"Killing Is Out, School Is In", titled "School Is In" on its single version, is a song recorded by James Brown with additional vocals by Bobby Byrd and Tomi Rae Hynie.
It was Brown's last single and also appeared as the closing track on his 2002 album The Next Step.
In an interview Brown said of the song, "Killing seems to be a way of life in school.
And what we're trying to tell 'em is that a lack of knowledge and a little bit of drugs will make you blow your cool.
"[1] Music writer Jake Austen described it as "surprisingly funky, though absurdly didactic".