C 
Tell 'em say no to drugs, substances make you dumb 
D                            A 
Then you say, give 'em some, are you the victim 
C 
Of this experience, child experiment 
D                      A 
Teacher's predicament, you're in the system 
    C                     G             D 
And if you don't walk the line, you can walk the plank 
A 
  Your older brother 
C                     G                 D 
Wants to control your mind, you're more useful blank 



             Em   E5 D5 E5                   D      D5 C5 D5 
Medicate the kids           feathers turn to quills 
                 A 
Pump 'em full of training fluids, powders and pills 
        B 
There's nothing you can't flush out 
     
And nothing you can't kill 



C         G        D        A 
Why don't you just back off of us 
C      G     D      A 
Before we go crazy 
          C         G       D          A 
I'm gonna tell you, no way, this ain't fair play 
C          G   D        A 
Just don't medicate me 



C                          G 
Tell 'em, say no to drugs, substances make you dumb 
D                       A 
Unless you get 'em from someone who loves you 
C                           G 
One who knows best for you, paid for those tests for you 
D                            A 
Knows how to get you through, when it's above you 
C                    G               D 
And you can't get on top, cause it's high to climb, 
A 
   You hear them saying 
C                      G          D 
Don't make me call the cops every other time 



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              C                          G 
And there's a long line flowing from prescription aisles 
              D                     A 
Filed through legal means so we can alter the child 
           C                    G 
For his protection tie him to extension cords 
            D 
This is the age of discipline 



D         A        E        B 
Why don't you just back off of us 
D      A     E      B 
Before we go crazy 
D         A        E        B 
Why don't you just back off of us 
D      A     E      B 
Before we go crazy 
D         A        E        B 
Why don't you just back off of us 
D      A     E      B 
Before we go crazy 
D         A        E        B 
Why don't you just back off of us 
D      A     E 
Before we go crazy