gang bangin

Singer:smokey robinson

wasting your time

drinking that wine

smoking that smoke

doing that coke

dealing that dope

giving up hope

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staying out late

preaching that hate

defying your mother

killing your brother

killing in waves

filling up graves

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widows are crying

babies are dying

a child at play

got in the way

innocent children

somebody killed them

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whatcha thinking now

whatcha doing

just how many lives do you have to ruin

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i betcha you don't even know how it started

how you came to be in this position

hate was handed down by somebody

it's just the neighborhood no good hand me down been around tradition

a neighborhood no good hand me down been around tradition

your killing each other for tradition

tradition

sometimes i think that you would if you could and that would be good

but won't let you for he's gonna get you

but maybe if you stop it might make a few stop

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i heard that somebody said god is dead

leaving you free to continue to be you

but i guarantee you god can see you

i guarantee you god can see you

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love thy neighbor as thy self

put those weapons on the shelf

use your life for something else positive

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Lyric Context: gang bangin - smokey robinson