LISTEN AND STUDY YOURSELF
MIND, HEART AND SOUL
IF YOU’RE AFRAID TO SAY ANYTHING
PEOPLE JUST WON’T KNOW
WHO CARES IF THEY SAY,
“WE’VE HEARD THIS ALL BEFORE!”
SAY IT AGAIN!
NO ONE IS DIFFERENT
WE ARE ALL THE SAME
ALL FEEL PLEASURE
ALL FEEL PAIN
YES WE FALL, BUT WE CAN AGAIN RISE
BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ONE PERSON WHO WAS BORN
WITH NO TEARS IN THEIR EYES
DOES IT REALLY MATTER IF WE’RE DEAF, LOST OR BLIND
BLACK, WHITE OR HAVE LESS THAN TWO DIMES
SOMETIMES IT EASY TO PICK THE PEOPLE, DOWN ON THEIR LUCK
BUT NAME ONE PERSON WHO HAS NEVER FELT STUCK
NOW LISTEN, FEEL AND THEN UNDERSTAND
IF WE WANT A CHANGE WE HAVE TO START
FIGHTING OUR BATTLES THROUGH MIND, TONGUE AND HEART
HOW ELSE CAN WE SEE THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE KIND
IF WE ONLY JUDGE IMAGES AND NOT THEIR MINDS
BECAUSE OVER AND OVER
WE SAY “KNOWLEDGE IS POWER”
YET WE STOPPED TEACHING OUR CHILDREN TRUE LIFE VALUES
WE BLINDLY JUDGE EACH OTHER SO HOW DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT
TO PUT DOWN OUR CHILDREN WHEN THEY BEGIN TO FIGHT
WE DO IT…IS IT OK BECAUSE WE’RE OLDER?
WE’RE MATURE ENOUGH TO ACT LIKE SOLDIERS?
LOOK AT OUR CHILDREN
KILLING EACH OTHER AND TEACHERS IN SCHOOL
IS IT TIME NOW…WHAT WILL WE DO?
SHOULD WE CLOSE OUR EYES…LOOK THE OTHER WAY
AS LONG AS IT DIDN’T HAPPEN IN OUR HOME
“WE THE PEOPLE” HAVE NOTHING TO SAY?
WATCHING KIDS GET LOCKED UP
CHILDREN BEHIND BARS
THIS IS NEW GENERATION, BUT WE’RE WORRIED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE
HOW MUCH MONEY WE MAKE
WHAT KIND OF CARS WE DRIVE
FOR GOODNESS SAKES!
THE CHILDREN ARE OUR EVERYTHING
AND LOOK WHAT WE SHOW
THAT THE STREETS ARE THE ONLY THING THEY’LL KNOW
TELLING THEM THEY SHOULDN’T SIT NEXT TO THOSE KIDS
BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE THE SAME BACKGROUND
THAT YOU SOMEHOW DID
OUR CHILDREN ARE CONFUSED
THEY DON’T KNOW THEMSELVES
CAUGHT UP IN s*x, CARS, DRUGS AND WEALTH
WE NEVER WORRIED ABOUT THE THINGS THEY NOW DO
SO IT IS AT FAULT…WHO ARE THE FOOLS?
BECAUSE THEY DON’T KNOW HOW TO PLAY
OR EVEN TRY TO GET ALONG
THEIR AFRAID TO SPEAK
WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG
EVERY CHILD IS BORN
WITH A DREAM INSIDE
IT IS OUR DUTY TO HELP BUILD UP THEIR PRIDE
I KNOW I’M NOT THEY ONLY ONE WHO FEEL THIS WAY
I SPEAK FROM MY SOUL AND LET MY TONGUE LEAD THE WAY
MY HEART SENDS LOVE WITH THIS MESSAGE
IN HOPES THAT IT FINDS WHERE IT BELONGS
I KNOW YOUR SAYING:
“THIS SOUNDS LIKE A BROKEN SONG”
BUT LISTEN ANYWAY!
Posted By: SARA JOY EDGEMON
Thursday, August 20th 2009 at 12:08PM
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