Don't Drag Me Down

Children are taught to hate
 Parents just couldn't wait
 Some are rich and some are poor
 Others will just suffer more
 Have you ever been ashamed
 And felt society try to keep you down?
 I begin to watch things change
 And see them turn around
 Turn around
 They'll try to keep you down
 Turn around
 Turn around
 Don't drag me down
 Ignorance like a gun in hand
 Reach out to the promised land
 Your history books are full of lies
 Media-blitz gonna dry your eyes
 Have you ever been afraid
 And felt society try to keep you down?
 I begin to watch things change
 And see them turn around
 Turn around
 They'll try to keep you down
 Turn around
 Turn around
 Don't drag me down
 
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 Ignorance like a gun in hand
 Reach out to the promised land
 Your history books are full of lies
 Media-blitz gonna dry your eyes
 You're 18, wanna be a man
 Your granddaddy's in the Ku Klux Klan
 Taking two steps forward and four steps back
 Gonna go to the White House and paint it black
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 Turn around
 They'll try to keep you down
 Turn around
 Turn around
 They'll try to keep you down
 Turn around
 Don't drag me down