Busy Signal released this song a while back but I am just now hearing it. Found a Daddy and Hypa Remix and a raw version video on YouTube and it made a big impression on me. Below are the lyrics (with translation). Enjoy.
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Busy Signal – These Are The Days [Daddy and Hypa Remix]
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Aaaahhh..Yea gotta stay conscious
Gotta get ma bread gotta keep ma head up…
These are the f***ing days
When the gal dem in dem teens hav the f***ing aids
[When the the girls are in their teens and have AIDS]
Nuff yute nuh have degrees but dem have the grades
[A lot of youth donot have degrees be have the smarts]
Picture dis and try fi see it wid yu f***ing ears
[Picture this and try to see with your ears]
These are the f***ing times
When yu sneakers ain’t yu only nines
[When your sneakers ain’t your only nines (ie: 9mm = guns)]
Some weh call pon Jesus a dem commit the crimes
[Some will call upon Jesus while they commit their crimes]
Nuff illiterate and still a read between the lines
[A lot of people are illiterate but can still read between the lines]
Those are the f***ing dudes claim!! dem a yu fren n want yu f***ing food
[Those are the dudes who claim they are your friend but steal your food]
Then some a dem a rob while some a dem rape while some a dem kill while some a dem shoot is like we need a
[Some of them rob while some of them rape while some of them kill while some of them shoot]
rated R pon the f***ing news
These are the f***ing days when yu caan trust police wid dem dutty ways
[You can’t trust the police with their dirty ways]
Juvenile a run the streets wid the f***ing Kssssssss
[Juviniles run the streeds with their AK-47’s (ie: guns)]
Yow Yuh caan even rest in peace in yu f***ing grave aaaahhh
[You can’t even rest in peace in your grave]
Everyday the same shit different gal, same dick
Different flow, same spit, different drugs, same ship
[Meter of the song is different but the message is the same, different drugs but they come into Jamaica on the same ship]
Same Busy, different hits
With different messages reaching out to everyone in ALL different communities
Yea These are the f***ing things that make a f***ing DJ wanna f***ing sing
Mi caah belive the baby madda dash the pickney in the thing we pissing in,
[I can’t believe a mother will wash her child in the same bowl we piss in]
Baby fadda beat her wid the thing a glistening aaaahhh
[And her child’s father beats her with the bowl glistening]
These are the f***ing days yu affi hustle in the street like a f***ing slave
[You have to hustle in the streets like a slave]
Then the boss a work the least get the f***ing raise
[The the boss, who works the least, gets a raise]
Yuh nuh see say di leaders need fi step up the pace aaaahhh
[We have to tell our leaders to pick up the pace (ie: we want change)]
Listen to these f***ing facts
Who nuh hav a Smith n Wesson hav a f***ing Glock
[The person who does not have a Smith&Wesson (gun) has a Glock (gun)]
Coppa whistle somebody missin when you here it stop
[The guns whistle when they fire and someone is dead when the sound stops]
Anotha madda bawl while she suffer the lost
[Another mother cries while she suffers at her loss]
Welcome to the f***ing streets
Chalk line, white sheet regular we see it
[Chalk line, white sheet (of a murder scene) is a regular sight]
Less fortunate get treated like sum refugees
But don’t get fed up keep yu head up stay on yu feet aaaahhh
Right now we are at a f***ing stage
This day and age is like we locked up inna f***ing cage
A me a tell yu they say di system need fi rearrange
[I’m telling you we need to rearrange the system
Its kinda strange mi waan fi buy a range but the price outta range aaaahhh
[It’s kind of funny that I want to buy a stove but the price is too high]
Watch how yu f***ing move
Killers in the street always got sumn to prove
[Killers in the streets always have something to prove]
Watch yu step yuh betta watch the f***ing way yu choose
Be careful how yu live yuh life cah dem will out yuh fuse aaaahhh
[Be careful how you live your life because the killers will put out your fuse]
These days at the airport dem waan yu tek off belt kick off airforce
Tek weh cologne, Roll on, toothpaste weh dem hear bout
[They take away your cologne, roll out your toothpaste]
Mi feel woulda pull mi f***ing hair out! aaaahhh
[It makes me want to pull my hair out]
These are the f***ing days when yu affi sing say these are the f***ing days
Yo mi caan believe these are the f***ing days
While mi sing daseca please play the f**ing phrase aaahhh
Gotta get ma bread gotta keep ma head up
Stay focus gotta keep your head up
Gotta keep ma head up stay strong
Yea saviour
BUSSSSSSSSSSSYYYYYYY