You Can't Blame the Youth Songtext
von Bob Marley

You can′t blame the youth
You can't fool the youth
You can′t blame the youth of today
You can't fool the youth

You teaching youths to learn in school
That cow jump over moon
Teaching youths to learn in school
That the dish ran away with spoon

So you can't blame the youth of today
You can′t fool the youth
You can′t blame the youth, none at all
You can't fool the youth

You teach the youth about Christopher Columbus
And you said he was a very great man
You teach the youth about Marco Polo
And you said he was a very great man
You teach the youth about the pirate Hawkins
And you said he was a very great man


So you can′t blame the youth of today
You can't fool the youth
You can′t blame the youth, none at all
You can't fool the youth

Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh

All these great men were doing
Robbing, raping, kidnapping and killing
So-called great men were doing
Robbing, raping, kidnapping and killing

So you can′t blame the youth when they don't learn
You can't fool the youth
You can′t blame the youth of today
You can′t fool the youth

When every Christmas come
You buy the youth a pretty toy gun
When every Christmas come
You buy the youth a fancy toy gun

So you can't blame the youth of today
You can′t fool the youth
You can't blame the youth, none at all
You can′t fool the youth


Said he was a very great man
Said he was a very great man

You teach the youth about the pirate Morgan
And you said he was a very great man
You teach the youth about the pirate Hawkins
And you said he was a very great man
You teach the youth about Christopher Columbus
And you said he was a very great man
You teach the youth about Marco Polo
And you said he was a very great man

So you can't blame the youth when they don′t learn
You can't fool the youth
You can't blame the youth of today
You can′t fool the youth