[Jahmali] (Blak Twang)   Rotton!   Rotton! (YO!)   Rotton!   Rotton!   Rotton! (Yo, London and Jamaica)   Rotton! (Yo yo!)      {*Chorus*}   Why is it, so rotton?   (Tony Rotton alongside man like Jahmali yo)   Why is it, so rotton?   (Original ghetto true boy for the peoples army yo yo)   Why is it, so rotton? (That's all we do)   My people don't ask Tony Rotton (Don't ask me)   How is it, so rotton? (Don't ask Jahmali)   My people have you forgotten?      [Blak Twang]   You don't need to be worried 'bout what my name is   or if I'm famous   You should be concerned if your burnin' in haters with fire blazes   Feel the fire burn up ya charts, burn up ya playlist   Fire for the haters and fire for the fakers   Pump up the volume wake the neighbours   Brethren raise it, all o' the youth outta the ghetto break the cages   It's been ages, since you 'eard my style   But you know my style is rotton and you know rotton can't spoil yo   Nuff hard to switch tryna become rich   In District Six, sense lyrics an' chat bare foolishness   It's a holy puna and drop it from the bottom lips   I'm droppin' the programme like a microfish, check this   I'm still Thames Knick, still the thunder brick   Still bang like pots and pans in ya kitchen sink   Still don't snitch a whip, still rent, still carry a stink   And I'm still rotton so put it in print, yo yo      [Jahmali] (Blak Twang)   {*Chorus*}   So rotton, so rotton (That's right)   My people have you forgotten   that it is, so rotton? (You know what tho')   My people have you forgotten   Why is it, so rotton?   My people don't ask Tony Rotton (Uh huh)   How is it, so bitter?   {??? ???}      [Blak Twang]   Before you ask why, am I gettin' high like my blood pressure   Try lookin' into my eyes and seein' the world through my retina   Or step'a in my boots and see jus' how far it gets ya   In a low-budget area where the man, you feel inferior   Fear for your life from prejudice and stereotype   we're all alike, smoke, drink, cuss, fight, all in a night   Yeah right!   It's killers in the mist who share pipes and wear tights   There's healers in the mist who bear light and wear white   There's Jesus in the mist, there's demons in the mist   There's even them rowdy 'Gorillas In The Mist'   Why ya minds so milli, c'mon brethren don't be silly   Ghetto red hot and chilly, and the burnin' inner cities   Ya best might sta', miner 'a flash ya light'a   Mind the 'S' or one night snipers gon' dim out ya life, cha'!   How much longer will this madness last   before the youth should realise and raise up, and start to blast!      [Jahmali] (Blak Twang)   {*Chorus*}   Why is it, so rotton   My people have you forgotten, (Yo yo)   that it is, so rotton?   My people have you forgotten (Jahmali)   Why is it, so rotton? (Tony Rotton...)   My people don't ask Tony Rotton (...And Jahmali)   Why is it, so rotton?   My people have you forgotten?      [Blak Twang]   It's gettin' diabolical, nuff of dem are comical   All they wanna do is chronicle, money jewels, and tight abdominals   They ain't sayin' nuttin' new, all they do is copy you   UH UH UH, brothers and sisters what's the World comin' to?   Ah public enemy number one, runnin' true   Chuck demons, vanity and bomb fire 'pon ya crew   JUS' who the ras' who wanna romp wit' the formidable?   Rottonostra, chart topper, proper untouchable   DEF, London, I represent for all of you   West, East, South, North and NW   The terrible terrorist 'ere to bring trouble to   phoney MPs chichin' man and bum-ruppin' BOO   Bomb them like barbeque, steam like green callao   SLEW them and then fry them like fish and vegetable   Don't make me vexed wit' you   don't mess with my vegetables   Don't mess with my seeds, my weeds or I'm gettin' you      [Jahmali]   {*Chorus*}   Why is it, so rotton?   My people have you forgotten   that it is, so rotton?   My people have you forgotten   Why is it, so rotton?   My people don't ask Tony Rotton   Why is it, so rotton?   My people have you forgotten?      So rotton, yeah   So rotton, yeah   So rotton   Tony, Tony, Tony Rotton   So help them Lord   Show them Lord   Help them Lord   Show them Lord   Help them Lord      {*Chorus*}   Why is it, so rotton?   My people have you forgotten   that it is, so rotton?   My people have you forgotten   Why is it, so rotton?   My people don't ask Tony Rotton   Why is it, so rotton?   My people have you forgotten?