𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 — a collection of one - liners taken from the soundtrack of the 2015 broadway musical, school of rock. slightly edited for clarity. change pronouns as necessary.
i know my time is comin'.
no one'll call me a loser again!
try to walk as if you're going somewhere.
the pressure's on for you and me.
don't, and it will mean i go ballistic.
just like the good old days!
you've always been a dreamer.
your dreams are lame and weak.
we ought to cut the bull and just get real.
give up your dreams, and get a freakin' job.
join the grown - up world like us.
quickly, don't let anybody see you!
how come you never told me you could play music?
you ever play electric guitar?
let's waste that time together, shall we?
that's good. for my grandma. who's, uh, dead.
i still don't have a job.
is that something you could swing?
i'm putting you in charge of the whole damn thing!
i pledge allegiance to the band.
if you're in raise your hand!
you never let me get in a word.
no matter what it is that i do, it's like i just can't seem to get through.
can't you see i'm hurting?
i promise, one day i'll make you hear.
i'm not the kid you want me to be.
you just don't wanna see the real me.
you just keep shutting me out.
i'm not gonna beg you — you'll never see a tear.
the legend of the rent was way past due.
how can you kick me out of what is mine?
you're not hardcore unless you live hardcore.
what it all can mean is quite confounding.
the children all like him more than us.
who knows what he does but god, it works!
maybe we too could do some good.
there's been one solution since the world began : don't just sit and take it, stick it to the man!
get all of your aggression out.
go off the script, do what you like.
they hate it, they can take a hike.
why live your life to someone else's plan?
don't just sit and take it, stick it to the man!
show 'em what rebellion means!
why march to someone else's caravan?
there's no way you can stop the school of rock!
go punk, or start packing.
come on, this isn't hard!
make sure he remembers, or i'm breaking both your necks.
we don't have time to waste while you try to find some taste!
i can still remember how the music used to be.
where do last year's one - hit - wonders go to?
what happened to the girl i was?
guess the songs kept playing, but i didn't stop to hear.
where's the joy i used to know, way back when?
let's keep this our secret, who'd believe it anyway?
thanks for the reminder that there's music in me yet.
if you flip the record and start over, does it sound the way it did before?
i promise you, i can read!
worst of all, i wasted your time.
i thought nobody could, but you, you understood.
you raised my voice up, taught me not to fear.
i've learned who i am because you're here.
school won't be the same without you here.
now that i've found you, you can't just disappear.
you've taught me so much since you've been here.
rock got no reason, rock got no rhyme.
i've been biting my tongue too many times.
today's assignment : kick some ass!