In The City

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Protoje

Oje Ken Ollivierre, popularly known as Protoje, is a contemporary reggae singer and songwriter from Jamaica. His mother is Jamaican singer Lorna Bennett, best known for her 1972 rendition of "Breakfast in Bed". His father is a former calypso king from the island nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. more »


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Genna Genna, Don Diggy

So mek we drop it militant, ay
Anytime when you spot a criminal, ay
Dem fi no seh di time 'yah critical, ay
Gova Genna dis ah nuh subliminal, ay

Ah we me say? Ah mek we drop it militant, ay
Anytime when you spot a criminal, ay
Dem fi no seh di time 'yah critical, ay
Gova Genna dis ah nuh subliminal, ay

Fi reach di top ah nuff ah sell dem soul (okay)
Man ah set trap fi see dem friend head roll, yeah
Me cyaan' believe ah so di world get cold
Me 'fraid fi wah go happnen when mi song get old, yeah
Because di yutes dem lost
Man a rebel but a rebel wit a cause
If you rob di mother how di daughter go to class? (How?)
Ah dat you do because you wan di dancer see you floss

Not ah rass
Wid di lights in the city
You see choose what you choose to see-ee
No dis ah nuh news to me
An' now it's not what it used to be
An' no it's never gonna be the same
'Cause of di money game

Wid di lights in the city
You see choose what you choose to see-ee
No dis ah nuh news to me
An' now it's not what it used to be
An' no it's never gonna be the same

Dem blinded by the flashy lights (flash)
Wan some dear jeans wit some cash inna it
You see di old man talk seh ah nappy night
An' rob di likkle cabby just fi wear a flashy Nike
Big up who ah hold it out and mek di sacrifice (mek di sacrifice)
Yutes weh nah go lose dem self fi live a happy life
Generals weh run dem place without a shotty rise (no)
Ah dem me gi' di rank fi keep it militant

Mek dem understand
Wid di lights in the city
You see choose what you choose to see-ee
No dis ah nuh news to me
An' now it's not what it used to be
An' no it's never gonna be the same
(Never gonna be the same)

An' wid di lights in the city
You see choose what you want to see-ee
No dis ah nuh news to me
An' now it's not what it used to be
An' no it's never gonna be the same (hey)

So mek we drop it militant, ay
Anytime when you spot a criminal, ay
Dem fi no seh di time 'yah critical, ay
Gova Genna dis ah nuh subliminal, ay

Ah we me say? Ah mek we drop it militant, ay
Anytime when you spot a criminal, ay
Dem fi no seh di time 'yah critical, ay
Gova Genna dis ah nuh subliminal

(Easy, I'm ok)
(Uh-huh, gang gang) 
Genna Genna, Don Diggy, yeah (Protoje-ay)
Humans and monsters are not the same (uh-huh)
As di Don Diggy say (yeah man)
"It's never gonna be the same"
(I know it's never gonna be the) 
They're just doing it for the fame
That's not the aim (never gonna be the same)
We have to change the game, yeah
Pioneer, stay fly like Ryanair, okay?
Yeah yeah, Genna Genna
(I know it's never gonna be the same) 
(Everybody wanna hear their name)
(So they look inna di streets for fame, fame, fame, fame, fame)

(I see dem looking in di streets for fame)
(Fame, fame, dey looking in di streets for fame)
(No it's never gonna be, never gonna be)
(Never gonna be the same) 
(No it's never gonna be, never, never, never gonna be)

(Never gonna be the same) 
(Never gonna be the same) 
(Never gonna be the same)
(Never gonna be the same)

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Written by: Oje Ken Ollivierre, Romeo Nelson

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