Don’t you ever feel like you’re alone
In a mean old world you’re on your own?
Been made to feel all along
That everything you do is wrong
CHORUS:
Ooh prejudice (x2)
People won’t accept you; that’s a shame
And all because you’re not the same
Your tastes and looks aren’t right
Their jeans are loose, but yours are tight
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It’s just the way it’s always been
If you don’t act right you won’t fit in
They seem to think you look all wrong
Just because you wear your hair long
(CHORUS)
Why is it people are this way?
Get you down with all the crap they say
But don’t conform or compromise
One day you’ll cut them down to size
(CHORUS)
Prejudice of different kinds
Created by twisted minds
From school kids bullied cos they don’t look right
To the Holocaust and Apartheid
When will we see that it’s all wrong
To make out people don’t belong
A world of multi-race and creeds
Mutual respect is what it needs
Nazis and the KKK
Its bullshit what they do and say
I dream that black can live with white
Don’t be brainwashed – prejudice ain’t right
Who the hell do these people think they are?
Where’d they get the right to go so far?
Telling you the way you should be
Well none of that rubs off on me
(CHORUS)
If you feel this way you’ve got to learn
Not to jump upon the bandwagon
Don’t be a face in the crowd
You’ve got to stand out and be loud
(CHORUS)
So don’t be bullied to conform
Just be yourself and not the norm
You’ll find some downright cruel
But they’re just narrow-minded fools
(CHORUS)
But everyone needs to belong
And to discriminate is wrong
Underneath we’re all the same
No matter from where we came
(CHORUS)
So there it is – for goodness’ sakes
Let’s not repeat our past mistakes
Our world will never live in peace
Until we kill our prejudice
© 1994 Paul Curtis