And I won't make love to you

And I feel love, feel love



Jailhouse gets empty

Rudy gets plenty

The baton stick gets shorter

Rudy gets taller

Can't fight against the youth

Cause we're strong and they're the rude rude people

Can't fight against the youth

Cause we're strong and the rude rude people



Baby get down

When I was a youth in 1983

It was the best day of my life, had the eighty nine vision

We didn't fuss or no fight

When all the little daughters wanna be my wife

My vision

It was playin' on my guitar, on my guitar



I had to be there

I had to be there

I had to be there

I had to be there



When the rhythm, playin'

I know that I'm gonna be there yeah

Bud Gaugh will be singing there

And Eric Wilson will be bangin' up there, yea

Oh and we'll be all singin', with version, with version

Reggae version

Version, version, version oh



What has been told to the wise and up-rooted

It's gonna be revealed unto babes and Sublime

Rudy Rudy Rudy

Can't fight against the youth, right now

Them are rude, rude people

Can't fight against the resistance, oh right now

Them are rude, rude people



We gonna rule this land among children

We gonna rule this land



Cause when that rhythm it was playin' on my guitar

On my guitar



I had to be there

I had to be there

I had to be there

I had to be there



Oh when I was a youth it was the best day

It was the best day of my life

We had the eighty nine vision



We didn't fuss or no fight

When all the little daughters wanna be my wife

When that rhythm, it was playin' on my guitar

On my guitar



I had to be there

I had to be there

I had to be there

I had to be there

Had to be there



Jailhouse gets empty

And Rudy gets plenty

Baton stick gets shorter

Rudy gets taller, taller

And fight against the youth

Cause we're strong, them are rude, rude people

Can't fight against the youth