[Chords] Bm G D A E|--2--| |--3--| |--2--| |-----| B|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--2--| G|--4--| |--0--| |--2--| |--2--| D|--4--| |--0--| |--0--| |--2--| A|--2--| |--2--| |-----| |-----| E|--2--| |--3--| |-----| |-----| [Intro] E|-2---------------0--2-2-0-0-2-0-------------------------------------| x2 B|---3----------3-----------------------------------------------------| G|-----4--2--4--------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| [Verse] Bm G D A Children are taught to hate, parents just couldn't wait Bm G D A Some are rich and some are poor, others will just suffer more Bm G D A Have you ever been ashamed and felt society try to keep you down? Bm G D A I begin to watch things change and see them turn around [Chorus] Bm G D A Turn around, they'll try to keep you down Bm G D A Turn around, B G D A Turn around Bm G D A Don't drag me down [Verse] Bm G D A Ignorance like a gun in hand, reach out to the promised land Your history books are full of lies, media-blitz gonna dry your eyes Have you ever been afraid, and felt society try to keep you down? I begin to watch things change see them turn around [Chorus] Bm G D A Turn around, they'll try to keep you down Bm G D A Turn around, B G D A Turn around Bm G D A Don't drag me down [Verse] Bm G D A Ignorance like a gun in hand reach out to the promised land Your history books are full of lies, media -blitz gonna dry your eyes You're eighteen wanna be a man Your granddaddy's in the Ku Klux Klan Taking two steps forward and four steps back Gonna go to the White House and paint it black