be yourself man

they taught us to grow up without asking questions

and look where we are now

they thought its funny to not give us directions

can you blame a stupid hired by a clown

they thought teaching was easy, just memorize the book

one plus one is two, but it's a hundred if a stranger took a look

lying is wrong when you are talking to a grown-up

but when you are a grown-up being a fraud is considered smart and good

kids sit and think this is right and that is wrong

then they look up at grown-up " he is doing it, why when it comes to me it's wrong?"

well time pass and things change

they think they are fooling us

teaching us to be themselves

well guess what, this us

trying to be ourselves

trying to stand up

and we ain't gonna give up

we're gonna play your rhythm loud enough

loud enough for them to hear who we are

to give our music a chance, to get to know us

and maybe - just maybe- they'll realize

that when we are all the same

there won't be respect and trust

Author's Note

this is something i wrote a month ago, well the last thing i wrote i believe
hope you like it

Reviews

[barleygirl]

The first half of this message seems to be addressing the way adults can be hypocrites, a universal gripe of kids growing up & having to follow rules that adults themselves don't follow. You convey this with a good amount of creative detail & original ideas. Then your message seems to veer off into a bit of a different bent, seemingly restless & rebellious. Since adults are hypocrites, then we kids will be what we want to be & cast off the dumb or non-existent or contrasting lessons. This sounds realistic for the situation, addressing the tension between adults & kids.

In lines 7 & 8, you wrote "your" when it should be "you're" (contraction of "you" and "are") . . .

[Cara]

thank you, ill fix it right away

[zaisham9393]

I loved it.Thank you for sharing and keep writng:)!

[Cara]

thank you for stoping by XD

[zaisham9393]

My pleasure :)!

[Baby Ricochet]

The young rise. The old watch and say "In our day we did it better." That's just the way it is. Good poem

[Cara]

i hope this change one day. thanks for stoping by