Wednesday, August 18, 2004

Dreams devoured

Higher education is mental enslavement
Learning institutions are casinos and we're losin
lost sight, lost rights, school is our last rite
graduating from teenage years to blue collar fears
four years too soon, once a kid, now a corporate goon
payrolls become shackles, grand dreams torn at the seams
mark can't be a rock star of art
eleanor won't be a doctor curing the poor
tyrell will never become a five star general
the way things stand, we dont have a voice in this land
we're servants in a herd, spoken to but never heard
where is the freedom to be a rapper, artist, or jock?
uncle sam wants me to shut up and get a real job
the aspirations we've sown are not what we reap
the future is out of our hands, despite popular belief

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