It started on the island of Jamaica
Where it make me into a different kind of man
I grew up looking out on the hillsides
Where I spent much time with my family
Say like my mother, my father
Me brotha and me sista when me say
Working so hard and help each other out
And so me hiking through the hills
Where we find fruits what we gonna share
Swimming through the river, without any care
Because of you, you make me who I am
Because of you, you make me who I am
Because of you, you make me who I am
Because of you, you make me who I am
And then it all started all over inna New York City
Where I gotta work so hard, oh that road it not pretty
A stranger in a strange land, there’s no pressure
And so I had to do what I got to do
And so I could learn my lessons
I always held my head high, my family come first
And so me not gonna make the Babylon system
Come in on this verse, no no no
I say my mother, me father
Me brotha and me sista when we say
We all work hard, and help each other out
Because of you, you make me who I am
Because of you, you make me who I am
Because of you, you make me who I am
Because of you
