I have know this preacherman   For a long time, he was a good man   I have known this judge   For a long time, he was a good man   I have known this teacher   For a long time, he was a good man too   But because of the drugs   They've been taking secretly   Them are in loony houses today      We cannot stand aside and look   While the nation is going down the drain (x2)      Up with hope, down with dope (x3)      We cannot stand aside and look   While the nation is going down the drain.   We really, really cannot stand aside and look while the nation is going down the drain   Oh Yo      I am telling you now   Cocaine, no good for you   Liquor, no good for you   You go sniffling them glue   No good for you   They give it to you and say it's the sense of knowledge      But I known I've been around   For a while      I cannot stand aside   And look while the nation (x2)   Is going down the drain   Oh yo yo yo      Chorus till fade:   Up with hope, down with dope