[Intro: (Alkaline)]
Yo, a who a run the place?
Alkaline, mon

[Bridge]
A we say Vendetta long time, yeah
A we say Vendetta long time, yeah
A we say Vendetta long time, yeah

[Hook]
A who a run the place?
Nuh Alka!
A who a set the pace
Nuh Alka!
Make the people a trace
Nuh Alka!
Make the fans dem amaze
Nuh Alka!
A who a run the place?
Nuh Alka!
A who a set the pace
Nuh Alka!
Make the people a trace
Nuh Alka!
Make the fans dem amaze
Nuh Alka!

[Verse 1]
"Yo, Stamma lef' the music?" A wha' dem ask me
Alkaline a say Vendetta and him fly go pass me
Alka talented, wicked sick, him flow dem nasty
Youth, him buss your image, you no see da fucking youth deh crafty?
A like me done with school, a Alkaline a wear mi khaki
Him find him owna voice, him done with Kartel walky talky
Three years a build, d'even smoke, d'even party
Write a bag of songs and lef' me depressed, unuh fi ask me
Check mi record label, facts, Alka haffi link me
Him a the general, me a the Vendetta pickney
Alka run the place, Vendetta lock the city
People, fuck the past, dem khaki deh nah go fit me

[Hook]
Who a run the place?
Nuh Alka
A who a set the pace
Nuh Alka
Make the people a trace
Nuh Alka
Make the fans dem amaze
Nuh Alka
A who a run the place?
Nuh Alka
A who a set the pace
Nuh Alka
Make the people a trace
Nuh Alka
Make the fans dem amaze
Nuh Alka

[Verse 2]
A nuff of dem no waan fi see me rise again
Some say, "Stamma, you fi make the place nice again"
"If a saint you turn, please no baptize again"
Link the Vendetta then and build your enterprise, mi friend
Hear wha' mi Father say mi talent, yeah, me haffi use it
"Three years now, youth, and you nuh have no music?"
"Youth, change your flow, make your song dem more acoustic"
"Kill dem with the style and the people dem cyan refuse it"
Like Bounty Killer, mama say fi, drop the hammer
Vendetta style, people roll out the banner
Alka run the place, give the general him honor
Artist full of grammar
'Round the world like Madonna

[Hook]
Who a run the place?
Nuh Alka
A who a set the pace
Nuh Alka
Make the people a trace
Nuh Alka
Make the fans dem amaze
Nuh Alka
A who a run the place?
Nuh Alka
A who a set the pace
Nuh Alka
Make the people a trace
Nuh Alka
Make the fans dem amaze
Nuh Alka

[Bridge]
A we say Vendetta long time, yeah
A we say Vendetta long time, yeah
A we say Vendetta long time, yeah

[Hook: (2X)]
A who a run the place?
Nuh Alka!
A who a set the pace
Nuh Alka!
Make the people a trace
Nuh Alka!
Make the fans dem amaze
Nuh Alka!
A who a run the place?
Nuh Alka!
A who a set the pace
Nuh Alka!
Make the people a trace
Nuh Alka!
Make the fans dem amaze
Nuh Alka!

[Outro]
A we say Vendetta long time, yeah
A we say Vendetta long time, yeah
A we say Vendetta long time, yeah
A we say Vendetta long time, yeah...