Intro (x8) (x3) N.C. You gotta keep 'em separated Verse They're like the latest fashion They're like a spreading disease The kids are strappin' on their way to the classroom Getting weapons with the greatest of ease Pre-Chorus The gangs stake their own campus locale And if they catch you slippin' then it's all over pal If one guy's colors and the others don't mix They're 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 don't pay no mind If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time Hey, come out and play! Bridge (x3) Verse By the time you hear the siren It's already too late One goes to the morgue and the other to jail One guy's wasted and the other's a waste Pre-Chorus It goes down the same as the thousand before No one's getting smarter, no one's 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 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 don't pay no mind If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time Hey, come out and play! Bridge (x3) Pre-Chorus It goes down the same as the thousand before No one's getting smarter, no one's 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 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 don't pay no mind If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time Hey, come out and play!

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