We hear you crying so bitterly   Trying to get people to help you, ye, ye   But nobody will      Your son was brutalizing people every time   But you said nothing   Now it's the time to pay the price   It's time to pay, ye, ye, ye, ye      You gonna reap just what you sow   You gonna reap just what you sow   You gonna reap just what you sow   You gonna reap just what you sow      Coming back home with stolen things   Instead of telling him how wrong he was   You told him how clever he was   People coming out of burning houses      It's your son, driving stolen cars every time   It's your son but you said nothing   But now he's turning against you      You gonna reap just what you sow   You gonna reap just what you sow   You gonna reap just what you sow      Everybody knows no jail can keep him   'Cause you rubbing shoulders with the law   But now it's time to pay the price, wo, woh      You gonna reap just what you sow   You gonna reap just what you sow   You gonna reap just what you sow   ...