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Four Smart Kids

Four kids Four smart kids Never fell below 90% in tests Impressing people daily Teachers pinching themselves in disbelief Winning spelling bees Maths competitions Those same four Were offered to go to university early But they lost the offer To a rich family with A stupid child. High school A place of heartbreakers Drugs And Abuse These four kids Ran into a drug dealer The dealer knew about their gift So he got these kids high off weed claiming It was brain food Another dealer sold them Vodka Claiming it kept you going during Long study periods Before long These four smart kids Were just four dimwitted druggos Smoking weed Drinking cheap liquor Twenty Four Hours Seven days a week These kids had potential But it all washed away Like a sandcastle on the beach As the tide comes in Good for nothing But to end up like those dealers Selling goods to smart kids Like their former selves Drugs destroyed these four kids Don't let it destroy you

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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