What about the youths, what about tomorrow?
What about the truth, is it bread or sorrow?
What about the youths, what about tomorrow?
What about the truth, is it bread or sorrow?

It’s so hard to see what’s happening today
To see my brothers and sister die that way
I would like to take a trip to the palace of the king
Just to share what’s on my mind for a brighter day

So, what about the youths, what about tomorrow?
What about the truth, is it bread or sorrow?
What about the youths, what about tomorrow?
What about the truth, is it bread or sorrow? Oh no no
What about the, what about the?

So much division on the walls of religiosity
So much confusion that we cannot see
I said, 'Ole fascism gains poverty'
No more bombin', no more shootin', let the children be

What about the youths, what about tomorrow?
What about the truth, is it bread or sorrow?
What about the youths, what about tomorrow?
What about the truth, is it bread or sorrow? No
So what about it, what about it?

I say, 'The pain is so hard that we can’t feel it'
So let my people free, Lord
How many cry, how many die, we see, yeah
Let Jah children be, Lord

What about the youths, what about tomorrow?
What about the truth, is it bread or sorrow?
What about the youths, what about tomorrow?
What about the truth, is it bread or sorrow? No
So what about it, what about it?

Change hatred for a brighter tomorrow
Just to see the peace among each other, Lord
There’s no war that love can’t conquer
We should all be our brother’s, our brother's keeper

What about the youths, what about tomorrow?
What about the truth, is it bread or sorrow?
What about the youths, what about tomorrow?
What about the truth, is it bread or sorrow?
What about it, what about it?

I say, 'The pain is so hard that we can’t feel it'
Let my people be, no, no
Let Jah children free, yeah
Let my people be, yeah

So what about the youths, what about tomorrow?
What about the truth, is it bread or sorrow?
What about the youths, what about tomorrow?
What about the truth, is it bread or sorrow?

What about the youths, what about tomorrow?
What about the truth, is it bread or sorrow?
What about the youths, what about tomorrow?
What about the truth, is it bread or sorrow?
What about it