Lyrics India.Arie – Carefully Taught

Do you have the courage to love somebody?
Do you have the courage to love somebody?
Do you have the courage to love somebody?
Do you have the courage to love?…

You’ve got to be carefully taught
Do you have the courage to love somebody?
Do you have the courage to love?…

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

Do you have the courage to love somebody?
Do you have the courage to love?…

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

Do you have the courage to love somebody?
Do you have the courage to love?…

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

You’ve got to be carefully…
Taught

Do you have the courage to love somebody?
Do you have the courage to love somebody?
Do you have the courage to love somebody?
Do you have the courage to love?…

You’ve got to be taught before it’s too late

You’ve got to be carefully…
Taught

You don’t just
?
You learn from the people around you
Yeah

You’ve got to be taught to hate
(Can you give the gift to your
?)
You’ve got to be taught to fear
(Know the love is not to
?, love is an action)
(Can you
?)