Oh yeah! I have got something to say!
I have been burned by vague lesson plans and a free-floating curriculum!
I like my rules, baby, etched in stone, 'cause you know I am going to stick to them!
Can I get a syllabus, a little discipline? Judge me on a scale from A to F!
You wasted all my time learning how to rhyme, now left me hangin' from a treble clef!
Somebody give me a grade!
(Somebody give me a grade, somebody give me a grade!)
I need the man keeping me down!
Somebody give me a grade!
(Somebody give me a grade, somebody give me a grade!)
Is there a red pen in this town?
Somebody give me a grade!
(Somebody give me a grade, somebody give me a grade!)
I already said it, I need that extra credit today!
(Somebody give me a grade, somebody give me a grade!)
And make it an A!
Oh, I am so upset!
I am stone cold honor roll!
I won't be told how to vent!
I won't cry or sigh, I'm here to testify,
Up with the establishment!
My parents understand me, for conformity inside of me with which I can help the system out!
I ain't gonna waste my summer taking beatings from my drummer,
Put a mic in front of me and I'll shout!
Give me a grade!
(Somebody give me a grade, somebody give me a grade!)
You know I'm gonna wreck the curve!
Somebody give me a grade!
(Somebody give me a grade, somebody give me a grade!)
The only letter I deserve!
Somebody give me a grade!
(Somebody give me a grade, somebody give me a grade!)
This isn't a request, I demand there be a test today!
(Somebody give me a grade, somebody give me a grade!)
Give me a grade!
This song is about kids who are tired of school and want to be free. Baljeet is a Rey smart kid who just wants to be independent from school and curriculum that give him a hard time and don't let him be himself.