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Treat the youths right
Instead of putting up a fight!
Treat the youths right
Or you'll be playing with dyn amite
Treat the youths right
Instead of putting up a fight!
Treat the youths right
Or you'll be playing with dyna mite
When you go and look for a job
There is someone givin' you a fight
Like they want you to go and rob
And we know that that's not right
Oooh yeah (oooh yeah)
Oooh yeah yeah yeah yeah
Treat the youths right
Instead of putting up a fight!
Now you fi treat the youths right
Or you'll be playing with dyn amite
You seh fi treat the youths right, right, right, right
Instead of giving us a f ight
Oh you fi treat the youths right
Or you'll be playing with dyna mite
All the boys and girls of today
Who are the grown men and women of tomorrow
Take heed to the words that I say
Or your days will be filled with sorrow
Oooh yeah (oooh yeah)
Oooh yeah yeah yeah yeah
Treat the youths right
Instead of putting up a fight
'Cause if you treat the youths right
You could be sitting on a bomb
(Woah woah woah wa oh)
(Woah woah woah wa oh)
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What was hidden from the first resurrection
Now revealed in the second resurrection
What was hidden from the first generation
Now revealed to the fifth generation
Oooh yeah (oooh yeah)
Oooh yeah yeah yeah yeah
Treat the youths right
Instead of putting up a fight!
Treat the youths right
Or you'll be playing with dyn amite
Treat the youths right, right, right, right
Instead of giving us a fight
And you fi treat the youths right
Or you'll be playing with dyna mite
What was hidden from the wise and prudent
Now revealed to the babes and sucklings
What was hidden from the high school students
Now, revealed to the the kids and ducklings
Oooh yeah (oooh yeah)
Oooh yeah yeah yeah yeah
Treat the youths right
Instead of putting up a fight!
Now you fi treat the youths right
Or you'll be playing with dyn amite
Now you fi treat the youths right right, right, right
(T reat the youths r ight)
(T reat the youths r ight)
(T reat the youths r ight)
(T reat the youths r ight)
(T reat the youths r ight)
Treat them right, treat them right!
(Treat the youths right)
