ONE SET OF FOOTPRINT INNA DI SAND
AND YUH A GRUMBLE AND A SCREW A SEH
IT SHOULDA BE TWO REMEMBER ONE THING MI
YOUTH A FATHER GOD HAVE THE PLAN SO WHEN
YOU SEE A SET OF FOOTPRINT A GOD CARRY YOU
HURRY UP AND COME BACK WAS THE LAST THING
SHE SAID TO HER SON, THE DAY HIS LIFE WAS TAKEN,
SHE DIDN'T KNOW HE WOULDNT COME BACK, HE DIED
FROM A BULLET OF A GUN, AND NOW HER LITTLE BOY IS GONE
SHE SAID HELP ME, LORD HELP ME
AND SHE LOOKED UP TO THE SKY AND SHE
HEARD A VOICE REPLY
WHEN YOU CRY I CRY,
I CRY ALONG WITH YOU
WHEN YOU SMILE I SMILE,
I SMILE ALONG WITH YOU
ANOTHER BABY LEFT HOMELESS, ABANDONED WHEN HE WAS
TWO, SO THE STREETS SITE KIDS AT THE SHOPPING MALL
WAS THE FAMILY HE KNEW, IT'S NOT EASY BEING HOMELESS
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE FI DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO,
AND HE DIDN'T HAVE A MOM OR DAD TO HELP HIM GET THROUGH
IT WAS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, MI GET UP A WATCH THE NEWS
THEN MI HEAR SEH FRIDAY A SEAVIEW DEM KILL A YOUTH,
DEN MAMMA TELL ME SEH HER CHURCH SISTAH JACQULINE
JUST LOOSE HER BRUDDA OVER SEAVIEW GARDENS,
WHEN SHE TELL ME JAH JAH KNOW TI MASH ME UP NAH TELL NUH LIE,
BUT YUH KNOW SEH MAN A THUGGIST SO YUH NAH GO SEE ME CRY
EVERYDAY AND EVERYNIGHT SHE STILL A ASK THE FATHER WHY
HER BROTHER HAD TO DIE, SHE HEAR A VOICE REPLY