Tom: G5
 
G5             C5
In these days you can get no rice  
G5               C5
No razor blades but you can get knife  
G5             C5
In these days see the people run  
G5                 C5
They have no food but the boy have gun  
G5             C5
In these days they don't throw the stone  
G5                 C5
Nor use the voice they use the gun alone  
G5             C5
In these days to be an oddity  
G5              C5
Be hunted down like a scarcity  
A5             G5   D5
In these days don't beg for life  
A5          G5  D5 
Wanna take Kingston advice?  
A5         G5   D5         C5   G5
Oh please don't beg for your life  
  

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  
  
In these days I don't know what to do  
The more I see the more I'm destitute  
In these days I don't know what to sing  
The more I know the less my tune can swing  
  
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