CHORUS:
I don’t wanna get violent, I’ve been down that road before
Don’t make me get violent, I don’t live that way no more
I don’t wanna get violent, when man dem try for make war
Don’t make me get violent, don’t need no blood at my door

VERSE 1:
I can’t make up your mind all I can is give my testimony
Back along trust, nobody was blessed to know me
I had a bad streak, the family black sheep
Although I’m different nowadays I still lack sleep
There’s never one simple way to sum up the past
But somewhere along the line I hung up my heart
I didn’t care, wasn’t scared if I don’t last
Turn you over if you stare when you go past
I was angry and I lost my control fast
My fragmented family life was no bonus
It didn’t help that money was always so sparse
With cro-bars I broke glass and I stole cars
I beat people, burgled houses it was no farce
You name the crime I’ve done it and had assault charge
I've been caught, sent to court
Took some time to reflect, learned my lesson now violence is my last resort

BRIDGE:
Sometimes I need voice of reason
Sometimes I need words of warning
Motion comes back around in season
Like light to the morning

CHORUS:
I don’t wanna get violent, I’ve been down that road before
Don’t make me get violent, I don’t live that way no more
I don’t wanna get violent, when man dem try for make war
Don’t make me get violent, don’t need no blood at my door

VERSE 2:
I’m no mystic I don’t believe in twist of fate
Cherish this day ‘cause life serves a fickle plate
I’ve harboured guns, carried knives my biggest mistake
No more can I be responsible for this embrace
Where everybody wants to level up just in case
You pick up, they pick up and it perpetuates
My cousin had to find out just how quick it takes
Stabbed on his own estate and left to drip awake
It’s your life I only serve to articulate
If not for my life I say it the lickle’s sake
If we participate, brother that’s the risk we take
But when it comes back, that’s the way the biscuit breaks

BRIDGE:
We all need voice of reason
We all need words of warning
Motion comes back around in season
Like light to the morning

CHORUS:
I don’t wanna get violent, I’ve been down that road before
Don’t make me get violent, I don’t live that way no more
I don’t wanna get violent, when man dem try for make war
Don’t make me get violent, don’t need no blood at my door
I don’t wanna get violent, I’ve been down that road before
Don’t make me get violent, I don’t live that way no more
I don’t wanna get violent, when man dem try for make war
Don’t make me get violent, have you come to settle your score?