(Rap Hip-house beat)

Hey there, kids, listen to me
You can be what you want to be
Big shot rich man or woman too
Do like Major league players do
Basketball, baseball, or playing golf
But not a Shaton man like that Adolf
Like they say, be all that you can be
Responsible for your actions; so are we
Dopeman thug roll up to trouble you
Don't listen to what he say or like him do

It=s tough being a kid in teens these days
Easy to get screwed up in so many ways
Chop, now, chop chop and spin around
Yo come correct on your own school ground
Stand up straight and look 'em in the eye
Do a buck 50 and tell 'em bye bye

'Cause you're not going to fall for their hype
Aim for the top 'cause you're that type
Never be another chance to go to school
If you pass it up now, you be dummin, not cool

Homeboy look at the man with happy life
Kids, happiness and a very good wife
Honey, open your eyes wide as you can
Spot a happy mama with a very good man
Life is great man, that's no leg pull
Golden Rule players skip the bull
Be to the other guy what you would like
To have him be to you - it's like sportsmanlike
One love, potna and help othas out
The last thing you wanna be is a school dropout
Don’t be no school dropout
Don’t drop out.
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Listen to the rap song "Responsibility" delivered by the late Ron Berringer:
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Rap terms ( source: The Totally Unofficial Rap Dictionary at http://www.rapdict.org/ )

• come correct - to do things the way they should be done
• do a buck 50 - speed out of a bad situation ( here, "a buck 50" is 150 miles an hour )
• dopeman - dope peddler
• dummin - acting stupid
• homeboy - close friend
• honey - pretty young lady
• leg pull - joking
• one love - farewell; peace
• otha=s - others
• player - true to life
• potna - used to address another person
• roll up - arrive on the scene
• Shaton - Arabic word for ADevil@
• thug - one who has no-one but himself
• yo - you