and nobody thinks for their-self
who thinks for everybody else
if you ever want to know all that stuff your missin
you might hear a little something that you need
if your use to someone lookin over your shoulder
how you gonna grow any wiser and older
now if you don't listen close at
your teacher how can they understand and reach ya
gotta listen to learn and
if you ever wanna know all that stuff your missin
you might hear something you need
now what you don't learn in school you might learn
from experience hard knocks could
break a head hard as wood
open mind gonna catch anything
if you ever wanna know all that stuff your missin
that fm and the cd better listen at me
take that cotton out your ear
that's what i'm talkin about
turn down that vh1 and mtv
turn off your walkman turn down the b e t. learn to listen
you gotta listen to learn
sometime you act like a know it all