| | | | | (x2) Treat the youths right Instead of putting up a fight! Treat the youths right Or you'll be playing with dynamite Treat the youths right Instead of putting up a fight! Treat the youths right Or you'll be playing 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 you fi treat the youths right Or you'll be playing with dynamite You seh fi treat the youths right, right, right, right Instead of giving us a fight Oh you fi treat the youths right Or you'll be playing 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 (Woah woah woah waoh) (Woah woah woah waoh)   | |  |  |  |  | (x2) | |  |  | 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 dynamite 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 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 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 dynamite Now you fi 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)