The Young Folks

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The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five, sometimes stylized The Jackson 5ive), later known as The Jacksons, or simply Jacksons, are an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana. Founding group members Jackie Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Marlon Jackson and Michael Jackson formed the group after performing in an early incarnation called The Jackson Brothers, which originally consisted of a trio of the three older brothers. Active from 1964 to 1990, the Jacksons played from a repertoire of R&B, soul, pop and (in the 1970s) disco. During their six-and-a-half-year Motown tenure, The Jackson 5 was one of the biggest pop-music acts of the 1970s, and the band served as the launching pad for the solo careers of their lead singers Jerm… more »


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You better make a way for the young folks

Here we come (here we come)
And we're so alive
We're here for business buddy
And don't want no jive (don't want no jive)
Brighter tomorrows are in our eyes
You better make a way for the young folks
Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

We say yes (we say yes)
And you say no
We ask you why
And you close the door (you close the door)
My old friend, I thought you knew by now, yeah
You can't do that to the young folks
Oh, no, no, no, no

You might not like it
But I've gotta tell you (you might not like it)
Oh, gotta tell you (but I gotta tell you)
Na na, yeah yeah
You better make a way for the young folks
Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

We're marching with signs
We're standing in lines, yeah, yeah
Protesting your rights
To turn out the lights in our lives
Here's the deal (here's the deal)
Accept it if you will
We're coming on strong, yeah (we're coming on strong)
It's our turn to build (to build)
My old friend, I thought you knew by now, yeah
You gotta make a way for the young folks
Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

You might not like it
But I've gotta tell you (you might not like it)
Oh, gotta tell you (but I gotta tell you)
Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah
You better make a way
You better make a way
You gotta make a way for the young folks, yeah, yeah
Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah
Ooh

You might not like it
But I've gotta tell you (you might not like it)
I gotta tell you (but I gotta tell you)
Na-na-na-na
You gotta make a way
You gotta make way
You gotta make a way for the young folks

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Written by: Allen Story, George Gordy

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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