You've Got to be Taught
by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein [South Pacific
(1949)]
You've got to be taught
To hate and fear,
You've got to be taught
From year to year,
It's got to be drummed
In your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be taught
To be afraid
Of people whose eyes
Are oddly made,
And people whose skin
Is a diff'rent shade,
You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be taught
Before it's too late,
Before you are
Six or seven or eight,
To hate all the people
Your relatives hate,
You've got to be carefully taught!
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