"Special Education" is a song performed by hip-hop group Goodie Mob featuring Janelle Monáe, from their 2013 studio album Age Against the Machine.
[5] "Special Education" is written to be a song advocating uniqueness,[6] as well as highlighting segregation and discrimination against those with lesser intellectual capabilities.
[8] Chris Martins of Spin wrote that the song was "a step in the right direction", in comparison with Goodie Mob's "Fight to Win" (2012).
[9] More than four minutes long,[10] it features members of the Goodie Mob singing the song with child actors portraying younger versions of them.
[11] "Special Education" was performed live by Goodie Mob on August 1, 2013, on the Late Night Show with Jimmy Fallon.