No Child Left Behind - Adolescents

America, Land of the Free

That’s none for you, ten for me

Empty bowls at the poverty line

Hunger decides, tests define

It’s hard to read when you live on the street — no child left behind

It’s hard to read when there’s nothing to eat — no child left behind

It’s hard to read when the only trail — no child left behind

Leads from jail, to jail, to jail

Hopscotch at the poverty line

Arm the kids with food for thought

Why some have tons while they have naught

To ask aloud, «Is something wrong?»

No money for school, plenty for bombs

It’s hard to read when you live on the street — no child left behind

It’s hard to read when there’s nothing to eat — no child left behind

It’s hard to read when the only trail — no child left behind

Leads from jail, to jail, to jail

No child left behind

Give them a pencil and a task — no child left behind

Choose to listen, never ask — no child left behind

Why the president’s kids go to private schools — no child left behind

Why the rich and poor follow different rules

No child left behind

No child left… No child left behind