Ahh whoa

Yeah yeah yeah yeah ahh

Dah wah yah name

Somehow some way

Got to make things work

Long life more pay

That's what I deserve

No time no day

Hand to mouth cyaan' work

I got to rule my destiny

I know what my life is worth

From you a hustle fi see better days

Me know dah one yah resonate

More time di system set away

Di place a get so desolate

And as the cost of living just a rise

So mi blood pressure raise and worse

Me n'ave the most sophisticated kinda resume

Still man haffi mek it out

Me work until mi sweat run out

All upon dem days when time

Di boss man wan' fi stress me out

Me nah go mek him get me out

I respect myself so you must

Show me some respect yah now

Or else I'm stepping out yeah

Somehow some way

Got to make things work ooh yeah

Long life more pay

That's what I deserve skibili- beng now

No time no day

Hand to mouth cyaan' work no time

I got to rule my destiny

I know what my life is worth

Man a hustle fi di paper

Fi di bread I am the baker

Down inna jamaica

Fi mek it it nuh easy

Me rather be a waiter

Than siddung and a wait like a wasteman

Fi no man give me nothin' nuh needy

My determination fi richer than akon

And uplift the population cah

Rastaman nuh greedy

A nuh hesitation inna mi meditation

Cah man a nuh nuh slave and me

Wan' fi move freely

But until then

Somehow some way

Got to make things work daga yow yow

Long life more pay

That's what I deserve every dollar every cent

No time no day no day

Hand to mouth cyaan' work ooh yeah

I got to rule my destiny

I know what my life is worth

I was born a king like the pharaohs of kemet

I nuh forward yah fi slave out

So never you forget

But I'm always on time

Me never miss a step

Why you treat me unkind

True a mi a buss a sweat

But me nah go deh yah long

Because me have some bigger plans

Me wan' fi be me owna boss

So me a save up wah me can

Invest inna some stocks

Some options and bonds

I'm thinking long term

I hope you overstand when I and I a say

Somehow some way some way

Got to make things work whoa yeah

Long life more pay more pay

That's what I deserve every dollar every cent

No time no day

Hand to mouth cyaan' work no time

I got to rule my destiny

I know what my life is worth

Somehow some way

Got to make things work got to make things work

Long life more pay more pay

That's what I deserve skibili- beng again

No time no day

Hand to mouth cyaan' work nah go work

I got to rule my destiny

I know what my life is worth daga yow daga yow

Ahh whoa

Yeah yeah yeah yeah ahh