Little children we spend the night when we are alone
With our father he gave us life in the moment that is right now
My mama said you got to walk alone
My mama said you got to walk alone
And my daddy was said - son, you got to be a good man
And love and respect them all

In school I was taught how to live life in conformity
Just repeat what they say regardless how silly
I would need it in my life and without I couldn´t survive
They said in our society
Lost myself along the way - oh no - it´s a shame and a misery

The teacher ask me would you paint a picture of a tree
But my picture wasn´t right it wasn´t what he likes to see
I was getting sick by wasting time
Cause I knew reality´s created by the mind
I ended up in brainwash factory
Working hard ever since just to set my spirits free again

School sucks, school sucks, school sucks
They try to hold you down
School sucks, school sucks, school sucks
I want you to think for yourself

They try to fit me in a box cut my creativity
Told me tales and wicked stories which I started to believe
I witnessed one after the other of my friends had disappeared
They got sucked inside a system build on money, greed and fear

I always knew I must remember what it takes to be free
So I can live it and write music and that way I plant a seed
That eventually one day will grow a big and massive tree
The music and those lines are my philosophy

School sucks, school sucks, school sucks
They try to hold you down
School sucks, school sucks, school sucks
I want you to think for yourself
Think for yourself
I want you to think for yourself
They try to hold you down