Thanks - but no - they really were hearing "got" as the operative word. I was there, and I was part of the discussion. And no - in fact, we were indeed looking at the entire scene leading up to the song. But even with Cable's statement that prejudice is "NOT born in you" etc, they simply misheard the lyric's intention. (But thanks for the assumptions, lol.)
And really, "got" does naturally get a bit more emphasis - in a fast tempo where we really tend to hear the phrases in 4-bar groups rather than in single bars of fast 3, the ersatz "downbeats" (the "got" each time) do tend to get more weight. (Likewise, the 3rd bars in each phrase - "hate", "YEAR to year", "dear" etc, get the next most weight.) I do agree, though, that singers should make a conscious effort to make sure "taught" gets as much weight - or, in fact, more weight than "got." It's not hard to do, but I think one has to be aware of making that phrasing happen.
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