Can't Blame the Youth

You can't blame the youth

You can't fool the youth

You can't blame the youth (Of today)

You can't fool the youth

You're teaching youths to learn in school

That cow jump over moon

You're teaching youths to learn in school

That the dish ran away with spoon

So you can't blame the youth (When they don't learn)

You can't fool the youth (Can't fool the youth)

You can't blame the youth (Of today)

You can't fool the youth

You teach the youth about Christopher Columbus

And you said he was a very great man

You teach the youth about Marco Polo

And you said he was a very great man

You teach the youth about the pirate Hawkins

And you said he was a very great man

You teach the youth about the pirate Morgan

And you said he was a very great man

So you can't blame the youths (Of today)

You can't fool the youths

You can't blame the youths

You can't fool the youths

All these great men were doing

Robbing, raping, kidnapping and killing

So called great men were doing

Robbing, raping, kidnapping

So you can't blame the youths

You can't fool the youths

You can't blame the youth (None at all)

You can't fool the youth

When every Christmas come

You buy the youth a pretty toy gun

When every Christmas come

You buy the youth a fancy toy gun

So you can't blame the youth

You can't fool the youths

You can't blame the youth

You can't fool the youths

But what was hidden from the wise and the prudent

Is now revealed to the babes and the sucklings

What was hidden from the wise and the prudent

Now revealed to the babes and the suckling

Lord, call upon the youth

'Cause He know the youth is strong

Jah Jah call upon the youths

'Cause He know the youth is strong

So you can't blame the youth

You can't fool the youth

You can't blame the youth (Save the children)

You can't fool the youth

Don't blame them, not their fault