| Watch what you say
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| You gotta speak with a little more discipline
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| Our little brothers and sisters are listening
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| There’s a subtler way
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| That you can say any idea you want to express
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| You can tell them of love without every detail
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| And let life and time do the rest
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| Some don’t know the meaning of everything you say
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| But they repeat you anyway
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| So you’ve gotta be kind to the growing mind
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| Said you gotta be kind to the growing mind
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| Watch what you do
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| Think of the future, people, you may be creating
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| Our little brothers and sisters are imitating
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| You’re a who’s who, they wanna be like you
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| So set a positive example
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| Life is a pie you don’t eat all at once
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| Every now and then you taste another sample
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| Soon enough, they start to find out
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| What it’s all about
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| So we gotta be kind to the growing mind
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| Said we gotta be kind to the growing mind
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| Think about it, everybody
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| Watch what you say
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| You gotta watch what you say and what you do
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| Our little brothers and sisters look up to you
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| Now you can be sexy, it’s alright especially
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| When it’s done at the right time and place
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| Try to remember that a young mind
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| Is a terrible thing to waste
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| Let us remember it’s up to you and me
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| It’s our responsibility
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| Yeah, we gotta be kind to the growing mind
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| You’re little brothers and sister need you to be
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| We gotta be kind to the growing mind
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| You and me, gotta be
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| We gotta be kind to the growing mind
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| Temptations, tell them, oh, yeah
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| We gotta be kind to the growing mind
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| Oh, we gotta be kind to the growing mind
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| You and me, gotta be, kind, kind, kind
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| We gotta be kind to the growing mind… |