The Desire for a Simple Life: Throughout the song, particularly around the 30-second mark and again near the 1-minute 30-second mark, Stonebwoy expresses that people simply want a dignified existence. This is defined by basic human needs: food, clothing, love, and shelter. Critique of Social Injustice: The lyrics address systemic exploitation, such as the commodification of natural resources like oxygen, mentioned around the 20-second and 2-minute 40-second marks. He questions how people are expected to survive when basic necessities are turned into burdens. Call for Accountability: Moving into the 2nd minute, the song highlights the selfishness of those who prioritize their own wealth at the expense of others, labeling such actions as predatory and unprincipled.

The message concludes by reinforcing that everyone deserves stability and peace, emphasizing that the hardships described are what ultimately force people to consider leaving their motherland.

LYRICS Rebel liberation, bhim Tell me wher to gonna run go, ya Hey deat dakey Jonny Blaze ooya ooya ooya Tell we where we gonna run go After making our motherland a bitter place to live Tell we where we gonna run go Wen dem say we have to pay for the oxygen we breathe Answer me now Mr. big man You no see everybody want to go run go up foreign no Simple life, is all we want life Give me food, give me clothes, give me love and give me shelter shelter ‘Cus simple life, is all we want life Give me food, give me cloth, give me love and give me shelter shelter Ya uno fi hear mi please This a one yah song mi a sing from the deep Down ina mi heart and mi a feel like to weep Wolipa tin a gwan wey the people cyan keep cyan slee But the burniton mi come mi aso fi speack You are the one to make life easy Same you are make it harder, madder After everybody marsh up and there is no where to scatter Tell me Tell we where we gonna run go After making our motherland a bitter place to live Tell we where we gonna run go Wen dem say we have to pay for the oxygen we breathe Answer me now Mr. big man You no see everybody want to go run go up foreign no Simple life, is all we want life Give me food, give me cloth, give me love and give me shelter shelter Simple life, is all we want life Give me food, give me cloth, give me love and give me shelter shelter Yaa yaa, well den Naugh a dem sell out, sell out Burn dem sell out, fi selfishness we see dem sell out With the life, speedy life, dem tell a life The truth stay we always try to hide yee Call a spade a spade And don’t call it a dagger Living bigger at the expence of a brother You don’t have no pride think you reach you is a robber Got derm and forsake the poor Call a spade a spade And don’t call it a dagger Living bigger at the expence of a brother You don’t have no pride think you reach you is a robber God never forsake the poor Tell we where we gonna run go After making our motherland a bitter place to live Tell we where we gonna run go Wen dem say we have to pay for the oxygen we breathe Answer me now Mr. big man You no see everybody want to go run go up foreign no Simple life, is all we want life Give me food, give me clothes, give me love and give me shelter shelter Simple life, is all we want life Give me food, give me clothes, give me love and give me shelter shelter Source: Musixmatch