how many things they say but nothing happenin too much promises how many things they say but nothing happenin too much promises we don t see anything a just poverty that no good for we and we are all alone so use your energy work in one unity so make we understand that jealousy is killing you and me every time we a talk dem a talk yah now no action so we see nutten gwaan yah now together we stand because we waan something change yah now election come see dem a waan we fi vote yah now promise we this and that we hear di whole a dem chat dem idiot program know seh rastaman we no watch well we a go sing non stop babylon system a go drop pollute di place wid dem poison repeat chorus how many things they say but still can t find no peace too many guns in the street they come take everything them dirty levity that we don t want to see so make we overcome and make we work it out and hear the people shout so make we understand that positivity is only all want to see cyan cool rasta cyan cool politician dem waan rule but still we cyan find no food yoh cyan cool rasta cyan cool dem a tell we fi wait because dem think she we a fool dem cyan feature wid dem dutty levity work in one unity and a protect our property no more poverty so we sing bout liberty yes we haffi struggle cause we know life it no easy believe me bigger head dem waan come take it all all we hear dem a talk but nutten a gwaan all we see a just confusion so we say repeat chorus spoken sean martin people say there is gonna be a better day but the world for me is always the same in everyway press news says the world is gonna change it s the same to me nothing else to do only tears will remain