[Intro]
Free up my brothers one by one
They need to be free (Oh yeah now)

[Verse 1]
Three meals a day
No rent to pay
Got to no wife to obey
Only the bosses gettin' paid
Sitting in a two by four
Lookin' through an iron door
Down in hell
I could never get used to that smell

[Chorus]
I'm talkin' about detention-detention
I'm talkin' about deten- (Yeah)
I'm talkin' about detention-detention
I'm talkin' about deten-

[Bridge]
Believe me; (Oh-oh, believe me)
Believe me, (Hm-hm, it's true)
Believe me

[Refrain]
I said, three meals a day
Got no rent to pay
Got to no wife to obey
Only the bosses gettin' paid
Sitting in a two by four
Lookin' through an iron door
Down in hell, I said
I could never get used to the smell (No)
[Chorus]
I'm talkin' about detention-detention
I'm talkin' about deten- (Yeah)
I'm talkin' about detention-detention
I'm talkin' about deten- (Na-na-na)

[Refrain]
Got to believe me, (oh-oh-oh, it's true)
Detention, detention (Woah yeah)
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (Woah yeah)

[Verse 3]
The wrong remains the same
And the righteous gets the blame
The wrong remains the same
Jah people gets the blame
Every time, everyday, everywhere they go
Jah people-Jah people, gets the blame
Every time, everywhere they go

[Outro]
Got to overcome the judgement and tribulation (Oh yeah)