I just want to be a teacher

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It won't happen

You'll change your mind

It won't happen

Oh teacher, can't you just be kind?

 

I was seven

Home was home

But school was my heaven

 

I loved it all

Homework, learning

Lunchtime, kickball

 

I was just a kid

Who wanted to be a teacher

Yes, yes I did

 

"You'll change your mind"

"You won't make enough"

"You'll always be behind"

 

That's not right

No, my teacher

You haven't seen me fight

 

I swear that's what I want

What do you know anyways?

Your job is not a taunt

 

It's you that I want to be

You change the world one student at a time

What part of this don't you see

 

Positivity is key

And you, sir, 

Are what I want to be

 

You can say that it's bad

Or that it's a dumb dream

But frankly, you're just going to make yourself sad

 

 

 

 

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