You've Got to Be Carefully Taught

John Paul Pizzarelli, Jr. (born April 6, 1960) is an American jazz guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader. He has had a lengthy career as a recording artist, performing for a variety of labels that include Telarc Records, RCA Records and Chesky Records, among others. He has recorded twenty-three albums of his own, as well as other joint recordings with his father, Bucky Pizzarelli. Additionally, he has appeared on more than forty albums of other recording artists, including those of Sir Paul McCartney, James Taylor, Rosemary Clooney and his wife, Jessica Molaskey. more »

Year:: 2008
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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,
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,
You've got to be carefully taught!

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Written by: OSCAR II HAMMERSTEIN, RICHARD RODGERS

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Jeff Anderson
This was the best song concerning bigotry in the 1950s. However, if you notice in every one of their musicals there was a song concerning bigotry.
LikeReply 15 years ago
Alice P. Farnam
This is timeless.
LikeReply 16 years ago
Alice P. Farnam
Isn't this from The King and I?
LikeReply6 years ago
- Nancy Keith Hanson
  From South Pacific.
  LikeReply 15 years ago
- Bonnie Johnson
  Nope
  LikeReply5 years ago
- Bonnie Johnson
  Nancy Keith Hanson Yes thanks...
  LikeReply5 years ago

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