You've Got To Be Carefully Taught
Composer(s): Oscar Hammerstein II - Richard Rodgers
Performer(s): Billy Tabbert
and multiple other artists



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 diff'rent 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