Schoolhouse Rock

In school I always felt like I never fit in Despite being involved in sports and plenty of friends Surrounded by a community but I felt alone Crowded by teachers who usually weren't my skin tone All I ever wanted was to go and stand out Thinking if I used my voice I would make my fam' proud Always wanted to speak up but I was too shy I used to wanna go stand on the table at lunch time One man wrecking ball, bar-buryin', bar-God Barbarian, beat the beat 'til it's bare in a pine box My lord, body in the bag, that's colostomies Nobody over this man, above the word apostrophes Apollo Creed in the ring You probably flee if I swing The only time I see defeat Is if it means I succeed The son see through his own It's so scenic a zone To seep through the bleak sea and Sun T to the throne I'm on one Runnin' from the law son And if there ain't police around I bet somebody call some Settin' fire to the stage, they hire me for arson Murder the page late at night, I'm up with Johnny Carson Callin' They callin' me to call MC's to purify the colony It's hard to honor shining stars when it's clogged like an artery I'm a carnivore, know the art of war, you better draw your sword I'll carve your organs, have you callin' forfeit, but enough with morbid What I learned in class I ain't forget it If you sleepin' on this rap, then allow me to teach you a lesson, yeah Lemme see your hands up, high Wave em from the front, to the back, to the, side You gotta sweat me everywhere I, go And I don't need grades to let ya know I'm honor, roll (on a, roll) Teacher, preachin', teachin' like a deacon on a, stage And even if his reasoning is decent I'ma, rage We just some heathens, can't you see this how we, raised What I mean this is the season where we free our, chains Microphone phenom, fiends easy to feed on Feedin' off of the energy, what you need me to be on, he on The type of vibe to kill ya with the rhythm Can't balance out a checkbook, but can solve a logarithm Y'all indifferent, 'cause they taught us simple Caught up in the thought of all of fathers thinkin' farther than we ever pondered Swimmin' in a pond designed to keep us in the squalor Dealers go to prison, rapists graduate with honors Think about it man, the system can't make us pay attention If it did, I wouldn't get suspended just for non-attendance Let's pay a visit to these villains, who give up on all our children Wastin' minutes in a room that's like a tomb the way they bury us with digits Maybe I'm trippin', I'm playin' the victim, Maybe I'll picket I'm callin' out rise up, all I'm hearin' is crickets I don't like friction, but I know I'm gifted I'm ill with the sickness, to spit like a split lip Deliver with quickness, I send 'em the business You want it, you got it, I sent it I'm Splinter The way I teach you shells underground Wanna learn to rap then homie spin this record back around, Nobi Lemme see your hands up, high Wave em from the front, to the back, to the, side You gotta sweat me everywhere I, go, And I don't need grades to let ya know I'm honor, roll (on a, roll) Teacher, preachin', teachin' like a deacon on a, stage And even if his reasoning is decent I'ma, rage We just some heathens, can't you see this how we, raised What I mean this is the season where we free our, chains Lemme see your hands up, high Wave em from the front, to the back, to the, side You gotta sweat me everywhere I, go And I don't need grades to let ya know I'm honor, roll (on a, roll) Teacher, preachin', teachin' like a deacon on a, stage And even if his reasoning is decent I'ma, rage We just some heathens, can't you see this how we, raised What I mean this is the season where we free our, chains