Anothen - Schooling Systems Lyrics

Ironic normalcy like a narcoleptic nocturnal
Doing what I'm supposed to mundane tasks to burn through
Not moving to ideas, some rain matches earnings due
Supposedly the sun's rays give way to patches of learning too
I don't shun education like I used to in frustration
The nation's system failed and I thought I could fail in retaliation
But my shots didn't land on the jaw instead my hand missed
The flick of a wrist dismissed and betrayed with a kiss
Thank God He didn't let me fall into dismissal
This open epistle is a missile mission set not to miss you
Consequences serve their purpose in life like a sentence
So this period aint the ending, I'm relentless to get this fence bent
Break these walls, scale boundaries scattered unnoticed, wicked motives
And hungry money controllers putting boulders on children's shoulders
They say hold this, stand alone with your loan it's, how you grow
Don't focus, because thirsty universities, around your neck, the milestone

Sift through the fog and complications
It's time to get back, back to the basics
See it for what it is not what they try to make it
It's time to get back, back to the basics
School is in session, back to the basics

I've got nothing against education but I'm against the system
The motive behind the motor is to grind the mind and enlist em
How great the debt my savior paid for me no erasing that
Lusting you rush in to crush kin - debt on education's back
A knack for raking in money claiming the sake of learning
Earning dollars like it makes sense to keep young ones yearning
You fear monger no longer will I stay silent about youth in comas
Aroma of money got them believing they can't live without diplomas
Stay asleep and don't ask questions or be shunned out of rotations
The american system building debt slaves through generations
I've come full circle and respect teacher's hearts
Or the ones that recognize a child's bend for where to start
But stop saying that all fidgeting children need ritalin
Kidding yourself saying that boy can't grow up to be a gentleman
Train the children with intention and stop making learning for elitists
Knowledge is power but it's like it's reserved for certain precincts