Public education
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP P is for public Public education Where learning begins at the metal detectors Detecting what can’t be brought in Never scanning deep enough to decipher the pain If the machine could really see what we bring to school It would sound the alarm. This generation is full of dreamers Listen to your youth No longer will we hide The only thing we are guilty of bringing to school is our imagination We snuck visions up our sleeve And in our mouths we have hidden tongues Blades of truth This is a rally cry. Things have got to get better Im afraid, that I’ll be stuck here like the hands on the clock of my classroom Why don’t any of the clocks work? A clock that goes silent is a dangerous thing No tick tick tick To tell you how much time has been wasted No tick tick tick To tell you how much time is left Im ticked and stuck. Stuck like the gum on the steps The sticky left overs of thrown away lunches Candy wrapp...