Well, I wake up early one morningAnd I went down to Spanish TownTo look for a friend of mineWho's called SeminayaThen we started to have a little talkAbout everythingAbout the situationAnd this is what he saidHe told me, "Famine, famine, famineFamine on the landBecause the cost of livingIs getting so high, high, highâ€It's really so high, high, highSky highBecause the cost of livingIs getting so high, high, highSo I went down to Old HarbourTo look for my brother JohnTo ask him how is lifeAnd things and things and thingsOh, we started to have a little talkAbout everythingAbout the situationAnd this is what he saidHe told me, "Famine, famine, famineFamine's on the landBecause the cost of livingIs getting so high, high, highâ€It's really so high, high, highSky highBecause the cost of livingIs getting so high, high, highSo I went down to ClarendonTo look for my familyTo a little street called TreadlightIs where I was bornOh, and we started to have a little talkTogether, togetherAbout the situationAnd this is what they saidThey told me, "Famine, famine, famineFamine on the landBecause the cost of livingIs getting so high, high, highâ€It's really so high, high, highSky high'Cause the cost of livingIs getting so high, high, high