No Child Left Behind means more teachers booted Another great idea poorly executed They wonder why I bounced and decided to make music Empty promises came but I knew not to hold them to it Wonder why the 100th days a holiday? Cause up to that day the state has still gotta pay And after that day problem kids are expelled The first step to jail, your system has failed Dont get me started on the cultural bias Selling lies to the students, teachers hoping you buy it Cant tell em that the principal you love so much Could give a damn if you succeed, long as funds go up And now the best teachers want to be administrators Hard to fight the power when you dont know whats for dinner later Charter schools bring in kids on the 3rd strike With more mileage than the turnpike But everyone can learn, right? CHORUS Elle Winston You lied... Rewrite my story you tried... And Im crawling in the dark Cause the truth I cant find I wish I may I wish I wish I might But Im tired of your lies Verse 2 They say that those who cant do will teach it And you cant teach it if you dont believe it And if you dont love it then you should leave it And finally, you cant stay if you cant keep a secret Hrad to excavate to find the facts on the diaspora Theyll have you denying Egypts even in Africa Literal rewrite of history, they printing lies And if you criticize, thats when youre ostracized Diluted and mythologized White washed and homogenized, I feel like i should apologize Cause I was part of it although i hated all of it Plausible deniabilitys what they calling it History is written by the victors And you gotta break the frame sometimes to get the bigger picture They confuse correctness with political correctness Subconsciously these methods will belittle your perspective You go through life believing that youre subordinate Twisting facts like contortionists, and this is the argument Tell the legislators we need a new ordinance The numbers are important their terribly disproportionate Columbus journey still in my text, huh? We know its a farce, no hurry to make corrections We gotta raise these kids right, protect them Get it right the first time, we might not get a next one CHORUS Elle Winston You lied... Rewrite my story you tried... And Im crawling in the dark Cause the truth I cant find I wish I may I wish I wish I might But Im tired of your lies
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