A room of 9 students,
silent, cautious and careful with their words.
I thought this was going to be a program where adults talked and students listened.
The system is laid out like dried squid in the sun.
Student’s listen, adults teach, students are only there to please adults.
You will recieve an A from me if you do what I say.
What we have programed our youth to be?
Compliant, receptacles for knowledge.
And that knowledge dumps right out after class is over.
Not here,
Not on the corner of 1st and Elm where fresh fruit is sold on the street and we pack ourselves into a room with windows.
We break into minds and steal the secrets so closely guarded giving that experience back to the people.
They speak as Robin hoods giving their own wealth through words back to the poor.
No flashhiders will muzzle the barrels of their guns because the heat is too strong.
Lips part as words reflect the soul inside, THIS is what education should be about.
Life and what you make of it.
(revise and smooth out)
So that kids when asked what they want to be when they grow up answer I want to be RICH.
When kids asked what they want to be when they grow up answer I want to be SOMEBODY.
9 students turn into 7 Fierce minds,
who’s truth cannot be denied.
the myth is that the world tells you who you are, we answer that truth lies within.
