Educated Nation

I can count to one million, it would take a long time.

I can rant about the history of the dime

and how many presidents changed thier minds

about which bombs to drop on innocent lines

I can read, write,do math and make something out of sugar or glass

believe me, I've been taught, I've taken that class

I can build a small rocket ship, we can send a man to the moon

"We're educated,intelligent" but college graduate really means drunken bafoon

We consider ourselves sufficient, genuine, wise and great

The best! the most smart! but we still have inter-racial debate

While our kids are being raised to think that brain power makes your life complete

instead of heart, maturity, understanding of those we meet

We are a generation of cowards who hide behind these bombs and walls

You have the best grades but you trip a fat kid in the halls

Our leaders who are to bring us to unity

keep our safety and teach humanity

are fighting against each other, waging wars on these lives

for the better of the lands, forget the lonesome widowed wives

We stomp through the forrests because the millionaires need five homes

and we ruin the trees, burn down animal huts to leave them to roam

We call ourselves good people and we judge by political debate

in all societies, we judge each other and determine our fates

There was a time long ago, before I was born where it was safe

you could let your children play, and not worry they'd get raped

while officers of the law stand by and watch the people cry

and say they have treated us all equally, if you're white, they can't deny

I'm an educated woman and a voter that demands respect

I'm a person, a lover and a face, a natural intellect

I'm a tax paying, hard working friend, sister and invisible

I'm your people, we are our people, one nation, under God, indivisible

We are the voice of courage, the hope of future, the next generation

Here I am, screaming for your attention before we fail in exasperation

Listen to your people, listen to this world breathe 

the wind cries it's impossible, we all must leave

Let's stop and think about a simple conclusion 

could we detonate all the H bombs without hesitation

or can we save ourselves, the educated guests 

of this world which may suggest

we are living in hell if there are so many alone

and dying because of the unseen, the unknown

Can we forgive each other and work on world peace?

People wish for it and get laughed at, teared apart, peice by peice

is this hope of a new nation, or lost cause, a dying pursuit

or can we stand under one sky, creating happiness, or is it moot?