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

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 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

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

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 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

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 ducklingd

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