They could feed them
Even give them a name
Train them to serve
Clean the houses

They had all the rights
Teach them to count
And if they were docile
Kneel to pray

But never
Teach them to read
No never, never
Notebooks to write
Never the words of the future
Never, never
Books that deliver

Hey sisters, hey brothers
Hey sisters, hey brothers

They could punish them
Or even abuse them
Beat them, resell them
Or even lend them

Chain, humiliate
Prevent from existing
Prisoners of their lands
They let them sing

But never
Teach them to read
No never, never
Notebooks to write
(Never the words of the future)
(Never, never)
(Books that deliver)

Hey sisters, hey brothers

That a child knows how to read and it's the beginning of their end
Nothing resists a school, a parchment
From page to page another world is drawn
A weapon of massive emancipation

(Forever)
(Notebooks to write)
(Forever, never)
(Books that deliver)
(Forever)
(The words of the future)
(Forever, never)
(Books that deliver)

(Hey sisters)
(Hey brothers) (forever, never)
(Hey sisters) forever the words of the future
(Hey brothers) forever, never books that deliver
(Hey sisters) forever notebooks to write
(Hey brothers) forever, never books that deliver

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