Letter To The Future - Heavy D. And The Boyz

Intro (spoken): 

People  
The world today is in a very difficult situation  
And we all know it  
Because we're the ones who created it. 

Chorus: 

What's wrong with our future? (4x) 

Verse One: 

Bust this 

How long will this last? 
A friend to the end  a memory in the past 
You think you're big  cause you walk with a shotgun 
I got new for you  your days are numbered  son 
Why don't you get yourself a job? 
When your kid grows up, do you want him to rob? 
Look at your mother, teardrops 
She just received a phone-call from the cops 
"Your son will do life, 'cause he wigged a man's wife 
Shot her with a gun and stabbed her with a knife.", or 
Take a look at your mother's heart torn 
She just received a phone-call from the morgue 
"Your son is dead from three shots to the head. 
The killer left a note and this is what the note said: 
"Never be bigger than you are. 
Never try to pose like you're a superstar 
Next time you rob somebody, and you give him the death-wish. 
When you pull the trigger, nigga, don't miss." 
Is this how you wanna be 
Dead on the street or locked in a penetentiary? 
It's cool to be free 
And it's alright for you to be you and for me to be me 
Look at you, 15 years old 
Coolin on the corner with a can of Old Gold 
Whatever happened to school? 
Yeah, sure you go to school, but you go to be cool 
To sport sneakers that you took from somebody 
To talk about the kid that you bucked at some party 
Life is a gamble, and you're losin 
Before it's too late, brother, you better start choosin 
Left from right, right from wrong 
Or you'll be singin that old blues song 
(Yo, you gotta buck em, or else you're soft) 
Some I knew thought the same, now they're way up North 
You ain't soft, cause you didn't buck a shot 
Put the pistol down, throw up your hands, see what ya got