but we have not progressed
The only change is growth
from a womb to bassinet.
It is interesting how we have
learned but neglected to teach
Putting a future bright enough for
the blind 2 see 2 far out of reach.
Our kids shouldn’t fall pray to
the same mistakes they we haven fallen 2
We learn so they can prosper but we have failed to foster
Foster a home filled with love and encouragement
Instead we are our child’s biggest discouragement
Sometimes a battered household makes for the hero
To government created capital punishment
The years have changed but the time has remained the same.
Clothes have changed but minds have stayed the same
From Bugle Boy to Polo to so and so and no one knows
Because as we are learning and they have always known
That it matters not what is on your back
but when you keep in your head
And it seems the only thing to sticks is
A nice pair of jays or what’s in between
a nice pair of long brown legs.
Or the staple event of a Thursday night Smackdown
Am I loosing u, well hold on 2 ur seat while I bring it back around.
What happened to giving, teaching, being able 2 pass along?
Why is no one mature enough to acknowledge where they went wrong?
Instead we have displaced aggression and anger toward ones who
Did nothing but be born victim 2 things that we did wrong
Instead they are the one who takes the
repeated blows to the face.
A face that has been bruised and
battered and a head filled with chitter chatter
So now the only things we can see
are dreams that have been painted
With words that stick in our brains because when u can’t
See hearing is the only thing that matters.
Because the future as I mentioned not 2 long ago
That future bright enough for the blind
2 see being put to far out of reach.
I can now clearly see and that is why
I give the gift that GOD has given 2 me
Because I won’t be the reason
the next generations changes but stays the same
The clothes get different names but the actions remain.
As this flows from my brain,
the back of my eyes feel w/ pain
I jus encourage brothers n sisters
of the revolution of an evolution of the mind state
To be the teachers and educators,
griots whatever you preferred 2 be called
If we have been invited on the excursion of knowledge
Why not bring our offspring along?
