"Carefully Taught"

Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein III

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 who's eyes are oddly made,
and people whose skin is a different 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.

You've got to be carefully taught!