tears are not enough to change a system,
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do we want an equal race for education,
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shop, buy, comsume, this is what we teach our children to look up to,
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economic security doesnt seem to be the meaning of education to me,
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we need to teach about diversity, compassion and love,
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about the effects of technology,
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to be aware that we destroy while we consume,
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to question all authority,
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no money for public education
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but ample funds to keep people in prison,
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jails can now be run by major corporations,
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prisons offer more and cheaper labor,
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found courage in the center of a bomb, green back dollars,
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we can blow up anything we want,
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since when is national defense more important than teaching children,
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im afraid its always been, state of the union,
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catch phrase builds public opinion in the closed eyes of a nation,
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work around the problem, sweep it under carpets,
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lock it up in prisons til its forgotten,
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were approaching the millenium,
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education is more important than bombs,
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more police on the streets isnt solving problems,
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who are we going to turn to
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to teach our children to question this machine, education,
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the dead american dream,
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in indiana the number of cells built is determined by
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the socio-economic status of a class of second graders,
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the cells all must be filled,
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with every prison that we build we lose four or five more schools,
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tears are not enough
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