Public Miseducation

from Uncle Sam by SC Static & Militant Marxman

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Public Miseducation

(Verse 1)
Ayo I couldn’t imagine having to go back to school
To tell the truth if I was you I wouldn’t know what to do
But one thing I could tell you’s I’d be working on my passion
Cause all those years of practicing were worth me taking action
But when in school you should listen to the rules
Cause it wasn’t long ago that I was sitting in your shoes
It’s really up to you as far as being students
So listen to what you’re told but also form your own conclusions
Don’t get caught up in popularity and friends you carry
Cause that bubble you’re living in is only temporary
It’s fun for now but that’s the problem with math
So appreciate your youth because it’s not gonna last
While most are acting older as they say they know what’s up
But you don’t wanna pay the bills it’s overrated growing up
So find what you love and figure out where you stand
And use your time wisely to work on it now while you can
With no excuses gotta go and just do it
And make mistakes now while you’re young enough to pursue it
Cause a lot of people say they’re planning too but then they don’t
So don’t wait for your dreams to be handed to you cause they won’t
You’re only here because your parents are at work
So all of this time at school is preparing you to learn
How to wake up everyday and go work hard for a check
And as you’ll see the older you become the harder it gets
To keep up with the ends for the next expense
The time that you’ll have to spend with your friends is less
But soon you’ll see they wasn’t really your mans
Cause if you’re lucky you could count them all on one of your hands
So be careful who you’re surrounded with too
Cause you should never have to put somebody down to be cool
So be different and think outside of the box
Be unique and original, don’t always fly with flock

(Chorus)
Cause after 12 years of school if you make it through
They’ll ask you what you wanna do as if it’s up to you
But you’re not supposed to know what you want yet
And haven’t been exposed to enough to decide that
Plus most of the options you didn’t even like
Cause what you learn in High School isn’t applicable to life
So now you don’t even know where to go or to start
You can’t know who you wanna be if you don’t know who you are

(Verse 2)
Because they’re filling you with nonsense as if you had a voice
And give you limited options as if you had a choice
So act now don’t wait for the pattern to unfold
Cause a lot of contributing factors are out of our control
And it’s safe to assume because yes it’s true
That the teachers wanna be there even less than you
But don’t get me wrong when they first get the job
They’re enthusiastic, happy to be there and work hard
But then eventually discover to see
That the teacher doesn’t have a choice of what they can teach
Cause they’re given the curriculum and prone to conform
Cause they’re evaluated based on how the students perform
But have to spend most of their time tellin’ kids “quiet down”
And as a substitute I’ve seen it from the inside out
Cause the goal is to make your way through to retire
So teachers don’t run the risk of telling the truth to get fired
That’s why students tend to lose interest in the subjects
When we still tell tall tales of Christopher Columbus
Celebrating a racist pillaging expedition
And despite the world refuse to use the metric system
But it’s the friendships they remember the most
My Mother’s about to retire at the end of her rope
Cause I clearly see that it isn’t easy to be a teacher
Then the assistant said it isn’t either for her neither
Then the bus driver said it isn’t easy for him either
Plus the kid that’s sitting behind him is sneezing with a fever
Irritated with an undisplayed wrath
As one of the many overworked, underpaid staff
Plus most’ll go to school and leave from college a grad
Just to come home and get a job through their Mom or their Dad
So now it seems we’re too far in it to get out of it
Misseducated Americans, ignorant and proud of it

(Chorus)
Cause after 12 years of school if you make it through
They’ll ask you what you wanna do as if it’s up to you
But you’re not supposed to know what you want yet
And haven’t been exposed to enough to decide that
Plus most of the options you didn’t even like
Cause what you learn in High School isn’t applicable to life
So now you don’t even know where to go or to start
You can’t know who you wanna be if you don’t know who you are