E.D.I. Mean - Hey Young World lyrics

[Intro] L.G: 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 [L.G. Wise] Generation in a curse And they feelin' sad Too many shorties are in the 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 can't lie, The Lord will come and wipe the 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 the 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 the 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 the 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 [E.D.I.] 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] [D.C.P.] [Chorus]