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Before You.........

To the Parents:

Before you slap your little child and sneer and beat with eyes so wild

Remember that your words sink deep before you call them losers and creeps

For actions leave impressions ,and scars not lessons , brow beating them for confessions

With these delicate , mimicking minds you are messin

Before you send them to watch T.V . or play their wei , out of the hair of , you and me

they're learning , discerning , ingesting with a youthful burning , and yearning

not for knowledge , they are learning crime , so sublime , they are mimes

what they really want is your time

Before you smoke your dope and do your deals , remember what they feel

“Its safe , dad and mom do it , it must be ok,” so they start to play , live life that way , one day

Violence on the tube , in the home , where they roam , it's what they are shown

and they never atone , always left alone !

But inside they pang ! So they join a gang!

To the Kids:

Before you call your friends mom a whore , before you score, or walk out that door

Remember they have feelings too, drugs kill me and you , one fuck up and your through

I know you think its cool , to act like a fool to skip school , to break all the rules

Use your goddamn tools , knowledge is jewels

Before you throw the first punch , or steal that lunch , or intimidate , with your walk with a hunch

crime is a wall , an un-winnable brawl , a bottomless fall , be proud stand tall, walk don't crawl

into a gutter of hate , or a violent fate ! Clean up your slate ,before its to late , try to create

Show some restraint

Before you give up on all that is good , where in love you once stood , get out of the hood

make a real plan , act like you can , pay it forward to your fellow man , because you can

I know the streets are rough, you try to act tough , cause your friend got snuffed ,

quit holding the bluff ! Enough is enough !!

Don't be a crook , read a good book !

To the Media :

Before you tear our heroes down ! You know the one you gave the crown . The one you made the talk of the town

That by the way it was you who meticulously built ,on rickety stilts ,That under the heat of your camera they now wilt !

You evil fuckers up in the trees ,spying on them and me , with over zealous scrutiny ,who once shined

underneath the marquee

I'm saving the biggest advice for you

You never highlight the good ,but you really should , How bout the volunteers building houses of wood

You know you you could!

Instead you show us violence and mayhem and Pussy on page one! The father who shot his only son

The mother who shot Dad with a gun !

But when someone does something kind , gives up their time , You ALL go blind , put it out of your mind and bury it , conceal it ! Way back on page nine

Out there today , a person learned how to teach , how to reach , instead you'll show us LiLo's peach ! The good out there ALWAYS out of reach !

Don't tear them apart ! Show us their Art!

Copyright 2008 Todd C All rights reserved!!