It's harsh, it's mean, it's brutal
The people by nature are cruel
It's a den of sin and they let kids in
It's a government secondary school

Children can't go into hotels
Those movies they are not to see
I can't the sense of protecting innocence
When school is compulsory

State schools are great schools
But not for kids
State schools are great schools
But not for kids

(Some people see... oh god...)

Some people see school as a machine
Where students are put through the sieve
But if they're deluged with society's values
How come they're still primitive?

Students' creativity is being stunted, hey
Buddy don't make me laugh
Some people berate, the schools socialisate, hey
They don't do it enough

Education for all and for free
Is what I hear you say
I'll be the very first to agree
Maybe we'll try it someday

There's shit everywhere but the toilets
You learn anywhere but in class
There's sex and drugs and knives and thugs
State schools are great schools, my ass

Yeah, woo

Private schools are rich and elitist
Parents drop the kids off in a Merc
State schools are around for the ideologically sound
It's a shame they don't seem to work

Education for all and for free
Is what I hear you say
I'll be the very first to agree
Maybe we'll try it someday

Can't read a book, got no knowledge
At least I didn't go to Xavier College

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