Dr. Quandary - Cracked Open lyrics

1981, and my mother is watching me breathe As she rocks me to sleep on green hospital sheets 1985, and my mother taught to me to read And cracked open a universe of options for me Now it's two thousand something, and I got some dope production Catch me getting stoned and letting go old a**umptions And poison lessons, the machine feels threatened Cuz a child can destroy you with one simple question ...thinking back to physics, math and English cla** Teachers had me feeling wicked bad for the gifts I had If we behave, they let us out for some air I was young, but I could see the how and the where But the what and the why kinda f**ed with my mind Something inside me knew that it was nothing but lies Easy to b**h about some meaningless sh** But never even admit what really needs to be fixed So whatever people are saying, I'm not even debating The simple fact school is obedience training But here's an honest salute to the quality few A million good people who have gotten us though But get in line and never try to second-guess the leader? That's brainwashing, baby, not respecting teachers Here's a quality concept, find yourself a payphone Call in a bomb threat, and now everyone can stay home 1996 a strip on my tongue Talk with Goddess plus a round trip to the sun 2001 and I see our parents depressed Cuz everything they fought for is apparently dead But I'm turning twentysomething, I got some dope production Catch me getting stoned and letting go of old a**umptions and dreams Living life with substance and teeth because love is supreme 1981 and my mother's watching me breathe As she rocks me to sleep on green hospital sheets 1985 and my mother taught me to read And cracked open a universe of options for me Thank you for that, now I'm dedicating this track To stating the fact that I'll be paying you back By making contributions, changes, improvements Creating new solutions with the patience of a buddhist I say it and I'll prove it