Carefully Taught

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.

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.

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!
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Have you every wondered how you came upon your opinions? Have you ever wondered why you hate? Why you love? Have you ever wondered what makes you...you?
You were created by your mother and your father, so naturally you share some of their qualities. But perhaps you could share something even more? It is true that at conception you have your own brain...so that makes you your own person. So, of course, you aren't born hating....you have to taught how to be a person. Whoever you grow up with helps to shape you to become the person you are today.
So while you are your own person, you are also your parents (guardians) person. They present you to their favorite things, shaping you to like the same things perhaps.
So while you aren't born hating, loving, caring, mean, rude, or anything else. You are taught to be these things. So think about it.....what makes you...you?