You gotta keep em separated
Like the latest fashion
Like a spreading disease
The kids are strappin on their way to the classroom
Getting weapons with the greatest of ease
The gangs stake out their own campus locale
And if they catch you slippin then its all over pal
If one guys colors and the others dont mix
Theyre gonna bash it up, bash it up, bash it up, bash it up
Hey, man, you talkin back to me?
Take him out you gotta keep em separated
Hey, man, you disrespecting me?
Take him out you gotta keep em separated
Hey, they dont pay no mind
If youre under 18 you wont be doing any time
Hey, come out and play
By the time you hear the siren
Its already too late
One goes to the morgue and the other to jail
One guys wasted and the others a waste
It goes down the same as the thousand before
No ones getting smarter, no ones learning the score
Your never-ending spree of death and violence and hate
Is gonna tie your own rope, tie your own rope, tie your own…
Hey, man, you disrespecting me?
Take him out you gotta keep em separated
Hey, man, you talkin back to me?
Take him out you gotta keep em separated
Hey, they dont pay no mind
If youre under 18 you wont be doing any time
Hey, come out and play
It goes down the same as the thousand before
No ones getting smarter, no ones learning the score
Your never-ending spree of death and violence and hate
Is gonna tie your own rope, tie your own rope, tie your own…
Hey, man, you talking back to me?
Take him out you gotta keep em separated
Hey, man, you disrespecting me?
Take him out you gotta keep em separated
Hey, they dont pay no mind
If youre under 18 you wont be doing any time
Hey, come out and play