Don't let the system get you down, get you down, get you down hey
Don't let the system get you down, get you down, get you down hey
Don't let the system get you down
And mek you run up and down
Remember better must come
Come it haffi come
Don't let the system get you down
And mek you run up and down
Memba the table a go tun
Tun it haffi tun
Hold up your head to the sky
Betta show your smile forget your trouble and dance
In disya time situation unkind
So come yah so fi groove and prounce
Move forward and neva lose the faith
Don't get caught up in the envy and hate
Do no bada gwaan so
Me tell oonu straight
Step forward in a life so do no bada wait
Don't let the system get you down
And mek you run up and down
Remember better must come
Come it haffi come
Don't let the system get you down
And mek you run up and down
Memba the table a go tun
Tun it haffi tun
Don't be sad co tings will be better
No matta the pressure or the rainy weather
Hold my hand we cross the tribulation together
Come gather round we can face every danger
Love one another a so the ting go mi nuh need fi talk
Tell the government we nah go bow to no rat
Situation red and hot
But we nah go fall in a dem trap no no
Don't let the system get you down
And mek you run up and down
Remember better must come
Come it haffi come
Don't let the system get you down
And mek you run up and down
Memba the table a go tun
Tun it haffi tun
Don't let the system get you down, get you down, get you down hey
Don't let the system get you down, get you down, get you down hey
