Back Against the Wall Songtext
von Beenie Man

Whoa, na, na, yeah, yeah, ya zagga, nagga, now, now
Oh lord, well, I gotta friend called tony
Who been build a one unverified from mi was a baby
His nickname afta dat is money
Let me give dem the whole story, yeah, ya, ya

As a juvenile in the ghetto were growin′ up
Their big guns wanted boy have showin' us
And they keep tell him everyday that gun is no toy
Till policeman back him up

Shoot out his way, escape, he′s fabulous
Jamaican most wanted, he's dangerous
People dem a say this is one cantankerous boy

Hey, but now the back against di wall
(Back against the wall)
Likkle you know you would a fall
(Know you would a fall)

Seh dat you badda than all
But you shouldn't lick the bank down at the mall
(Bank down at the mall)


Now you modda pon har belly and a bawl
(Pon har belly and a bawl)
When man make dat phone call
(Oh, now, now, now, now)

Juan, he was a victim of circumstances
Di system weh dem have yah it create this crisis
You see a ghetto youth wit a gun na, call him no boy
His gunshot to rahtid

Lock off jobs in all di communities
As a ghetto youth you have a few opportunities
Lack of education wid all we abilities stall, hey, ya

But when you back against di wall
(Back against di wall)
Likkle you know you would a fall
(Know you would a fall)
Seh dat you badda than all

Mon yuh shouldn′t lick di bank down at the mall
(Bank down at the mall)
Now you modda pon har belly and a bawl
(Pon har belly and a bawl)
When man mek dat phone call
(Oh, now, now, now, now)


It′s like workin' at a hospital, you can′t afford fi see innah
Workin' at a restaurant, you can′t afford a food innah
Workin' at a butty poor, you can′t afford a shoes innah
Feel se dat me right me fren? No rasta

Well, policeman find a gun weh forty man, gone a prison fah?
Know seh Santa Claus neva visit dis, yah rasta, yah
Neva visit the youth dem in the ghetto weh ya suffa
Oh, now, now, now, now, now, yeah

Ghetto youth it's time for us to be strong
Whoa, lord, lord, lord
Youth man wise up and live as one, yeah, yah, yah, yah
'Cause everyday a black man kill anodda black man, whoa
Di system create by Babylon, so fire bun pon Vatican

So now you back against the wall
(Back against di wall)
Likkle you know you would a fall
(Know you would a fall)

Seh dat you badda than all
But you shouldn′t lick the bank down at the mall
(Bank down at the mall)

Now you modda pon har belly and a bawl
(Pon har belly and a bawl)
When man mek dat phone call
(Oh, Lord)

Now you back against the wall
(Back against the wall)
Likkle you know you would a fall
(Know you would a fall)

Seh dat you badda than all
But you shouldn′t lick di bank dung at the mall
(Bank dung at the mall)

Now you modda pon har belly and a bawl
(Pon har belly and a bawl)
When man mek dat phone call
(Oh, now, now, now, now, yeah, ah)

Thats all I got to say about dat you know
Ghetto youth be wise and realize