I Hate School

Verse

Alarm hits like a tin drum — da-da, da-da — uh-huh

Hallway breathes dust, lockers cough (slam, slam) — my shoes slide slow

Teacher talks in paint-by-numbers, answers dry like chalk (watching, watching)

Tray clanks, chairs scrape — my name lost in the lunch-line hum

Pop quiz grenade in my hands — oh-oh — I’m counting ceiling tiles (tiles, tiles)

Rules stitched tight around my throat — I want to spit 'em out (let me out)

Chorus

I hate school, I hate school — I hate it (I hate it), I hate it — na-na

I hate school, I hate school — stomp it out, stomp it out — oh-oh

Give me back the late-night mess, the wrong turns, the loud mistakes (loud, loud)

I hate school, I hate school — (come, come) I want out, I want out — hey-ya

I hate school, I hate school — say it with me, say it with me — I hate it (I hate it)