Youve Got To Be Carefully Taught

(By Rodgers & Hammerstein - from the 1949 musical South Pacific)

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You've got to be taught, to hate and fear.
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You've got to be taught, from year to year.
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It's got to be drummed... in your dear little ear.
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You've got to be carefully taught.
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You've got to be taught, to be afraid
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Of people whose eyes... are oddly made,
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And people whose skin... is a different shade.
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You've got to be carefully taught.
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You've got to be taught, before it's too late;
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Before you are six, or seven or eight,
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To hate all the people your relatives hate...
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You've got to be carefully taught...
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You've got to be carefully taught.