Don't tell these kids to lose their virginity

Basically, I think we're all conditioned to do everything we shouldn't be.

Don't tell these kids to lose their virginity
Tell them to stay in school and earn a degree
You m***********s have everything backwards
Then you wonder why your peers are all actors
Having an identity crises and you find out your not first
In their mind and then it can't get worse

Don't tell these kids to lose their virginity
Tell them to stay in school and earn a degree
You all care too f*****g much about the economy
Honestly, I never believed in that self-help anomaly
I the reincarnation of Lennon, I just believe in me
I don't believe in society, I believe in honesty

Don't tell these kids to lose their virginity
Tell them to stay in school and get a degree
Encourage them to be themselves and free
They shouldn't become what you couldn't be
And even if you think I'm out of line and disagree
Tell me so...thoughtfully

Don't tell these kids to lose their virginity
Tell them to stay in school and get a degree
Instead of emphasizing their innate creed
Shed some light on their nature as a human being
Their skin is just a shell you think hides their humanity
But race wasn't even created by you or me

Don't tell these kids to lose their virginity
Tell them to stay in school and get a degree
Don't bullshit them into some false sense of belief
In themselves that only results in inflated self-esteem
And shut up about how mystically we dream
Tell them to stop partying and get some sleep

Don't tell these kids to lose their virginity
Tell them to stay in school and get a degree
Tell them that there's more to life than f*****g
Tell them there's more to relationships  than loving
Tell them they can do whatever necessary
To establish their own f*****g identity

Don't tell these kids to lose their virginity
Tell them to stay in school and get a degree
Or put a pen to a pad and start writing
Or ask a stranger if they're ok
Maybe make a platonic friend to see
What they can learn from this other being

Don't tell these kids to lose their virginity
Tell them to stay in school and earn a degree
Don't be drug or alcohol free, just lessening
Especially if its taking over their f*****g life as a teen
Especially if they can not even discern between
Right and wrong or describe the outside world's happenings

Don't tell these kids to lose their virginity
Tell them to stay in school and earn a degree
Even if that means they're as weak as they are meek
Strength will grow once others see they can concede
In a person who doesn't preach because they're practicing
Out of the pulpit or just f*****g tell them to read

Don't tell these kids to lose their virginity
Tell them to stay in school and earn a degree
To Be the first f*****g mouth to open and speak
About being human, not passively embracing co-dependency
Or irrationally opening up to someone not listening
Tell them open ears belong to those who get to see

Don't tell these kids to lose their virginity
Tell them to stay in school and earn a degree
Or pick up an instrument and begin learning
How to play immediately if not later this week
Or develop a skill that can earn them enough money
To support their own without the misanthropy

Don't tell these kids to lose their virginity
Tell them to stay in school and earn a degree
And to listen to some music that makes them think
About life, not f*****g around at the end of the week
Or anticipating getting off work just to get a drink
Because they hate the life you and only you made them need

Don't tell these kids to lose their virginity
Tell them to stay in school and get a degree
Or sit in the sun just to feel their skin burning
Or walk just to feel their feet hurting
Or to listen to something differently musically
If nothing else, tell these young m***********s to be
Whatever the hell they want to be

Reviews

[Matthew V. H.]

wow,
very powerful. Even the use of the "F" word was plausable (I normally think cussing weakens writing).
The idea behind all this is great and i agree with you. Stop telling teens it is all about sex, teach them somethig else.

Unfortunately the school system is screwed up with the "Abstinence only" programs. Teens, and people in general, will do what ever it is they want to do. But if you give them the right tools, they will be able to be everything they want themselves to be.

I agree with you wholey. bravo!
cole