Spare the Rod (Love the Child)

[00:00.58] Spare the rod, spoil the child
[00:05.06] Spare the rod, spoil the child
[00:05.55] Spare the rod, spoil the child
[00:07.43] Spare the rod, love the child
[00:09.14] Love the child, spare not the rod
[00:11.40] Well, I've, when I was growing up
[00:11.88] You have to have some discipline
[00:12.84] I was taught to believe in saying
[00:15.09] Spare the rod and you spoil the child
[00:15.93] Because you don't want him to do wrong
[00:17.68] My daddy never spared the rod
[00:19.11] You want him to do the right thing
[00:19.56] He still loved the child
[00:21.85] Innocent, the child is born, an empty canvas
[00:50.46] Don't do this and don't you do that is all he hears
[00:56.12] No one listens to a word that he's saying
[01:01.15] They think talking with the back of their hand is the only way
[01:07.33] Three a.m. and he's on the streets, somebody save the boy
[01:13.02] Don't want to see another life destroyed
[01:18.54] Spare the rod and just love the child
[01:23.80] And if you teach 'em right, they're gonna grow up proud
[01:29.40] I said, spare the rod and just love the child
[01:35.01] 'Cause if you treat 'em wrong, they're gonna grow up wild
[01:40.52] Mama says go straight to your room, never mind the reason
[01:58.23] Wait until your daddy gets home, better run for your life
[02:03.69] The prophecy is self-fulfilling, you best believe it
[02:09.28] If you tell the boy he'll never be much, he's gonna prove you right
[02:15.18] Angry face used to be that of a little boy
[02:20.85] Don't want to see another slip away into the void
[02:26.30] Spare the rod and just love the child
[02:31.63] And if you teach 'em right, they're gonna grow up proud
[02:36.04] Oh, spare the rod and just love the child
[02:41.86] 'Cause if you treat 'em wrong, they're gonna grow up wild
[02:50.69] They're gonna grow up wild
[02:54.38] And that ain't right
[03:05.80] Yeah, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, you better believe it
[03:28.49] Spare the rod and just love the child
[03:33.76] And if you teach 'em right, they're gonna grow up proud
[03:39.34] Why don't you spare the rod and just love the child
[03:45.09] Now, if you treat 'em wrong, they're gonna grow up wild, yeah
[03:53.99] Spare the rod and just love the child
[03:59.63] Spare the rod and just love the child
[04:04.80] Why don't you spare the rod and just love the child
[04:09.76] 'Cause if you treat 'em wrong, they're gonna grow up wild
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[04:27.79] Spare the rod and just love the child
[04:32.67] And if you teach 'em right, they're gonna grow up proud
[04:37.80] And I said, spare the rod and just love the child
[04:43.34] 'Cause if you treat 'em wrong, they're gonna grow up wild
[04:50.30] Spare the rod and just love the child
[04:54.61] And if you teach 'em right, they're gonna grow up proud
[05:00.39] Spare the rod and just love the child
[05:04.41] 'Cause if you treat 'em wrong, they're gonna grow up wild
[05:11.72] Spare the rod and just love the child
[05:18.20] And if you teach 'em right, they're gonna grow up proud
[05:23.03] Spare the rod and just love the child
[05:31.45] 'Cause if you treat 'em wrong, they're gonna grow up wild
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