Bad Boyz

Have you been watchin' the bad boyz

Hangin' around the schoolyard?

Has anyone tried to figure out

How it is they got so bitter and hard?

Does anyone have the faintest idea

How we gonna explain

Life to them so far?

They can't hang out on the street

They can't hang out with the boyz

Unless they're packin' heat

And ready to make some noise like the bad boyz

Have you been watchin' the hatred

Growing every day between the children?

Have you been watchin' the races

On each other's cases and all suspicious?

Somebody's always in your face

It's almost like bein' raped

You're so defenseless

You can't hang out on the street

You can't hang out with the boyz

Unless you're packin' heat

Ready to make some noise like the bad boyz

Hope you get there in time

Lose 'em all down the line

Way down yonder on the plantation

Today it's called the 'hood and everyone's restless

They feel deserted and abandoned

They do the best they can but life is ruthless

If you never did care about your neighbor

'Cause their frightening behavior

Get through to you

Don't you see they can't hang out on the street

They can't hang out with the boyz

Unless they're packin' heat

Ready to make some noise they're the bad boyz

They can't hang out on the street

They can't hang out with the boyz

Unless they're packin' heat

Ready to make some noise they're the bad boyz

They're the bad boyz