in the angry eyes of young black boys
i have seen a future in which this system is destroyed
and no metaphoric destruction that i currently foresee
but one that reverberates throughout the darkness of this reality
this doom shall fester in its burning smoking ruin
and there will be no relief no salve or aid for this fatal wound
i saw those in power
flee for their lives in shame and utter terror
running frantically to ensure the safety
of their escalades and lincoln navigators
and i heard little girls scream
“my innocence! my innocence! my knowledge for my innocence!”
as the mighty turned deaf ears looking away to their hordes of their dollars and cents
what have we for the boys
forced by a cruel and unjust society to be grown men
when the state rewards incompetence
believing the answer is better written lesson plans
where is the meaning
in the complicated curriculum
don’t you know that the street
also has created and published one
this system is preparing our children
for the dreaded order of the new world
one in which they will not think
but only do what they are told
jonathan kozol will our solution come from
more funds from the government
do you know what is happening in cps sir
yes i’m talking to you mr
chief executive officer
i saw teachers and the upper eschelon chasing
the wallpaper that most of us call money
while defrauding these young souls
laughing all the way to the bank
as if something is funny
i wonder what they will do when
all their extravagant dreams all come to naught
i wonder if they shall offer prayers of repentance
when they at last look upon the evil their hearts and hands have wrought
the day shall come
when our children shall be our rulers and kings
when they shall treat us with all the hate
they can muster according to their remembering;
they shall remember
when they were treated like only mere numbers
and we will recall
all the wasted time they were allowed to have
during the long hot violent summers
yes the day will come
when they shall be our rulers and our kings
the day shall come
when we will be totally under their designed-by-this-system sway
when at last almighty God will demand
the price of this system’s sins be finally paid
i have seen a future in which this system is destroyed
and no metaphoric destruction that i currently foresee
but one that reverberates throughout the darkness of this reality
this doom shall fester in its burning smoking ruin
and there will be no relief no salve or aid for this fatal wound
i saw those in power
flee for their lives in shame and utter terror
running frantically to ensure the safety
of their escalades and lincoln navigators
and i heard little girls scream
“my innocence! my innocence! my knowledge for my innocence!”
as the mighty turned deaf ears looking away to their hordes of their dollars and cents
what have we for the boys
forced by a cruel and unjust society to be grown men
when the state rewards incompetence
believing the answer is better written lesson plans
where is the meaning
in the complicated curriculum
don’t you know that the street
also has created and published one
this system is preparing our children
for the dreaded order of the new world
one in which they will not think
but only do what they are told
jonathan kozol will our solution come from
more funds from the government
do you know what is happening in cps sir
yes i’m talking to you mr
chief executive officer
i saw teachers and the upper eschelon chasing
the wallpaper that most of us call money
while defrauding these young souls
laughing all the way to the bank
as if something is funny
i wonder what they will do when
all their extravagant dreams all come to naught
i wonder if they shall offer prayers of repentance
when they at last look upon the evil their hearts and hands have wrought
the day shall come
when our children shall be our rulers and kings
when they shall treat us with all the hate
they can muster according to their remembering;
they shall remember
when they were treated like only mere numbers
and we will recall
all the wasted time they were allowed to have
during the long hot violent summers
yes the day will come
when they shall be our rulers and our kings
the day shall come
when we will be totally under their designed-by-this-system sway
when at last almighty God will demand
the price of this system’s sins be finally paid
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