Apr 2019
Sit right down in your seat, please
Raise your hand to speak, please
Get a pass to leave, please
I need all attention on me, please
Revolution is over, please,
Obedience is key, please
There’s nothing wrong anymore, see
Look at these 3rd world countries, see
Be proud of where you were born, see
We are perfectly free, see
Be silent and listen to me, free
Migration will be to be stopped, free
The leader can pardon himself, free
Women in positions of power, free
Hate is perfectly legal, free
You can protest as well, free
You have the power of speech, free
Don’t talk over the teacher, please
Don’t talk over the teacher, please
I know better than you, see
We control your life, see
We are building the future, see
We are the best in the world, see
Be silent and listen to me, please
As long as you’re rich and white,
free.
Raise your hand to speak, please
Get a pass to leave, please
I need all attention on me, please
Revolution is over, please,
Obedience is key, please
There’s nothing wrong anymore, see
Look at these 3rd world countries, see
Be proud of where you were born, see
We are perfectly free, see
Be silent and listen to me, free
Migration will be to be stopped, free
The leader can pardon himself, free
Women in positions of power, free
Hate is perfectly legal, free
You can protest as well, free
You have the power of speech, free
Don’t talk over the teacher, please
Don’t talk over the teacher, please
I know better than you, see
We control your life, see
We are building the future, see
We are the best in the world, see
Be silent and listen to me, please
As long as you’re rich and white,
free.
“Teaching Freedom” is about what politicians, media, and older generations in general are teaching my generation. I wanted to show how they control young people to make them feel free. Recently, on the Day of Silence, I heard a kid say "Anyone can do anything now. Why do they have to make such a big deal about it?"Since then, I've been thinking about how many kids don't think race, religion, gender, and sexuality are issues anymore, because they've never experienced that discrimination. Just because you haven't see it, doesn't mean it isn't there.
