2nd Grade Cells

歌詞

Tears are not enough to change a system Do we want an equal race for education? Shop, buy, consume, this is what we teach our children to subscribe to Economic utility doesn't seem to be about learning to me We need to teach about diversity, compassion and love About the effects of technology To be aware that we destroy while we consume To question all authority No money for public education but Ample funds to keep people in prisons Jails can now be run by major corporations Prisons offer more and cheaper labour, prisons offer more and cheaper labour Found courage in the centre of a bomb Greenback dollars and we can blow up anything we want Since when is national defence more important than teaching children? I'm afraid it's always been State of the union, a catchphrase builds public opinion In the closed eyes of a nation Work around the problem, sweep it under carpets Lock it up in prisons until it's forgotten We're approaching the millennium, education is more important than bombs More police on the streets isn't solving problems Who are we going to turn to to teach our children to question this machine? Education, the dead American dream In Indiana the number of cells is determined by the Socio-economic status of a class of second graders The cells all must be filled with every prison that we build We lose four or five or more schools, tears are not enough