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You​’​ve Got to Be Carefully Taught

from This Bitter Earth by Veronica Swift

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lyrics

I’ve been cheated before and I’m cheated again
By a mean little world full of mean little men and
the one chance for me is this life I know best
to be here on this island to hell with the rest
I’ll cling to this island like a rock or a stone
I’ll cling to Manhattan and be free, and alone

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 different shade
Of people
Whose eyes are oddly made
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
Yes, you've got to
Be carefully taught
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
Yes, you've got to
Be carefully taught
You've got to
Be carefully taught
You've got to
Be carefully taught

credits

from This Bitter Earth, released March 19, 2021
Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Williamson Music Co, A Div of Rodgers and Hammerstein (ASCAP)
Conducted and Arranged by Steven Feifke

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Veronica Swift Los Angeles, California

Not even 30 years old yet, Veronica Swift's command of the vocal-jazz tradition is astounding. Named Best New Artist in JazzTimes’ 2019 Readers’ Poll, Swift has toured as a featured vocalist with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Chris Botti. A master of vocalese and scat performance, she applies her gifts to genre-blurring works that continue to propel her rising star. ... more

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