule my destiny
I know what my life is worth

From you a hustle fi see better days
Me know dah one yah resonate
More time di system set away
Di place a get so desolate
And as the cost of living just a rise
So mi blood pressure raise and worse
Me n'ave the most sophisticated kinda resume
Still man haffi mek it out
Me work until mi sweat run out
All upon dem days when time di boss man wan' fi stress me out
Me nah go mek him get me out
I respect myself so you must show me some respect yah now
Or else I'm stepping out, yeah

Somehow, some way
Got to make things work (ooh, yeah)
Long life, more pay
That's what I deserve (skibili-beng now)
No time, no day
Hand to mouth cyaan' work (no time)
I got to rule my destiny
I know what my life is worth

Man a hustle fi di paper
Fi di bread I am the baker
Down inna Jamaica
Fi mek it, it nuh easy
Me rather be a waiter
Than siddung and a wait like a wasteman
Fi no man give me nothin' nuh needy
My determination fi richer than Akon
And uplift the population cah Rastaman nuh greedy
A nuh hesitation inna mi meditation
Cah man a nuh nuh slave and me wan' fi move freely
But until then

Somehow, some way
Got to make things work (daga yow, yow)
Long life, more pay
That's what I deserve (every dollar, every cent)
No time, no day (no day)
Hand to mouth cyaan' work (ooh, yeah)
I got to rule my destiny
I know what my life is worth

I was born a king like the Pharaohs of Kemet
I nuh forward yah fi slave out, so never you forget
But I'm always on time, me never miss a step
Why you treat me unkind? True a mi a buss a sweat
But me nah go deh yah long because me have some bigger plans
Me wan' fi be me owna boss so me a save up wah me can
Invest inna some stocks, some options and bonds
I'm thinking long term, I hope you overstand when I and I a say

Somehow, some way (some way)
Got to make things work (whoa, yeah)
Long life, more pay (more pay)
That's what I deserve (every dollar, every cent)
No time, no day
Hand to mouth cyaan' work (no time)
I got to rule my destiny
I know what my life is worth

Somehow, some way
Got to make things work (got to make things work)
Long life, more pay (more pay)
That's what I deserve (skibili-beng again)
No time, no day
Hand to mouth cyaan' work (nah go work)
I got to rule my destiny
I know what my life is worth (daga yow, daga yow)

Ahh, whoa
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ahh