Treat the Youths Right

Treat the youths right Instead of putting up a fight Treat the youths right Or you'll been playin' with dynamite Treat the youths right Instead of putting us a fight Treat the youths right Or you'll been playin' with dynamite When you go and look for a job There is someone givin' you a fight Light them on, get to go and rob Then 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 if you treat the youths right Or you'll been playin' with dynamite 'Cause if you treat the youths right, right, right, right Instead of giving us a fight Treat the youths right Or you'll be playin' with dynamite All the boys and girls of today Here's the well-know rumour of tomorrow Take heed to the words that I say All 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 I won't go hither from the first resurrection I want my field in the second resurrection I won't go hither from the first generation I won't be real to the fifth generation Oooh, yeah (Oooh, yeah) Oooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Treat the youths right Instead of giving us a fight Treat the youths right Or you'll been playin' with dynamite Sucka treat the youths right, right, right, right Instead of putting up a fight And if you treat the youths right Or you'll been playin' with dynamite I want protect them from the ways and bullets No, we dream through the ways and solins I want protect them from the high school students Now, we dream through the kids and violence Oooh, yeah (Oooh, yeah) Oooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Treat the youths right Instead of putting up a fight Now if you treat the youths right Or you'll been playin' with dynamite If you treat the youths right, right, right, right Treat the youths right Treat the youths right Treat the youths right Treat the youths right Treat the youths right Treat them right, treat them right! Treat the youths right --- Treat the Youths Right - Jimmy Cliff