Dead Prez - They Schools Lyrics
Why havent you learned anything?Man that school shit is a jokeThe same people who control the school system controlThe prison system, and the whole social systemEver since slavery, nawsayin?[verse 1]I went to school with some redneck crackersRight around the time 3rd bass dropped the cactus albumBut I was readin malcolmI changed my name in 89 cleaning parts of my brainLike a baby nineI took a history class seriousFront row, every day of the week, 3rd period*****in with the teachers had, callin em racistI tried to show them crackers some light, they couldnt face itI got my diploma from a school called rickersFull of, teenage mothers, and drug dealin niggasIn the hallways, the popo was always presentSearchin through niggas possessionsLookin for, dope and weapons, get your lessonsThats why my moms kept stressinI tried to pay attention but they classes wasnt interestinThey seemed to only glorify the europeansClaimin africans were only three-fifths a human beingHook:They schools cant teach us shitMy people need freedom, we tryin to get all we can getAll my high school teachers can suck my dickTellin me white man lies straight bullshit (echoes)They schools aint teachin us, what we need to know to survive(say what, say what)They schools dont educate, all they teach the people is liesYou see dog, you see how quick these mother*****ers be to likeBe tellin niggas get a diploma so you can get a jobKnowwhatimsayin but they dont never tell you how the jobGonna exploit you every time knowwhatimsayin thats why I be like***** they schools![verse 2]School is like a 12 step brainwash campThey make you think if you drop out you aint got a chanceTo advance in life, they try to make you pull your pants upStudents fight the teachers and get took away in handcuffsAnd if that wasnt enough, then they expel yallYour peoples understand it but to them, you a failureObservation and participation, my favorite teachersWhen they beat us in the head with them books, it dont reach usWhether you breakdance or rock suede addidasOr be in the bathroom with your clique, smokin reeferThen you know they math class aint important less you addin up cashIn multiples, unemployment aint rewardinThey may as well teach us extortionYou either get paid or locked up, the pricipal is like a wardenIn a four year sentence, mad niggas never finishBut that doesnt mean I couldnt be a doctor or a dentistHook(first part of hook twice)Cuz for real, a mind is a terrible thing to wasteAnd all yall high class niggas with yall nose upCuz we droppin this shit on this joint, ***** yallWe gon speak for ourselvesKnowhatimsayin? cuz see the schools aint teachin us nothinThey aint teachin us nothin but how to be slaves and hardworkersFor white people to build up they shitMake they businesses successful while its exploitin usKnowhatimsayin? and they aint teachin us nothin related toSolvin our own problems, knowhatimsayin?Aint teachin us how to get crack out the ghettoThey aint teachin us how to stop the police from murdering usAnd brutalizing us, they aint teachin us how to get our rent paidKnowhatimsayin? they aint teachin our families how to interactBetter with each other, knowhatimsayin? they just teachin usHow to build they shit up, knowhatimsayin? thats why my niggasGot a problem with this shit, thats why niggas be droppin out thatShit cuz it dont relate, you go to school the *****in policeSearchin you you walkin in your shit like this a military compoundKnowhatimsayin? so school dont even relate to usUntil we have some shit where we control the *****in school systemWhere we reflect how we gon solve our own problemsThem niggas aint gon relate to school, shit that just how it isKnowhatimsayin? and I love education, knowhatimsayin?But if education aint elevatin me, then you knowhatimsayin it aintTakin me where I need to go on some bullshit, then ***** educationKnowhatimsayin? at least they shit, matter of fact my niggaThis whole school system can suck my dick, beeyotch!!
