Locked inside
prison with no bars
American High School
You`re here to learn the rules
Learn to conform
Learn to obey
Live by the bell
Do as they say
Forced into a mold
Of Middle class ideal
Productive worker/student
Someone else`s pawn
If you dissent
Dare to rebel
The authorities will send you
To institutional hell
Homogenized
Socialized
Individuality
Stigmatized
Sent to a reform school
special learning institution
Christian concentration camp
Private psychiatric prison
Parents, shrinks and counselors
Think you have a problem
It`s called self expression
Natural youth rebellion
You have no more rights
under their control
pump you full of drugs
will brainwash prevail
Society`s last chance
to grind you down
will you make it to 18
If your mind is strong