you can't blame the youth
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you can't fool the youth
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you can't blame the youths, of today
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you can't fool the youth
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You teachin' youths to learn in school
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that cow jump over moon
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You teachin' youths to learn in school
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that the dish run away with spoon
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so you can't blame the youth, when they don't learn
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You can't fool the youths
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You can't blame the youth, of today
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You teach the youths about Christopher Colombus
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And you said he was a very great man
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You teach the youth about Marco Polo
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And you said he was a very great man
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you teach the youths about the Pirate Hawkins
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And you said he was a very great man
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you teach the youths about Pirate Morgan
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And you said he was a very great man
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so you can't blame the youths, of today
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You can't fool the youths
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You can't blame the youths
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you can't fool the youths
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All these great men were doing,
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robbing, raping, kidnapping, and killing
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so-called great men, were doing,
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robbing, raping, kidnapping, and killing
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so you can't blame the youths
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You can't fool the youths
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You can't blame the youths
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you can't fool the youths
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** short instrumental interlude **
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When every Christmas come
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You buy the youth a pretty toy gun
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When every Christmas come
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You buy the youth a fancy toy gun
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so you can't blame the youth
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You can't fool the youth
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You can't blame the youth
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You can't fool the youth
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cause what was hidden from the wise and the prudish
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is now revealed to the babes and the suckling
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cause what was hidden from the wise and the prudish
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is now revealed to the babes and the suckling
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lord call upon the youth
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cause you know the youth is strong
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Jah Jah call upon the youth
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cause He know the youth is strong
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so you can't blame the youth
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You can't fool the youth
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You can't blame the youth (save your children)
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you can't fool the youth
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don't blame them
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You Can't Blame The Youth (Peter Tosh)
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Ben Harper |