I don't want to be no rude boy No, I don't want to be no bad man 'Cause my mama always tell me that I was born to be a great man Every time she come to me, she always tell me about my life God knows how I feel about my mama, about my mama I don't want no one to hold me No, I don't want no one to stop me No, I don't want no one to push me around (oh, no) No, I don't want to be no rude boy No, I don't want to be no bad man No-no-no-no-no, no-no-no-no-no-no-no Some people always tell me I'm a man of dignity And I don't want nobody to tell me what to do No, I don't want no one to push me around (oh, no) Say, if you live by the gun, you die by the gun So youths of today just be good 'Cause I don't want to be no rude boy No, I don't want to be no bad man No, I don't want to be no rude boy No-no-no-no-no, no-no-no-no-no-no-no Some people always tell me I'm a man of dignity And I don't want nobody to tell me what to do No, I don't want no one to push me around (oh, no) Say, if you live by the gun, you die by the gun So youths of today just be good 'Cause I don't want to be no rude boy No, I don't want to be no bad man No, I don't want to be no rude boy No-no-no-no-no, no-no-no-no-no-no-no No-no-no-no-no, no-no-no-no-no-no-no No, I don't want to be no rude boy No, I don't want to be no bad man No, I don't want to be no rude boy No, I don't want to be no bad man