You've Got To Be Carefully Taught

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 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!