Treat the youths right
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Instead of putting up a fight
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Treat the youths right
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Or you'll been playin' with dynamite
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Treat the youths right
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Instead of putting us a fight
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Treat the youths right
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Or you'll been playin' with dynamite
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When you go and look for a job
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There is someone givin' you a fight
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Like they want you to go and rob
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and we know that that's not right
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Oooh, yeah (Oooh, yeah)
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Oooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Treat the youths right
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Instead of putting up a fight
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Now if you treat the youths right
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Or you'll been playin' with dynamite
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'Cause if you treat the youths right, right, right, right
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Instead of giving us a fight
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Treat the youths right
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Or you'll be playin' with dynamite
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All the boys and girls of today
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Who are the grown men and women of tomorrow
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Take heed to the words that I say
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Or your days will be filled with sorrow
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Oooh, yeah (Oooh, yeah)
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Oooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Treat the youths right
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Instead of putting up a fight
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'Cause if you treat the youths right
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You could be sitting on a bomb
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What was hidden from the first resurrection
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Now revealed in the second resurrection
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What was hidden from the first generation
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Now revealed to the fifth generation
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Oooh, yeah (Oooh, yeah)
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Oooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Treat the youths right
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Instead of giving us a fight
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Treat the youths right
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Or you'll been playin' with dynamite
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Sucka treat the youths right, right, right, right
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Instead of putting up a fight
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And if you treat the youths right
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Or you'll been playin' with dynamite
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What was hidden from the wise and prudent
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Now revealed to the babes and sucklings
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What was hidden from the high school students
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Now, revealed to the the kids and ducklingd
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Oooh, yeah (Oooh, yeah)
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Oooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Treat the youths right
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Instead of putting up a fight
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Now if you treat the youths right
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Or you'll been playin' with dynamite
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If you treat the youths right, right, right, right
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Treat the youths right
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Treat the youths right
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Treat the youths right
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Treat the youths right
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Treat the youths right
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Treat them right, treat them right!
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Treat the youths right
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Treat The Youths Right
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| Jimmy Cliff |
