It's harsh, it's mean, it's brutal
The people by nature are cruel;
It's a den of sin and they let kids in -
It's a government secondary school

Children can't go into hotels
There's movies they are not to see:
I can't see the sense of protecting innocence
When school is compulsory

State schools are great schools -
But not for kids
State schools are great schools -
But not for kids

Some people see- oh, hold on, right

Some people see school as a machine
Where students are put through the sieve:
If they're deluged with society's values
How come they're still primitive?

Students' creativity is being stunted?
Hey buddy, don't make me laugh
Some people berate 'cos schools socializate -
Hey, they don't do it enough
"Education for all and for free"
Is what I hear you say
I'll be the very first to agree
Maybe we'll try it someday

There's shit everywhere but the toilets;
You learn anywhere but in class;
There sex and drugs and knives and thugs -
"State schools are great schools" my ass

Private schools are rich and elitist
The parents pick drop the kids off in the Merc:
State schools are around for the ideologically sound -
It's a shame they don't seem to work

"Education for all and for free"
Is what I hear you say
I'll be the very first to agree
Maybe we'll try it someday

Can't read a book, got no knowledge
At least I didn't go to Xavier college
Can't read a book, got no knowledge
At least I didn't go to Xavier college
Can't read a book, got no knowledge
At least I didn't go to Xavier college
Can't read a book, got no knowledge
At least I didn't go to Xavier college
Can't read a book, got no knowledge
At least I didn't go to Xavier college
Can't read a book, got no knowledge
At least I didn't go to Xavier college
Can't read a book, got no knowledge
At least I didn't go to Xavier college
Can't read a book, got no knowledge
At least I didn't go to Xavier college
Can't read a book, got no knowledge
At least I didn't go to Xavier college
Can't read a book, got no knowledge
At least I didn't go to Xavier college
Can't read a book, got no knowledge
At least I didn't go to Xavier college
Can't read a book, got no knowledge
At least I didn't go to Xavier college
Can't read a book, got no knowledge
At least I didn't go to Xavier college
Can't read a book, got no knowledge
At least I didn't go to Xavier college
Can't read a book, got no knowledge
At least I didn't go to Xavier college
Yeah!