Been There - Junior Kelly

Have you been there, been there

The hunger, the pressure, the pain, the hate

Have you been there, been there

The fall, the rise, the tears I’ve cried

Have you been there, been there

The murder, the hussle, the bondage, the chains

Have you been there, been there

Left behind, locked behind them, behind them bars deh

I take dem abuse and gun shot and scars deh

but mi nuh care whe dem want say

Me ignite, shine bright like one of dem stars deh

A this a whe them cant say, in a the height of the hunger, the heat of the

battle mi run way

no man nuh want fi fail

the big bad world wi got to face it, tell u the truth sometimes mi scared

Have you been there, been there

The hunger, the pressure, the pain, the hate

Have you been there, been there

The fall, the rise, the tears I’ve cried

Have you been there, been there

The murder, the hussle, the bondage, the chain

Have you been there, been there

Have the, have the empty cupboards and the youths dem looking at me,

mi nuh see no way out

somebody help me, help me

you see the gun ya well load, mi strap mi heavy heavy

me out fi rob somebody, me out fi shoot somebody

have fi hit the streets, gun shot a beat,

four days the youths dem nuh eat

things nuh criss neither curry

we so dependent on money

we so defeated on laws as we cling onto courage

Have you been there, been there

The hunger, the pressure, the pain, the hate

Have you been there, been there

The fall, the rise, the tears I’ve cried

Have you been there, been there

The murder, the hussle, the bondage, the chains

Have you been there, been there

yow, yow, ghetto youths a tell unu,

I got so much to lose

mi a look fi better,

money fi stretch from ya so to the moon

mi nah bust nuh shot, mi a bust a tune yow

More time mi dont have a clue, and sometimes mi stress out and don’t know what

to do yow,

suicide some a dem a brew now, and the powers that be confused yow,

peace bruk war deh pon the avenue yow

Have you been there, been there

The hunger, the pressure, the pain, the hate

Have you been there, been there

The fall, the rise, the tears I’ve cried

Have you been there, been there

The murder, the hussle, the bondage, the chain

Have you been there, been there.