Unshackle the Classroom

This is a call to arms, not with guns, but with pens In the battleground of classrooms, where history pretends Textbooks are prisons, locking away truths untold Lessons are handcuffs, keeping minds on hold We're force-fed a diet of colonial lies Digesting distortions, our heritage dies But today we rise, we're breaking these chains Dismantling doctrines, rewiring our brains Cultural colonization, a virus in our veins Infecting our thinking, causing knowledge pains But we're the antidote, we're the cure Our stories are medicine, potent and pure In this garden of learning, we're planting new seeds Cultivating perspectives, uprooting the weeds A decolonized curriculum? That's our harvest goal Rich with diversity, feeding the soul Let the silence be shattered, let voices erupt Like volcanoes of truth, no longer corrupt We're weaving a tapestry, threads intertwined Colours of cultures, no longer confined Education's a river, not a stagnant pool Flowing with stories, no longer a tool Of oppression and erasure, of whitewashed deceit We're flooding the banks, sweeping bias off its feet Cultural colonization? We're building a dam Against its currents, we take our stand In every classroom, let's light a fire Of curiosity, let knowledge burn higher We're scribes of our stories, authors anew Rewriting the narrative, long overdue So come all you students, teachers, hear our decree Education's not shackles, it's the key to be free Slam this message home, let it resound In halls of learning, let truth be found For when we unshackle minds, we'll truly see A world where each culture stands proud and free