Key: F minor
Verse 1
G#m
B
G#m
Count, one, two, three, four
One, two, one, two
B
One, two, one, two
G#m
B
G#m
One, two, three,
F#
four
Interlude 1
G#m
F#
B
G#m
B
G#m
B
G#m
B
G#m
B
G#m
B
Verse 2
G#m
B
F#
Insight to what's going on
G#m
B
Information keeps you strong
F#
G#m
B
F#
What you don't know can hurt you bad
B
Take it from me,
you'll be walkin' around sad
Cryin' for a better day
G#m
B
Until you educate for a better way
So if you wanna be in control
G#m
B
Ya gotta get yourself in the know
Verse 3
G#m
Get the knowledge
B
G#m
B
That you really want
G#m
The knowledge
B
G#m
B
Do you really want?
G#m
It's the knowledge
B
G#m
B
What you really want
G#m
The knowledge
B
G#m
That you really want
Verse 4
G#m
B
Spread advice, don't believe the hype
F#
B
You don't find the knowledge in a pipe
Too many lives go up in smoke
F#
B
It's nice to laugh but don't be the joke
To get over and get better
G#m
B
I tried to be the possessor
G#m
B
Of the one thing we all need in life
F#
B
To succeed, take my advice
Verse 5
B
And get the knowledge
G#m
B
That you really want
G#m
B
The knowledge
G#m
B
Do you really want?
G#m
It's the knowledge
B
G#m
What you really want
B
G#m
The knowledge
B
G#m
That you really want
Interlude 2
B
C#m
B
C#m
B
C#m
B
C#m
A
G#m
F#
One, two, three, four
Verse 6
B
F#
B
Prejudice, no
F#
B
F#
B
F#
Ignorance, no
B
F#
B
Bigotry, no
F#
B
Illiteracy, no
Verse 7
Count
G#m
G#
G#m
One, two, three, four
One, two, three, four
One, two, one, two
One, two, one, two
One, two, one, two (knowledge)
Knowledge
F#
G#m
F#
G#m
One, two,
F#
G#m
three, four
B
Listen, it's up to everyone
Verse 8
If we're gonna change the way
F#
the world is run
B
The way to start is to rid
the children of
Prejudice and ignorance
F#
B
We've gotta teach our kids
to read and write
That's the only way
F#
to win this fight for life
B
Education is the goal so
F#
G#m
If you wanna be in the
B
know
Verse 9
B
Ooh, knowledge
G#m
B
One, two, one, two
G#m
Ooh, it's the one thing we all
B
need in life
F#
(Knowledge) one, two, one, two
B
Ooh, knowledge (that you really
want)
G#m
You really need the knowledge
B
(do you really want?)
Ooh, it's the knowledge
G#m
F#
G#m
B
What you really want
(one, two, three)
Ooh, knowledge
G#m
B
That you really wan (one, two)
G#m
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