What a gwaan inna de ghetto? Junior Kelly preach and echo You know what? Mi nuh like wah gwaan! A just sufferation, sufferation, hey! Hungry days, mi want a change of pace Owl ah seek mi bird outta desolate place 'Cause ah hungry days, it a show inna mi face Owl ah seek mi bird outta desolate place One youth inna belly and two deh pon di ground (di ground) She nuh know from whence her next meal a come Hungry ah yawn; well dat a di norm down inna di slum Still nuh go lose mi cool Mi a stay focused; nuh go pick up nuh gun Still nuh guh drown mi sorrows inna rum Cause if riches fi come One day it's gonna come But right here now a jus' Hungry days, mi want a change of pace Owl ah seek mi bird outta desolate place 'Cause ah hungry days, it a show inna mi face Owl ah seek mi bird outta desolate place Well I'n'I suffering from way back when And white squal him a mi dearest friend Hunger deh by mi side 24/7 So mi waan' ah one tune fi go pon di top ten Ca' dat ah di only way di sufferation is gonna end Waan' sum money fi borrow but di bank dem nuh guh lend Have it ah circulate and dem ah issue to dem friend Nuh cater fi di poor and needy sour about dat me den Hungry days, mi want a change of pace Owl ah seek mi bird outta desolate place 'Cause ah hungry days, it a show inna mi face Owl ah seek mi bird outta desolate place Unno remember de youths dem in Somalia ('lia) Unno remember de youths dem inna Rwanda Me wonder if wah good fi di goose no good fi di gander Ca' goose no have a diamond gander have it ah squander Ah build up dem demonical police and sodomonic empire But ah greed ah di biggest factor Ca' some say dem love we but dem just a actor Dem know know seh when dem Deceive ah youth ah dem ah future dem ah fracture Inna hungry, inna hungry, inna hungry, ah hungry days! Hungry days, mi want a change of pace Owl ah seek mi bird outta desolate place 'Cause ah hungry days, it a show inna mi face Owl ah seek mi bird outta desolate place But what about di little baby feed (feed) Weh no cater 'bout we basic needs Each and every day mi say tax ah increase And still di liccle ghetto youths cyaan juggle inna peace Thro' pressure Maxine swallow her pride (pride) Dollar her sell di love 'pon di side Daytime bucka bold and brave she nuh go hide (hide) For her belly full she'll gi' any man a ride Hungry days, mi want a change of pace Owl ah seek mi bird outta desolate place 'Cause ah hungry days, it a show inna mi face Owl ah seek mi bird outta desolate place One youth inna belly and two deh pon di ground (di ground) She nuh know from whence next meal a come Hungry a yawn; Hungry a yawn; Yet still dat a di norm down inna di slum Still nuh go lose mi cool Mi ah stay focused Nuh go pick up nuh gun Still nuh guh drown mi sorrows inna rum Cause if riches fi come One day it's gonna come But right here now a jus' Hungry, ah hungry, ah hungry, ah hungry days! Hungry days, mi want a change of pace Owl ah seek mi bird outta desolate place 'Cause ah hungry days, it a show inna mi face Owl ah seek mi bird outta desolate place Me suffering from way back when And white squal him a mi dearest friend Hunger deh by mi side 24/7 So mi waan' ah one tune fi go pon di top ten Ca' dat ah di only way di sufferation is gonna end Waan' sum money fi borrow but di bank dem nuh guh lend Have it ah circulate and dem ah issue to dem friend Nuh cater fi di poor and needy sour about dat me den Hungry days, mi want a change of pace Owl ah seek mi bird outta desolate place 'Cause ah hungry days, it a show inna mi face Owl ah seek mi bird outta desolate place