(Ooooh-hooo, oooooh-hooo
(Ooooh-hooo, oooooh-hooo)
Don't be bad, don't be bad

I got caught in the wrong place
The wrong time (wrong time)
Now I am in prison (prison)
Serving a sentence (sentence)
Serving a sentence (sentence)
For the wrong that I have done

So please, oh please my brothers (brothers)
Oh please my sisters (sisters)
Try to do right (do right)
And it'll be a better way

I was wrong, now I am paying (paying)
Yes I am paying (paying)
For the wrong that I have done

If I was in the house of Jah (Jah, Jah)
Reasoning with Jah children (Jah, Jah)
I wouldn't get caught
I wouldn't get caught stealing

If I was in the house of Jah (Jah, Jah)
Sitting with Jah children (Jah, Jah)
I wouldn't get caught
I wouldn't get caught stealing
Oh-hoooo-ho
Ohhh-ho oh-oh-hooo
Oh-ho yeah

(..)

If I was in the house of Jah (Jah, Jah)
Wouldn't get caught (Jah, Jah)
Sitting and praising Jah
Reasoning with Jah children

If I was in the house of Jah
Sitting with Jah children
I wouldn't be in prison at all
Serving this sentence

So please my brothers and sisters
Be careful of what you do, yes
Please humble yourself
Don't be a trouble

I got caught, at the wrong place yes (wrong place)
At the wrong time, yeh (wrong time)
Now I am in prison (prison)
Now I am in prison (prison)
For the wrong that I have done

Don't go on
With the things that you used to do (used to do)
Remember army barracks (barracks)
Have bazooka too (bazooka too)

Get smart youthman, remember educations (education)
The time is so crucial (crucial)
Please behave yourself (behave yourself)