[Verse 1] In these days, you can get no rice No razor blades, but you can get knife In these days, see the people run They have no food, but the boy have gun In these days, they don't throw the stone Nor use the voice, they use the gun alone In these days to be an oddity Be hunted down like a scarcity [Chorus] In these days, don't beg for life Want to take Kingston advice? Oh please, don't beg for your life [Verse 2] In these days the beat is militant Must be a clash, there's no alternative In these days, nations are militant We have slavery under government In these days in the firmament I look for signs that are permanent In these days with no love to give The world will turn with no one left to live [Chorus] In these days, don't beg for life Want to take Kingston advice? Please, please, don't beg for your life [Post-Chorus] In these days [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] In these days, I don't know what to do (I don't know what to do) The more I see (The more I see), the more I'm destitute In these days, I don't know what to sing (I don't know what to sing) The more I know (The more I know), the less my tune can swing In these days, you can get no rice (You can get no rice) No razor blades (No razor blades), but you can get knife In these days, see the people run They have no food (They have no food), but the boy have gun In these days... In these days... In these days...