Up With Hope (Down With Dope)

I have known this preacherman
For a long time, he was a good man
I have known this judge
For a long time, he was a good man
I have known this teacher
For a long time, he was a good man too.
But because of the drugs
They've been taking secretly
Them are in loony houses today.

We cannot stand aside and look
While the nation is going down
the drain (x2)

Chorus:
Up with hope, down with dope (x3)

We cannot stand aside and look
While the nation is going down
the drain. We really really cannot
stand aside and look while the
nation is going down the drain
Oh Yo

I am telling you now
Cocaine, no good for you
Liquor, no good for you
You go sniffing them glue
No good for you
They give it to you and
say it's the sense of knowledge
But I've been around
For a while
I cannot stand aside
And look while the nation
Is going down the drain (x2)
Oh yo yo yo

Chorus:
Up with hope, down with dope (x3)