[Hook:]
Kiss me hard before you go
(It’s dedicated)
Summertime sadness
(To the young men and women)
I just wanted you to know
(It’s summertime)
That baby you're the best (yeah!)
I've got that summertime, summertime sadness
(This one for the youth down, yeah)
S-s-summertime, summertime sadness
(This one for the youth down, yeah)
Got that summertime, summertime sadness
(This one for you, yeah)
Oh, oh, oh!

[Verse 1: A-1]
Yeah, back at it a-gain
Back spitting that crack shit a-gain
Man, wanna try and run up behind
But you'll never come close like you're catching' a train
On a high speed track, cause I think back
Reminiscing on back in the day
In the summertime it was too hot for jeans
So if you had a backpack, you was packing the thing in it
Probably, remember house parties going bad, it’s a shame
One on one fightin' with a sore loser
And when he came back, it was click-click-clackity bang!
Shotgun shell to the back of the brain
Since then ain’t shit actually changed
The youth still gotta deal with the madness
Hot nights turned summertime sadness!

[Hook:]
Oh, my God (Goddman this!) I feel it in the air
Telephone wires above I’m sizzlin' like a snail
Honey I'm on fire I feel it everywhere
Nothing scares me anymore!

[Verse 2: A-1]
Yeah, back at it a-gain
Back spitting ‘em facts a-gain
My home girl getting real stressed out
Blowing zig-zag after zig zag in a chain
Cause in the summertime she rode the number 19
Bus line to the trap where she stayed
And on the 4th of July her daddy went to go outside to kick back in the shade and
When the night time came
Some kids put guns in the air on behalf of the game!
Bullets to the sky and back, without aim
When the bullets came down, Dad dance in the rain
But he had two left feet
My home girl went outside and couldn't handle the pain!
Dad laying face down with a back twitch
Paralyzed from the waist down, sadness!



Hook:
Kiss me hard before you go
(Goddamn this!)
Summertime sadness
(You know they planned this)
I just wanted you to know
(And we gonna keep on banging)
That baby you're the best
(Til the kids don’t have this!)
I've got that summertime, summertime sadness
(This one’s for the youth down)
S-s-summertime, summertime sadness
(This one’s for the youth down)
Got that summertime, summertime sadness
(This one’s for you!)

See, when it gets hot out
Them whips, chains and bangers get brought out
And when the bangers start out
The po-po get antsy can’t be bought out
And when they can’t be bought out
Young man get locked up, some never get out
Got me thinking they planned this
Set up the youth for a lifetime of sadness!

Hook:
Kiss me hard before you go
(Goddamn this!)
Summertime sadness
(You know is madness)
I just wanted you to know
(And we gonna keep on banging)
That baby you're the best
(Til they get pass this!)
I've got that summertime, summertime sadness
(That’s why! this one’s for the youth down)
S-s-summertime, summertime sadness
(That’s why! this one’s for the youth down
To think, hustle, understand)
Got that summertime, summertime sadness
(This one’s for the youth!
Real live, real love, you know
It’s…)
Kiss me hard before you go
(Goddamn this!)
Summertime sadness
(You know is madness)
I just wanted you to know
(And we gonna keep on banging)
That baby you're the best
(Til they get pass this!)

[Verse 3: A-1]
You know, between the problems and the community
And the problems at home
And the shit they see in the media enforced on them everyday
The kids don’t stand a chance
And we’re here to restore balance
True story!

See, when it gets hot out
Them whips, chains and bangers get brought out
And when the bangers start out
The pole pole get .. can’t be bought out
And when it can’t be bought out
Young man get locked up, some never get out
Got me thinking they planned this
Set up the youth for a lifetime of sadness!