GIVE ‘EM BOOKS

Give ‘em books,
Not guns;
to read and learn,
Not to learn hw 2 kill.

Give 'em books,
Not condoms;
to read n learn,
Not to taint the virginity
of our values n norms.

Give 'em books,
not cigarettes and liquor;
to read n learn,
Not to puff n get high.

Give 'em books,
Not perfumes and good looks,
to read and learn
Not to bait 'em men.

Give 'em books,
Not wads of cash;
to read n learn,
And not to buy gigs n bashes -
And burn
own bridges into ashes.

© Conarth Macheka - 4/9/2012