Song Lyrics

Whoa
I, know
Yeah I
I know I believe

I believe the children are the future
Teach the well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty we possess inside
Give them a sense of pride to let it easier
Let the children's laughter remind us how it used to be

Young girls
Young girls
I want you send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby, eeh hee
Send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby, eeh hee
Send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby because
Two is better than too many, yes
Nuh go around and get a lot of baby, and
You check it out, can't find the daddy, and
A put responsibility pon your mommy and
You waan fi put it, mi say, pon your daddy and
Your youth a face a pure anxiety and
Inna di ghetto man a grow totally
Mi want you send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby, eeh hee
Send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby, listen

Mi want the youth them grow up fast
Nuh want them deh pon street a wipe no car glass and
Mi little youth nuh fi push no hand cart and
Mi say the youth them in di ghetto a suffer
Them haffi beg ten cents fi make a dollar
Them make it up and then buy ten cent Bulla
Mi want, send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby, eeh hee
Send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby

I believe
I believe
Oh yeah
I believe the children are the future
Teach the well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty we possess inside
Give them a sense of pride, let it easier
Let the children's laughter remind us how it used to be

Youth waan shoes and
Youth waan clothes and
Use kerchief fi just wipe him nose and
Look how him little and
Look how him sweet and
Every day him need somting fi eat

Mi want you send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby, eeh hee
Send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby

Mi waan you draw fi di pants and draw fi di purse
Then you wait 'til you get your girl and
Hello, ladies gentleman
Full time you understand
Teenage pregnancy nuh worth one damn!

Mi want you send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby, eeh hee
Send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby

Because
Mi say, the youth of mm today
Them a the man of tomorrow
Make them live happy, nuh sorrow
Mi nuh waan see dem a push wheel barrow
Get from today, mi say, 'til tomorrow
Mi want mi youth grow up sweet and nice
One day, drive Rolls Royce
Mi waan mi youth live like big timer
Go a school, get education, work computer

Mi want you send fi the protection, you nuh ready fi baby
Mi want you send fi the protection, you nuh ready fi baby

Because
Mi youth man fi just champion
Him turn out to be a mason man
Might turn out be a carpenter man
Or him might turn out be a ram dance man
Because
Inna the time of old days
When mi mother did young and bold
Only two kids mi mother could control

Because
She treat we sweat and treat we nice
Oh yeah, we lived like we living in paradise and
When we a youth, say, we nuh fool
We mother send we go to good school
From mi was one mi go a basic school
Then from deh so mi go a primary school
Left primary, go a secondary school
Now mi hitch up inna high school
Raggamuffin business a weh mi rule
Nobody can't come take me fi fool

Send fi your protection, you nuh ready fi baby, eeh hee

I know
That's why I know

Desmond John Ballentine