[Intro]
You gotta keep `em separated

[Verse 1]
Like the latest fashion
Like a spreading disease
The kids are strappin` on their way to the classroom
Gettin` 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 other`s don`t mix
They`re gonna bash it up, bash it up, bash it up, bash it up...

[Chorus]
Hey! Man, you talkin` back to me?
Take him out
You gotta keep `em separated
Hey! Man, you disrespectin` me?
Take him out
You gotta keep `em separated
Hey, don`t pay no mind
If you`re under 18, you won`t be doing any time
Hey! Come out and play

[Verse 2]
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, tie your own rope, tie your own...

[Chorus]
Hey! Man, you disrespectin` me?
Take him out
You gotta keep `em separated
Hey! Man, you talkin` back to me?
Take him out
You gotta keep `em separated
Hey, don`t pay no mind
If you`re under 18, you won`t be doing any time
Hey! Come out and play

[Verse 3]
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, tie your own rope, tie your own...

[Chorus]
Hey! Man, you talkin` back to me?
Take him out
You gotta keep `em separated
Hey! Man, you disrespectin` me?
Take him out
You gotta keep `em separated
Hey, don`t pay no mind
If you`re under 18, you won`t be doing any time
Hey! Come out and play