Up with Hope (Down with Dope)

I have known this preacher man

For a long time

He was a good man

I have known this judge

For a long time

He was a good man

I've known this teacher

For a long time

He was a good man too

Nut because of the drugs

They've been takin' secretly

Them are in looney houses today

We cannot stand aside and look

While the nation is goin' down the drain

We cannot stand aside and look

Nation's goin' down the drain, I say

Up with hope (Up with hope)

Down with dope (Down with dope)

Up with hope (Up with hope)

Down with dope (Down with dope)

I'll tell you now, up with hope (Up with hope)

Down with dope (Down with dope)

We cannot stand aside and look

While the nation's goin' down the drain

We really, really cannot stand aside and look

The nation's goin' down the drain, oh yo

I am telling you, now

Cocaine (Cocaine)

No good for you (No good for you)

Liquor (Liquor)

No good for you (No good for you)

You goin' sniffing them glue

No good for you (No good for you)

They give it to you and say

It's the sense of knowledge

But I know

I've been around for a while

I cannot stand aside and look

While the nation's goin' down the drain

I say, I cannot stand aside and look

While the nation's goin' down the drain

Oh, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo

Up with hope (Up with hope)

Down with dope (Down with dope)

Up with hope (Up with hope)

Down with dope (Down with dope)

I say, up with hope (Up with hope)

Down with dope (Down with dope)

Up with hope (Up with hope)

Down with dope (Down with dope)

I say, up with hope (Up with hope)