Like the latest fashion
Like a spreading disease
The kid's are strappin' on their way to the classroom

Getting weapons with the greatest of ease
The gangs stake out their own campus locale
And if they catch you slippin' then it's all over pal

If one guy's colors and the others don't mix
They're gonna bash it up


Hey - man you talkin' back to me?
Take him out
You gotta keep 'em seperated

Hey - man you disrespecting me?
Take him out
You gotta keep 'em seperated

Hey don't pay no mind
If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time
Hey come out and play


By the time you hear the siren
It's already too late

One goes to the morgue and the other to jail
One guy's wasted and the other's a waste
It goes down the same as the thousand before

No one's getting smarter
No one's learning the score
Your never ending spree of death and violence and hate

Is gonna tie your own rope