Back Against The Wall
Beenie Man Lyrics

Whoa, na, na, yeah, yeah, ya zagga, nagga, now, now
Introduction to the song

Oh lord, well, I gotta friend called Tony
The artist has a friend named Tony

Who been build a one ? from mi was a baby
Tony has been building something since the artist was a baby

His nickname afta dat is money
Tony's nickname is Money

Let mi give dem di whole story, yeah, ya, ya
The artist is going to tell the whole story

As a juvenile in di ghetto were growin' up
The artist grew up in the ghetto as a juvenile

Their big guns wanted boy have showin' us
Older boys with guns showed them off to the artist and others

And they keep tell him everyday that gun is no toy
They warned the artist and others that guns were not toys

Till policeman back him up
But eventually, the police intervened

Shoot out his way, escape, he's fabulous
He escaped a shootout and was viewed as fabulous

Jamaican most wanted, he's dangerous
He became one of Jamaica's most wanted and dangerous

People dem a say this is one cantankerous boy
People said he was a cantankerous boy

Hey, but now di back against di wall
Now he's stuck with his back against the wall

(Back against di wall)
Repeats the previous line

Likkle yuh know yuh would a fall
You never realize you would fall

(Know yuh would a fall)
Repeats the previous line

Seh dat yuh badda than all
You thought you were better than everyone else

But yuh shouldn't lick di bank down at di mall
But you shouldn't rob the bank down at the mall

(Bank down at di mall)
Repeats the previous line

Now yuh modda pon har belly and a bawl
Now your mother is on her belly crying

(Pon har belly and a bawl)
Repeats the previous line

When man mek dat phone call
When someone makes that phone call

(Oh, now, now, now, now)
Repeats the previous line

Juan, he was a victim of circumstances
Juan was a victim of his circumstances

Di system weh dem have yah it create this crisis
The system they have in place created this crisis

Yuh see a ghetto yute with a gun na, call him no boy
If you see a ghetto youth with a gun, don't call him a boy

His gunshot to rahtid
His gunshot was powerful

Lock off jobs in all di communities
Jobs are scarce in all the communities

As a ghetto yute yuh have a few opportunities
As a ghetto youth, you have minimal opportunities

Lack of education wid all we abilities stall, hey, ya
The lack of education stalls our abilities

It's like workin' at a hospital, yuh can't afford fi see innah
It's like working at a hospital, you can't afford to get treatment

Workin' at a restaurant, yuh can't afford a food innah
Working at a restaurant, you can't afford food

Workin' at a butty poor, yuh can't afford a shoes innah
Working at a beauty parlor, you can't afford shoes

Feel se dat me right mi fren? No rasta
Do you understand me, my friend? No, Rasta

Well, policeman find a gun weh forty man, gone a prison fah?
Police found a gun that forty men were sent to prison for?

Know seh Santa Claus neva visit dis, yah rasta, yah
Santa Claus never visited this place, Rasta

Neva visit di yute dem in di ghetto weh ya suffa
Santa never visited the youths in the ghetto who are suffering

Oh, now, now, now, now, now, yeah
Repeats the previous line

Ghetto yute it's time for us to be strong
It's time for the ghetto youth to be strong

Whoa, lawd, lawd, lawd
Exclamatory expression

Yute man wise up and live as one, yeah, yah, yah, yah
Young men should wise up and live together

'Cause everyday a black man kill anodda black man, whoa
Because every day a black man kills another black man

Di system create by Babylon, so fire bun pon Vatican
The system created by Babylon, so we should burn the Vatican

That's all I got to say about dat yuh know
That's all the artist has to say about that, you know

Ghetto yute be wise and realize
Ghetto youth, be wise and realize