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(all) Here, in America and every single state,

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they have a set of standards for every subject, a collection of lessons that the teacher's required

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to teach by the end of the term.

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But the greatest lessons you will ever teach us will not come from your syllabus.

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(all) The greatest lessons you will ever teach us you will not even remember.

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You never told us what we weren't allowed to say. We just learned how to hold our tongues.

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(all) Now somewhere in America there is a child holding a copy of

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'Catcher in the Rye' and there's a child holding a gun.

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But only one of these things have been banned by their state government,

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and it's not the one that can rip through flesh.

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(all) It's the one that says "'Fuck You" on more pages than one.

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because we must control what the people say,how they think and if they want to

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become the overseer of their own selves

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(all) then we'll show them a real one.

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(all) And somewhere in America

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there is a child sitting at his mother's computer

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(all) reading the home page of the KKK's website

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and that's open to the public.

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But that child will have never read 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

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(all) because his school has banned it for it's use of the 'N' word.

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Maya Angelou is prohibited because we're not allowed to talk about rape in school.

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(all) We are taught that just because something happens

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doesn't mean you are to talk about it.

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They build us brand new shopping malls

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(all) so that we'll forget where we're really standing--

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ON THE BONES of the Hispanics,

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ON THE BONES of the slaves,

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ON THE BONES of the Native Americans,

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ON THE BONES of those who fought just to speak.

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(cheers)

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Transcontinental railroads to Japanese internment camps.

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(all) These are things missing from our history books.

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But we were taught that it is better to be silent than to make them uncomfortable.

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(all) Somewhere in America

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private school girls search for hours through boutiques

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trying to find the prom dress of their dreams;

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while kids on the south side spend hours searching through the lost and found

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(all) 'cause winter's coming soon and that's the only jacket they have.

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Kids are late for class for working the midnight shift.

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(all) They give awards for best attendance but not for keeping your family off the streets.

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These kids will call your music ghetto. They will tell you you don't talk right.

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Then they'll get in the backseat of a car with all their friends

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(all) singing how they're "'Bout that life" and "We can't stop."

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(all) Somewhere in America

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schools are promoting self confidence

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(all) while they whip out their scales and shout out your body fat percentage in class.

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Where heftier girls are hiding away

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and the slim fit beauties can't help but giggle with pride.

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The preppy kids go thrift shopping because they think it sounds real fun.

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(all) But we go 'cause that's all we've got money for 'cause mama works for the city;

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mama only gets paid once a month.

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(all) Somewhere in America

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a girl is getting felt up by a grown man on a subway.

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She's still in her school uniform and that's part of the appeal.

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It's hard to run in knee socks and Mary Jane's

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(all) and all her male teachers know it, too.

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Coaches cover up star players raping freshmen after the dance.

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Women are killed for rejecting a date

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but God forbid I bring my girlfriend to prom.

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A girl is blackout drunk at the after party.

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Take a picture before her wounds wake her.

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(all) How many pixels is your sanity worth?

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What's a 4.0 to a cold jury?

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(all) What'd you learn in class today?

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Don't walk fast. Don't speak loud.

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Keep your hands to yourself.

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(all) Keep your head down.

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Keep your eyes on your own paper.

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If you don't know the answer

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(all) fill in C.

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Always wear ear-buds when you ride the bus alone.

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I you feel like someone's following you

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(all) pretend you're on the phone.

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A teacher never fails.

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(all) Only you do.

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(all) Every state in America.

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(all) The greatest lessons are the ones you don't remember learning.