Lyrics
Hear dat
dem think is a joke
Sister talk to dem man
Ooh, yeah (it's real)
Never give up (do you have any doubt?)
Ooh, yeah
Never give in (this what we talking about)
(Koffee, hot)
Under di pressure, under di pressure, yeah
Under di pressure, under di pressure
If yuh poor, trouble tek you
When yuh rich it nuh settle
Cah we all under pressure my friend
Sometimes when ya feel it, ya cry doh?
Hurt yuh heart, enuh
But do, nuh mek it stress ya 'cause it
Haffi be better, n'affi live inna di ghetto
Fi be under di pressure my friend (chuh)
From we born inna di struggle isolated inna bubble
One law fi di rich yet another fi di poor
Jah bless and please help us we cyaan' tek no more
We feeling di pressure way down to di core
How money fi deh 'ya when dem sen' it offshore?
An every nation come 'ya get rich and we stay poor
Dem show you twenty dollar we ah go through di back door
Tell dem, tell dem seh we cyaan' tek no more
Under di pressure, under di pressure, yeah
Under di pressure, under di pressure
If yuh poor, trouble tek you
When yuh rich it nuh settle
Cah we all under pressure my friend
Sometimes when ya feel it, ya cry doh? (worldwide)
Hurt yuh heart, enuh
But do, nuh mek it stress ya 'cause it
Haffi be better, n'affi live inna di ghetto
Fi be under di pressure my friend, yeah (it's real)
Lord have mercy
This cyaan' get no worse
Haffi call it a curse
How mi heart it ah hurt me
Call it Cerasee
Because from me birth
Ah di first me ah feel like di Father desert me
But, mmh-mmh, all when di pressure erupt
Me never give up
No, no, no me never give in and me ah
Send up a prayer fi di better living (send up a prayer)
I cyan' bawl so ah better me sing and seh we
Under di pressure, under di pressure, yeah
Under di pressure, under di pressure
If yuh poor, trouble tek you
When yuh rich it nuh settle
Cah we all under pressure my friend
Sometimes when ya feel it, ya cry doh?
Hurt yuh heart, enuh
But do, nuh mek it stress ya 'cause it
Haffi be better, n'affi live inna di ghetto
Fi be under di pressure my friend
It serious (serious)
Lawd, times rough and it serious (serious)
Life is a little mysterious
Have we pot and we can't even stir it up, oh no
I cyaan' wait fi morning come
Oh gosh, the night too long
Oh gosh, the fight too long
I cyaan' wait fi see the sun
Under di pressure, under di pressure, yeah
Under di pressure, under di pressure
If yuh poor, trouble tek you
When yuh rich it nuh settle
Cah we all under pressure my friend
Sometimes when ya feel it, ya cry doh?
Hurt yuh heart, enuh
But do, nuh mek it stress ya 'cause it
Haffi be better, n'affi live inna di ghetto
Fi be under di pressure my friend (it's real)
Yes di pressure is real and di whole world ah feel
Yet we nah give up
Overflowing of we cup and di system corrupt
look how hard some ah work and it still not enough
Unnuh lock dung di world now nobody nah work
And no food no inna di house while di bills pile up
When you listen politician you say you wait a second
Today feel di same as you and I do
Under di pressure, under di pressure, yeah
Under di pressure, under di pressure
If yuh poor, trouble tek you
When yuh rich it nuh settle
Cah we all under pressure my friend
Sometimes when ya feel it, ya cry doh?
Hurt yuh heart, enuh
But do, nuh mek it stress ya 'cause it
Haffi be better, n'affi live inna di ghetto
Fi be under di pressure my friend
Mikayla Simpson
Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.