INTRO      (LG) Edi Outlaw, what's up dude   (EDI) Not much dog, what's up Wise   (LG) Yo I'm chillin--Yo, I'm glad you could make it on this one   (EDI) No doubt I'll come for the truth, dog   (LG) Word, it's time for a change   (EDI) So lets give it to 'em man      VERSE 1 (LG Wise)   Generation in a curse   And they feelin' sad   Too many shorties are in da hearse   Before they knowin they dad   How many sons will never know they daddys   So young and confused   So its the streets where they learn to live   So when they choose then they lose      Its like the day that Pac died   A place in your heart you gonna cry   I cant lie   The Lord will come and wipe da tears from yo eyes   But Jesus shed his blood to save a thug   Then they got us bustin slugs   Them haters bust his head   But he still showed em love      Its the thugs that need yo love   Its the thugs that need yo hug   Lord we need you on des streets   Thats why we dying from des slugs   So me and da Outlawz   We come father asking you for forgiveness   So you can come into our heart   And help us savin our children      Now hey young world   from Lauderdale to da Bay   Now hey young world   from MIA to L.A.   Now hey young world   from Carolina to VA   Lord hear these thugs crying and come and save us today      CHORUS   To all my shorties on da blocks (hey young world)   To all the thugs slangin rocks (hey young world)   Even if you on lock down   All my ladies the world is yours   (2X)      VERSE 2 (EDI)   These days it don't pay to play   You better make your way   Cause life ain't guaranteed to you young dudes   In the wildlife   Still livin childlike   Criminal minds of the juvenilles up lovin to wild out   Born with an anger from where   He don't even know   400 hundred years of oppression   And it's bound to show   They said he murdered his teacher on the last day of school   One shot from a 22   Left them blue   What to do      Hey young world don't believe what they tellin you   you can prevail livin in hell   you ain't a failure      Hey young world I know the times is hard   But beleive in the Light it'll get you out of the dark      Have hustle have smarts   Must of all have heart   Never let em see you shed a tear   My God      Have hustle have smarts   Must of all have heart   And never let em see you shed a tear   Yeah, Yeah      CHORUS      VERSE 3 (DCP)      CHORUS