[Verse 1]
I wanna get it but I got bad brains
I'm what they like to call a special case, I am
A coma in a classroom

[Verse 2]
I got detention cause I made a face
Nobody believed me that it's stuck that way, I am
A stoner in a bathroom

[Pre-Chorus]
Run, little boy
(Back in school)

[Chorus]
Back in school, back in place
Back in school, back in chains
Back in school, back in my cage
Back in school, back in place
Back in school, back in chains
Back in school, back in your cage

[Verse 3]
I gave an apple to my playground crush
She told me that the apple wasn't bad enough, aw shucks
So young to be so cruel
[Pre-Chorus]
Run, little boy
(Back in school)

[Chorus]
Back in school, back in place
Back in school, back in chains
Back in school, back in my cage
Back in school, back in place
Back in school, back in chains
Back in school, back in your cage

[Bridge]
No, they don't (No, you can't teach soul)
Teach the soul (No, you can't teach soul, no)
How to love (You can't teach soul)
No, they don't (No, you can't teach soul)
Teach the soul (No, you can't teach soul, no)
How to love
You can't teach soul

[Chorus]
Back in school, back in place
Back in school, back in chains
Back in school, back in my cage
You can't teach soul
Back in school, back in place
Back in school, back in chains
Back in school, back in your cage
You can't teach soul
[Refrain]
I wanna get it but I got bad brains
I'm what they like to call a special case, I am
Back in school, back in my cage
You can't teach soul
I got detention cause I made a face
Nobody believed me that it's stuck that way, I am
Back in school, back in my cage
You can't teach soul

[Outro]
Back in school, back in my cage