[Verse 1:] Build wi fi build, wi fi build, wi fi build Wi fi build Jamaica and stop from kill
Skill wi fi skill, wi fi sharpen wi skill Don’t end up in a none a the prison weh dem build
Till wi fi till, wi fi till up the soil And build up wi kyle Plant food pon the hill Jamaica brilliant, and well eliziant Time get hard but wi naw left yah still
[Chorus:] Caw this a fi mi town This a fi mi district This a fi mi home and mi naw left alone
Yow this a fi mi town This a fi mi district Saying it again just incase you mist it
This a fi mi town This a fi mi district Yah suh weh mi born and grown mi nuh misfit
This a fi mi town This a fi mi district Jamaica
[Verse 2:] Youth in a the street dem need a role-model Suh dem can see how fi reach the pinnacle Life it hard and a nough obstacle Suh you haffi check peep because the road sipple Build wi fi build up wi kyle till hi triple I must insist every mukkle meck a mickle Be kind to the blind, and be kind to the cripple Every man was once a baby pon nipple Chill wi fi chill and stop floss sometime Spend dollars and coins pon education
Read you fi read, you fi read, you fi read That Marcus Garvey tell the nation Tek out the bye, bye, the meditation Nough people under sufferation Nough people under frustration But wi haffi build back caw better must come
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[Outro:] Up deh, up deh, up deh, up deh, up deh Meck mi see you hands up if you love fi you country
Up deh, up deh, up deh, up deh, up deh Meck mi see you hands up if you naw go give up deh
Up deh, up deh, up deh, up deh, up deh Jamaica fi stand up and wi have to live up deh