Intro       Ooh whoa-ooh!

              Whoa,whoa...yeahh!

              Whoa-oh!

              Ey,ey!

              Yeah,you got to get going

              No time for sitting down

              Some people not knowing life is a cycle

              You got to know how to get around

              Woo!...hahh

 

Chorus    Yes,you got to be strong

               And be all the best you can

               The world is out there,conquer your fears

               And don't you wait too long

               Yes,you got to be strong

               And be all the best you can

               The world is out there,conquer your fear

               And don't you wait too long

 

Verse 1    Ahhy! how you doing? long time I haven't seen you

               Hope you behaving yourself now like a good-behaving citizen

               Nothing come easy--you got to work hard,I'm telling you

               Hope and pray for the best 'cause I believe in you

               Not like the stereotype,cleanliness intriguing you

               Give thanks and praise for my life,and for us being here

               Children can't go to school,the system killing us 

               There's good in us,and we've always wanna bring it out!

               Show the world what we got--the struggle continues,yow

               Check the conditions in which we living,yow

               Right now I come giving you

               That you work to be the winner

               All children,going to baby,that's how we continue

 

Chorus     Yes,you got to be strong

                And be all the best you can

                The world is out there,conquer your fears

                And don't you wait too long

                Yes,you got to be strong

                And be all the best you can

                The world is out there,conquer your fear

                And don't you wait too long

 

Verse 2     People love fi lift expectation,that's fine with me

                Opportunity comes but once,so it's time for me

                I don't think of failure because the sun shine for me

                Something in the back of my head keep reminding me

                Keep on listening,you hear when I call

                There's good and bad,so just be good and stand tall

                A lot of people out there wish for me to fall

                I'm not scared--I pray to He who had created us all

                Evils and the demons--woo! I don't stop with them

                Hey,they don't like me? hey,what's up with them?

                I just can't do without Jah love

                Because it's like the oxygen

                I'm no in no folly--ah! doh gimme no crap with them

 

Chorus      Yes,you got to be strong

                And be all the best you can

                The world is out there,conquer your fears

                And don't you wait too long

                Yes,you got to be strong

                And be all the best you can

                The world is out there,conquer your fear

                And don't you wait too long

 

Verse 1    Ahhy! how you doing? long time I haven't seen you

               Hope you behaving yourself now like a good-behaving citizen

               Nothing come easy--you got to work hard,I'm telling you

               Hope and pray for the best 'cause I believe in you 

               Not like the stereotype,cleanliness intriguing you 

               Give thanks and praise for my life,and for us being here

               Children can't go to school,the system killing us 

               There's good in us,and we've always wanna bring it out

               Show the world what we got--the struggle continues,yow

               Check the conditions in which we living,yow

               Right now I come giving you

               That you work to be the winner

               All children,going to baby,that's how we continue

 

Chorus     Yes,you got to be strong

               And be all the best you can

               The world is out there,conquer your fears

               And don't you wait too long

               Yes,you got to be strong

               And be all the best you can

               The world is out there,conquer your fear

               And don't you wait too long