Ooh, yeah
Never give up
Ooh, yeah
Never give in
Under the pressure, under the pressure, yeah
Under the pressure, under the pressure
If yuh poor, trouble tek you
When yuh rich it nuh settle
Cuh we all under the pressure my friend
Sometimes when yuh feel it yuh cry doh
Hurt yuh heart enuh
But do no mek it stress yuh
'Cause it haffi fi better
Nuh haffi live ina the ghetto
Fi be under the pressure my friend
Lord have mercy this cyan get no worse
Haffi call it a curse, how me heart it a hurt me
Call it cerosee because from me birth
A the first me a feel like the Father desert me
But, mmm, all when the pressure erupt
Me never give up
No, no, no, me never give in
Me a send up a prayer fi the better living
I cya bawl so a better me sing
Under the pressure, under the pressure, yeah
Under the pressure, under the pressure
If yuh poor, trouble tek you
When yuh rich it nuh settle
Cuh we all under the pressure my friend
Sometimes when yuh feel it yuh cry doh
Hurt yuh heart enuh
But do, no mek it stress yuh
'Cause it haffi fi better
Nuh haffi live ina the ghetto
Fi be under the pressure my friend
Yuh nuh haffi be the one wah beg the old man
A likkle sumn from him pumpkin farm, yeah, eh
Or the lady weh a hustle in the streets
Just fi give her baby something warm
Because yuh pocket coulda deep
Have a nice pretty vehicle and all kind visa
So life shoulda sweet yuh
But I coulda teach yuh
Hard times woulda reach yuh
And the storm a nuh something calm
Under the pressure, under the pressure, yeah
Under the pressure, under the pressure
If yuh poor, trouble tek you
When yuh rich it nuh settle
Cuh we all under the pressure my friend
Sometimes when yuh feel it yuh cry doh
Hurt yuh heart enuh
But do, no mek it stress yuh
'Cause it haffi fi better
Nuh haffi live ina the ghetto
Fi be under the pressure my friend
It serious (serious)
Lawd, times rough and it serious
Life is a little mysterious
Have we pot and we can't even stir it up
Oh no
I cyan wait fi morning come
Oh, gosh the night too long
Oh, gosh the fight too long
I cyan wait fi see the sun
Under the pressure, under the pressure, yeah
Under the pressure, under the pressure
If yuh poor, trouble tek you
When yuh rich it nuh settle
Cuh we all under the pressure my friend
Sometimes when yuh feel it yuh cry doh
Hurt yuh heart enuh
But do, no mek it stress yuh
'Cause it haffi fi better
Nuh haffi live ina the ghetto
Fi be under the pressure my friend
Under the pressure, under the pressure, yeah
Under the pressure, under the pressure
If yuh poor, trouble tek you
When yuh rich it nuh settle
'Cause we all under the pressure my friend
Sometimes when yuh feel it yuh cry doh
Hurt yuh heart enuh
But do, no mek it stress yuh
'Cause it haffi fi better
Nuh haffi live ina the ghetto
Fi be under the pressure my friend