Artist:  Bass P
Album:  Unreleased
Song:  "Moral Responsibility"

Chorus:
Now, to act legitimately what's the key?
You gotta respond to the best of your ability
If you do that, you'll be on the right track
Heaven bound, so don't look back

Verse 1:
I wanna have some fun, here's situation number one
So here's my rhyme about the first crime
Picture this: It's late at night
You're walkin' home and there's no one in sight
You're mindin' your business, just walkin' the street
When, suddenly, you observe this guy gettin' beat
By a gang of three, armed with knives
You're afraid to break it up, cuz you might lose your own life
What should you do?  Ignore it all
Or run to the phone and give 5-0 a call?
Are you morally responsible to help him out?
Of course you are, man, without a doubt
The answer is "yes" to the previous question
Cuz you have knowledge and freedom to make a decision
Now, put yourself in that man's shoes
You're all cut up, beaten, battered, and bruised
Wouldn't you want help if you were him?
C'mon and be a Good Samaritan
So you run to the phone and give the cops a call
Congratulations, you are being morally responsible

Chorus

Verse 2:
Up next for you is situation number two
So here's my rhyme about the second crime
You're with your friends, havin' a picnic at the park
You're about to leave cuz it's gettin' dark
All of your friends hop in their cars
Neglectin' to pick up their bottles and jars
You wanna say, "Let's pick up this trash before we jet"
But you might sound like your mom and that's somethin' that you'd regret
Your friends go and you're left behind
Now let's take a look inside your mind
My friends are just litter bugs pollutin' the earth
They have no respect for the land of their birth
They have knowledge that to the earth, trash corrupts
And they certainly had the freedom to pick it up
They never intended to clean up their mess
So, are they morally responsible?  Yes
But since they're gone, now it's up to you
You pick it up and you've survived situation number two

Chorus

Verse 3:
Listen closely to situation number three
So here's my rhyme about the third crime
You're at this party and you're havin' fun
Don't worry bout leavin'--curfew's not till one
You're livin' it up at this party
Till someone pulls out the Rum Biccardi
Someone else has drugs and another a knife
Yo this is the shit that'll kill a life
A joint's passed around and it comes to you
Examine your morals now what should you do?
You know that drugs are harmful to the brain
They could kill you and then that would be a shame
You'd be six feet under, your life is lost
If you take drugs, man, you pay the cost
So you tell the person with the joint "I don't use"
You make that decision to refuse
And for situation number three, congrats
I'mma take ya to the chorus, cuz you just passed

Chorus

Copyright 1993 Peter A. Roselli