Raise Your Hands
Jimmy's sitting in a classroom staring out the window
Teacher's teaching by the black board but it's in one ear and out the other
He's just sitting there wondering what he s gonna do
When the bell rings at three o'clock and he gets outta school
The teacher says: listen up children if you re wondering about the lesson
You oughta know by now just what to do if you've gotta a question
Raise your hands
His mama dressed him up every Sunday and took him down to the church
Where they talk about the wrath of God and how the devil s always on the lurch
And if you re good you go to heaven where everything's always fine and well
And if you're bad the devil's gonna get you and take you on down to hell
So you've gotta kick that devil back down in his hole and you best use all of your might
Tell the lord how much you love him and look into the light
Some folks they listen to the teacher's some they listen to god
Some ride away with the devil and then become outlaws
Take this boy I'm taking about "˜cause when he turned 24
He started wishing he'd done things differently when the cops knocked down his door
And when the final line unfolded and he had no place to run
They cried: come on out of that house boy and you best drop that gun