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 diff'rent 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