You say what´s mine is mine
And what´s yours is mine too
Now you´ve got more than you can spend
But all of the money
In the whole wide world
Is not gonna help you in the end
Now while there´s still time to be saved
Don´t take that attitude to your grave
Might be too late for you I´m afraid
Don´t take that attitude to your grave
Don´t you take it there

I hear helicopters
Over my house every day
Shining their lights and flying low
Treat a child like a criminal
From the day that he is born
And you´re gonna reap just what you sow
Now while there´s still time to be saved
Don´t take that attitude to your grave
Might be too late for you I´m afraid
Don´t take that attitude to your grave
Don´t you take it there

So you can move your court case
Way across town
You can move it across the whole wide globe
But it ain´t gonna help your court case
Up in the sky
When you go to put on your white robe
Now while there´s still time to be saved
Don´t take that attitude to your grave
Might be too late for you I´m afraid
They don´t want it there
Don´t you take it there

And you dare the children
To stay off of drugs
Now I dare you to stop letting them in
And how dare you point your finger
At a gang out on the street
While it´s you who is committing the sin
Now while there´s still time to be saved
Don´t take that attitude to your grave
Might be too late for you I´m afraid
Don´t take that attitude to your grave
Don´t you take it there
They don´t want it there
You know your mother taught you better
Don´t take that attitude to your grave