"Treat The Youth Right" lyrics

"Treat The Youth Right"
(originally by Jimmy Cliff)

Yeah...

Treat the youth right
Instead of putting up a fight
Treat the youth right
Or you'll be playing without a mic

When you go and look for a job
There was someone giving you a fight
Like they want you to go and rob
And we know that that's alright, ooh yeah...

Treat the youth right
Instead of putting up a fight
Treat the youth right
Or you'll be playing without a mic, yeah...

All the boys and girls of today
Are the men and women of tomorrow
Take heat of the words that I say
Or your days will be filled with sorrow, ooh yeah...

Treat the youth right
Instead of putting up a fight
Treat the youth right
Or you'll be playing without a mic
Treat the youth right-right-right-right
Instead of putting up a fight
Treat the youth right
Or you'll be playing without a mic, oh... yeah

Always hear from the wise and prudent
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Now let's hear it from the high school students
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Ooh yeah...

Treat the youth right
Instead of putting up a fight
Treat the youth right
Or you'll be playing without a mic
Oh... yeah...

Treat the youth right
Instead of putting up a fight
Treat the youth right
Or you'll be playing without a mic
Treat the youth right-right-right-right
Instead of putting up a fight
Treat the youth right
Or you'll be playing without a mic, oh... yeah...


Writer(s): Jimmy Cliff