Basketball Mikey went and got himself a full ride
Stop, children, what's that sound
Forced to find her own kind of remedy
Welcome to the world of a kid named Mikey

What's goin' down I'll tell ya what's goin' down

We'll be reapin' what we sow
Everybody look what's goin' down

But I got my suspicions

Take a look around
What's goin' down tell me what's goin' down

And that's something white America would never ignore
When you find what you lost
Everybody look what's goin' down
What's goin' down tell me what's goin' down
Do you hear the subtle sounds
Everybody look what's goin' down
Do you hear the subtle sounds

Everything is comin' down
Everything is comin' down
Stop, hey, stop, hey, stop, hey
Physically abused by her uncle and his friends
What's goin' down tell me what's goin' down
What be goin' diggy down
But you lose what you found

Raised on a farm outside of South Bend
You wanna know just what's goin' down

We'll be reapin' what we sow

Of our morality slippin'
You wanna know just what's goin' down
What's goin' down tell me what's goin' down
When you find what you lost
People on the go
Stop, hey, what's that sound

Take a look around
What be goin' diggy down

What be goin' diggy down
Who had only one reason to be hated be Whitey
A man-eater for the rest of her days
But Susie couldn't shake off the memories
What be goin' diggy down
What be goin' diggy down
Everybody look what's goin' down
I wanna know just what's goin' down
What be goin' diggy down
When you find what you lost
What's goin' down I'll tell ya what's goin' down
Everybody look what's goin' down

What be goin' diggy down
Yeah, we say we want to know
What be goin' diggy down

What's goin' down I'll tell ya what's goin' down
Earned his acceptance on the hardwood floor
Of our morality slippin'
But three years later, Mikey was the town pride
Stop, hey, what's that sound
Yeah, we say we want to know
Stop, hey, what's that sound
What be goin' diggy down
Everybody look what's goin' down
Susie's only crime was that she was born a cutie
Stop, hey, what's that sound

People on the go
What's goin' down tell me what's goin' down
What's goin' down tell me what's goin' down
But I got my suspicions

But you lose what you found
Stop, hey, what's that sound
Alcohol let 'em all leave the house with grins
Stop, hey, stop hey, stop

I wanna know just what's goin' down
Stop, hey, what's that sound
You wanna know just what's goin' down
But you lose what you found
Three kids, three men, no daddies by eleventh grade

You wanna know just what's goin' down
Where they hated on him 'cause he was African American
I wanna know just what's goin' down
Now, welcome to the world of a girl named Susie
Stop, hey, what's that sound