Alright Read common knowledge stockpile your brain You get burned in the sun, you get wet in the rain They teach you to fix what needs to be broke I say he who laughs first didn't get the joke
Go on and tap your mind Quit knocking on mine
An English teacher from Vancouver She asked me to write something for her students. I wrote knowledge adds wisdom let slide She says now really? I wanna tap your mind
Quit knockin' on mine Walkin on knockin' on mine
Knowledge is power got your books go read 'em Wisdom is ignorance; stupidity I call freedom
Knockin' on mine Get out
Comic books, the Bible, roadmaps, pornography Anything you wanna read Go out and sit in a field sometime
Quit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine) Quit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine)
... power got your books go read 'em Wisdom is ignorance, stupidity: I call freedom Quit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine)
You read common knowledge every day. You're as common as that newspaper you throw away You get burned in the sun you get wet in the rain Won't you ever change Won't you ever Learn
Quit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine) Yes sir Quit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine) Quit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine)