Dead Prez - They school lyrics

Why haven't you learned anything? Man that school sh** is a joke The same people who control the school system control The prison system, and the whole social system Ever since slavery, nawsayin'? I went to school with some redneck crackers Right around the time 3rd ba** dropped the cactus album But I was readin' Malcolm I changed my name in '89 cleaning parts of my brain Like a baby nine I took a history cla** serious Front row, every day of the week, 3rd period f**in' with the teachers had, callin' 'em racist I tried to show them crackers some light, they couldn't face it I got my diploma from a school called Rickers Full of, teenage mothers, and drug dealin' n***as In the hallways, the popo was always present Searchin' through n***as possessions Lookin' for, dope and weapons, get your lessons That's why my moms kept stressin' I tried to pay attention but they cla**es wasn't interestin' They seemed to only glorify the Europeans Claimin' Africans were only three fifth's a human being They schools can't teach us sh** My people need freedom, we tryin' to get all we can get All my high school teachers can s** my dick Tellin' me white man lies straight bullsh** They schools ain't teachin' us, what we need to know to survive (Say what, say what) They schools don't educate, all they teach the people is lies You see dog, you see how quick these motherf**ers be to like Be tellin' n***as get a diploma so you can get a job Know what I'm sayin' but they don't never tell you how the job Gonna exploit you every time know what I'm sayin' that's why I be like f** they schools School is like a 12 step brainwash camp They make you think if you drop out you ain't got a chance To advance in life, they try to make you pull your pants up Students fight the teachers and get took away in handcuffs And if that wasn't enough, then they expel y'all Your peoples understand it but to them, you a failure Observation and participation, my favorite teachers When they beat us in the head with them books, it don't reach us Whether you breakdance or rock suede addidas Or be in the bathroom with your clique, smokin' reefer Then you know they math cla** ain't important 'less you addin' up cash In multiples, unemployment ain't rewardin' They may as well teach us extortion You either get paid or locked up, the principal is like a warden In a four year sentence, mad n***as never finish But that doesn't mean I couldn't be a doctor or a dentist They schools can't teach us sh** My people need freedom, we tryin' to get all we can get All my high school teachers can s** my dick Tellin' me white man lies straight bullsh** They schools ain't teachin' us, what we need to know to survive (Say what, say what) They schools don't educate, all they teach the people is lies They schools can't teach us sh** My people need freedom, we tryin' to get all we can get All my high school teachers can s** my dick Tellin' me white man lies straight bullsh** They schools ain't teachin' us, what we need to know to survive (Say what, say what) They schools don't educate, all they teach the people is lies 'Cuz for real, a mind is a terrible thing to waste And all y'all high cla** n***as with y'all nose up 'Cuz we droppin' this sh** on this joint, f** y'all We gon' speak for ourselves Know what I'm sayin'? 'Cuz see the schools ain't teachin' us nothin' They ain't teachin' us nothin' but how to be slaves and hardworkers For white people to build up they sh** Make they businesses successful while it's exploitin' us Know what I'm sayin'? And they ain't teachin' us nothin' related to Solvin' our own problems, know what I'm sayin'? Ain't teachin' us how to get crack out the ghetto They ain't teachin' us how to stop the police from murdering us And brutalizing us, they ain't teachin' us how to get our rent paid Know what I'm sayin'? They ain't teachin' our families how to interact Better with each other, know what I'm sayin'? They just teachin' us How to build they sh** up, know what I'm sayin'? That's why my n***as Got a problem with this sh**, that's why n***as be droppin' out that sh** 'cuz it don't relate, you go to school the f**in' police Searchin' you you walkin' in your sh** like this a military compound Know what I'm sayin'? So school don't even relate to us Until we have some sh** where we control the f**in' school system Where we reflect how we gon solve our own problems Them n***as ain't gon' relate to school, sh** that just how it is Know what I'm sayin'? And I love education, know what I'm sayin'? But if education ain't elevatin' me, then you know what I'm sayin' it ain't Takin' me where I need to go on some bullsh**, then f** education Know what I'm sayin'? At least they sh**, matter of fact my n***a This whole school system can s** my dick, beeyotch