Nuff of the yoots in the ghetto firing shots now everydaynFighting against the ways of Jah, Jah know dem feel no waynIf you carry on so then there is a price to paynLife inside a cell is not a place you wanner staynnNuff youth dem come from good families, familiesnToo much ah dem dem just ah end up in a cemetery, they're historynInfluenced by the badness that them see, Wha dem ah seenCoz there's a lesson to be learn and you just don't have to be, a memorynnWhat you're dealing with you know that that ain't rightnThe way you carry on the way you love to fightnnIf you are a rude boy for life, always running into worries and strifenRude boy for life always walking on the edge of a knifennTop shotter outer road dem, jusa gwoen like dem ah donnWar fe territory wan fe own all the landnGangstarfari Babylon dem pon the pay rollnYou can have it all, but end up losing your soulnnInfamous roughneck of societynYes I'm talking to younDon't wanner hear a word I saynAre you listening to me?nCoz I'm talking to younnIf you are a rude boy for life, always running into worries and strifenRude boy for life always walking on the edge of a knifennBecause you're running out of school and you're breaking the rulenYou dress up in a suit and you think say you coolnYou's a rude boy running round and you're not a clownnAny boy stepping up you ah go push dem downnRude boy for life you want the trouble and strifenRe check your steps turn from death unto lifenAnother message to you rudienBurra man ah me say message to you rudie