VERSE I
Your old enough to know right from wrong
So why you hangin where you don’t belong
And those gang colors won’t get you any where
Except ten to life or the electric chair
Or you’ll spend your life wasted on the street
Till your lying face down under a sheet
You thought it was kool when you cap that gun
But now the life of that kid is over and done
Your homies won’t be there to pay your bail
When you’re locked up tight and sittin in jail
HOOK
Tell them everything (step up, step up, speak out)
No matter how hard it seems
Tell them what you seen (step up, step up, step up)
Or you’ll get caught between (speak out, speak out, speak out)
Your freedom and your dreams (step up, speak out, speak out)
VERSE II
Down in the hood you’re a ghetto star
But here on my block a loser is all you are
Pushing drugs from that back seat of a car
You got the pee wee’s holding your nine
But his age won’t keep him from doing hard time
Your jumped in jacked up it’s all the same
But sittin in cold storage is not a game
You’ll spend a dime before you breathe free air
And twenty four seven in solitaire
Da Boyes all left you holding the bag
So tell me fool why ya still flying their flag
HOOK (Repeat)
VERSE III
Now’s the right time we don’t need to wait
To end the gang violence and stop the hate
“DND” thats the new plan
Develop not Destroy and do what you can
To help clean up your neighborhood
Step Up Speak Out and do some good
Go back to school and graduate
Do it now before it’s too late
You gotta stop runnin with the street warriors
Turn in your guns and drop them colors
HOOK (Repeat)
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