[Intro]
Morning class, take a seat, take a seat
Time for roll call
Derrick? Here
Daniel? Here
Ja-Jay-Jaylene take those headphones off
(Sigh)

[Verse 1]
What am I doing here wasting my time?
What am I doing here wasting my life?
What do I benefit from learning pi
And knowing the square root of 25?
I don't, see that's what the school system's lacking
They implant it in my brain
I can't find my passion
All this time, they've been doing it wrong
Get to know who I am, so I wrote this song

[Chorus]
Ooh-ooh-la-la-la
Ooh-ooh-la-la-la
Getting paid to corrupt my mind (Ooh-ooh-la-la-la)
Getting paid to corrupt my mind (Ooh-ooh-la-la-la)

[Verse 2]
Our dreams you say have a low chance of happening
Could be working on music, but I'm over here napping
Not learning my geometry
And not focused on history
But you whitewash everything
So, therefore, it's not important to me
[Chorus]
Ooh-ooh-la-la-la
Ooh-ooh-la-la-la
Getting paid to corrupt my mind (Ooh-ooh-la-la-la)
Getting paid to corrupt my mind (Ooh-ooh-la-la-la)

[Verse 3]
Hey, government, when I get older
I don't want to rely on ya
So maybe pay the teachers to teach
Something in school that will benefit me
You say you prepare us for reality
So tell me why I'm taking chemistry
'Cause I don't even know all these stupid formulas
But I know that you're misinforming us
I've been here for eleven years
So I know it's bullshit to my ears
They just want us to pay attention
Obey, obey or you'll get detention

Blah, blah, blah, I don't make sense
I'm only here to pay my rent
Since when did the teachers become so lazy?
And when did this world become so crazy?
Why don't they wanna teach us the truth?
We are the future, educate the youth
If we don't know anything, how will we survive?
We can't stay ignorant all of our lives
[Outro]
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