The Right Thing

Ghetto boys with old men's eyes
Killin' each other like swattin' flies
They don't know life's a gift
Get ready, we gotta make a shift

It's always the right time
To do the right thing

Teenage children who can hardly read
Makin' babies they can barely feed
It's like a foreign country in our own backyard
How did that music get to be so hard?

It's always the right time, yeah
To do the right thing
To do the right thing

The ghost of slavery still haunts the nation
Junk food won't make it go away
So many died in freedom's name
To give up now be a cryin' shame

It's always the right time
To do the right thing
To do the right thing
To do the right thing

Human kindness, worth more than gold
It's time to give it away on the Jericho Road

It's always the right time
To do the right thing
To do the right thing

To do the right thing
To do the right thing
To do the right thing, oh hm
To do the right thing, mm
To do the right thing
To do the right thing
To do the right thing