Ooh ooh ooh
Shouldn't fade out
Imaginative technique
The news has caught you
You and my emotions

They say we got in trouble

I tried to be the real one (yup)

By the minute, by the hour (okay)

Hey, what are you afraid of?



You shouldn't be so afraid to be afraid

So won't you say "don't be afraid"

You shouldn't be so afraid

To be afraid

So won't you say "don't be afraid"



You couldn't get it if you tried man

You couldn't buy it if you had a million dollars

And if you were a rich man (yup)

All the younger people say you rock'n rollers

You gotta stop, why not?

Why not?



Say say say say say

Say say say say say

Say what

Say what (why not?)

You gotta stop what now?

Say say say say say

Say say say say say

Say what

Say what (why not?)



Shouldn't fade out

Imaginative technique (yup)

Put your records on Sade

Shouldn't be so afraid to lock

Tick tock on your sentence

Said you're living your life in place



I know you got a lot of things

I know you and you're living in shit, no pot to piss in

They came for you optimists, you losers

You activists, who do you fight for



You shouldn't be so afraid to be afraid

So won't you say "don't be afraid"

You shouldn't be so afraid

Don't be afraid

So won't you say "don't be afraid"



You couldn't get it if you tried man

You couldn't buy it if you had a million dollars

And if you were a rich man (yup)

All the younger people say you rock'n rollers

You gotta stop, why not?

Why not?



Say say say say say

Say say say say say

Say what

Say what (why not?)

You gotta stop, why not?



Ooh

You couldn't have it if you tried a million ways

You couldn't see it if you why'd a million changes

And if you were rich (yup)

Then you could probably say "they all are poorer"

You gotta stop and why not?



I know

You can do it, Russ

And why not? (yup)

You gotta stop (why not?)

(Yo, yo... who's better?)

(Okay)

What now?

What now? (Yup)

(Yup)

(Okay)

(Yup)