Our future looks dark

Nobody wants us to stick around

With the common core now

On the edge -  We're leaning

It's not a race to the top

Blaming teachers has to stop

Let's shut this Common Core down

Educators gather 'round

We're Teaching

VERSE ONE:

YO! Hostile environment each day I work a lot,

I'm not greedy I don't think I deserve a lot,

Respect with a decent paycheck & I wouldn't chirp a lot,

But society blames me so it hurts

a lot,

Absurd thinking; man it's the worst feeling,

Knowing you give your heart & soul

In return there's no meaning,

Union busting tactics,

you don't know the half of it,

Classless, treating us like bastards,

I'm not faceless, tasteless or racist,

That gun your shooting has no bullets, call it ace-less,

It's funny that's why I'm laughing at this plot shifting,

How am I unprofessional for rapping with kids?

Having a fit when all educators know its about building relationships,

It's not what you say it's how your cadence is,

Look at me w/disgrace by my "vacation" damn

I need that mental break;

There's so much else corrupting education man.

HOOK:

VERSE TWO:

We're so data driven,

But look at more successful educational countries closer...

Sorry the data's missing!

New learning standards

Make new learning damaged,

Obama annexed private businesses So public schools vanished,

Useless resources,

Think but can't keep forward,

War zone in this thankless place has my feet dormant,

Having difficulties in trusting

Wasn't keen,

Foreseeing nothing positive...

So begrudgingly,

Struggling like yearly funding

keeps school districts reluctant,

Kids treated as numbers

when dealing with budgets,

Being cheap positions cut,

Keeping our kids dumb,

Deprive them as we tweak their

own kingdom of freedom,

They'll never survive or thrive

Bush decided to hide,

His ignorant pride

thinking his vision was wide,

No Child Left Behind began feeding us the demise of public education,

Let's diet from High stakes testing to slim down on frustration!

VERSE THREE:

We're done with it;

No escaping its full circle,

believe me in time we'll see

we're truly leaving them behind,

It's deceiving; it's crime

Grand larceny; it's stealing;

And it's cheating our minds

If we're believing its fine,

Wasting public education,

Untied States is not changing,

Don't understand the lives of children thats placed in,

Underprivileged schools that lack the proper tools to engage 'em,

You'd have to be the biggest fool thinking it doesn't enrage 'em,

Behavioral problems,

Where's the vocational options?

STOP IT!

Officials don't wanna debate,

Blatantly dodging logic,

Wasting precious time so much discriminating,

Need a place to alleviate our minds- they're deteriorating,

Patience disintegrating

Innovative creators changing,

Aging views from lack-luster instructional congregating,

Demonstrations ranging from classrooms to stages,

Give me an invitation,

I'll bring thousands from my

Badass Teacher Association!