We?re goin' down, down, down, down, down in quicksand   Our country?s law is left in slippery hands   So many educated yet no solution   We?re goin' down, down, down, down, down in quicksand      Number one, purge all police station   And some headquarters fi corruption   Two, some politicians don?t have a clue   One bag of promise, comfort fi a fool      Three, Mama can?t pay school fee   Blood out of stone, education no free   Four, ghetto youth with him gun hardcore   Plan fi mash a works, prison at him door      We?re goin' down, down, down, down, down in quicksand   Our country?s law is left in slippery hands   So many educated yet no solution   We?re goin' down, down, down, down, down in quicksand      Number five, prisons rehabilitation   Inmates fi go out and change the nation   Six, government and politics   People a bawl say the road want fix      Seven, courthouse flex like the Devil   Pure injustice and the law, it no level   Eight, blood shed climb, high rate   A long time ghetto youth a try hold the faith      We?re goin' down, down, down, down, down in quicksand   Our country?s law is left in slippery hands   So many educated yet no solution   We?re goin' down, down, down, down, down in quicksand      Number nine, rich man alone want climb   Inner cities need the resources for shine   Well ten, what about the homeless, them?   The place them sleep, it worse than hog pen      Eleven, me know say the world, it no level   Tables must turn and the scores soon settle   Twelve, Babylon must get melt   Good over evil, righteous dwell      We?re goin' down, down, down, down, down in quicksand   Our country?s law is left in slippery hands   So many educated yet no solution   We?re goin' down, down, down, down, down in quicksand      Oh, we goin' down   (In quicksand)   Oh, we goin', goin' down   Yes, we goin' down   We're goin' down in quicksand      Oh, we goin' down   (In quicksand)   Oh, we goin', goin' down   Yes, we goin' down   We're goin' down in quicksand